Chile’s Aerovías DAP has taken delivery of a third former Swiss Avro RJ100 acquired through lessor Tronos. The latest addition is RJ100 T7-IYY (msn E3339 ex HB-IYY). She flew her last service for Swiss on 3 April — a roundtrip from Zürich to London City as LX466/467 — and then departed […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft marked 27 years of continuous operations of BAe 146s and Avro RJs by Swiss by presenting the airline with an engraved glass plaque during the recent BAE Systems Flight Operations Support Conference, which was held at Prestwick. Swiss’ predecessor Crossair took delivery of the first of […]
Avro RJ100s are to be banned from operating from London City after 31 March, because of noise levels fractionally above those permitted under the stringent Category A designation (94.5 PNdB). Although this technical breach has been reduced from 0.6 dB in 2013 to 0.1 dB above Category A in 2015 — a […]
2017 is going to see a substantial reduction in Avro RJ operations in Europe, with two major operators planning to withdraw their fleets entirely, and two others likely to reduce theirs. Brussels Airlines started the year with eight remaining Avro RJ100s, but has already taken one of those out of service. […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP took delivery of another former Swiss Avro RJ100 just before the end of the year. RJ100 T7-IXP (msn E3283 ex HB-IXP) was acquired through lessor Tronos. Her last service for Swiss had been a roundtrip from Zürich to Milano Linate as LX1616/LX1617 on 19 December. She was ferried to Cranfield on the […]
Now that it is taking delivery of Bombardier CS100s, Swiss has resumed the process of retiring its Avro RJ100s. The airline had already retired four examples by September 2015. All four have since been parted out. Following the delivery of its first CS100, RJ100 HB-IXQ (msn E3282) was withdrawn in […]
Canadian lessor Tronos is acquiring several former Swiss Avro RJ100s as they are retired from service in the next few months. The first was RJ100 HB-IXQ (msn E3282), who had operated her last service, LX1408/LX1409 from Zürich to Sarajevo and back, on 29 June. She flew air tests on 28 […]
Swiss put its first Bombardier CS100 into service on 15 July, with a flight from Zürich to Paris Charles de Gaulle. The airline was the launch customer for the Bombardier CSeries; it has ordered 15 CS100s and 15 of the larger CS300s. As the CSeries jets are delivered, they will gradually […]
Inflite Engineering Services has closed its aircraft maintenance operations at Southend. Inflite’s Southend base had been certified under EASA part 145 to provide all major maintenance checks, minor maintenance checks, and defect rectification on BAe 146s and Avro RJs. Over the years, the company had worked on the 146s and […]
Swiss subsidiary Swiss European has been renamed Swiss Global Air Lines as of 3 February. The change reflects the fact that the Boeing 777-300(ER)s that Swiss has ordered will be operated by the subsidiary. Swiss Global will continue to operate Swiss fleet of Avro RJs, until they are eventually replaced […]
