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 […]
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 […]
BVI Airways has taken delivery of its second Avro RJ100. VP-LWW (msn E3274) was previously operated by Swiss, and was acquired via Tronos. She is currently being outfitted at Tronos’ base at Summerside. Recent news items on BVI Airways:
BVI Airways Avro RJ100 VP-LOS (msn E3282) Spirit of the Virgin Islands undertook proving runs from Fort Lauderdale to and from Terrence B. Lettsome Airport on Beef Island on 10-11 November. VP-LOS then returned to Summerside, via Westchester/White Plains, for further work by Tronos. Completion of the proving runs is […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP has taken delivery of a former Swiss Avro RJ100 acquired through lessor Tronos. RJ100 HB-IXS had operated her last service for Swiss on 16 October, and was registered as T7-IXS in 19 October. She departed on her delivery flight to Chile on the following day. During the […]
Lessor Tronos operated former Swiss Avro RJ100 T7-IXS (msn E3280 ex HB-IXS) to St. Helena airport in the south Atlantic on 21 October. The flight was intended to test the RJ100’s suitability for operations at the new St. Helena airport, which was built with funding from the government of the […]
BVI Airways has purchased Avro RJ100 VP-LOS (msn E3282 ex HB-IXQ) from lessor Tronos, for use on its planned non-stop service between Miami International Airport and Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (EIS) on Beef Island, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. Initial plans had called for Avro RJ85s to be […]
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 […]
BAE Systems Corporate Air Travel has leased BAe 146-200QT G-OTIF (msn E2056 ex EC-HDH) from lessor Tronos. She is one of five freighters that Tronos acquired last year from Pan Air Líneas Aéreas and TNT Airways, and has been in storage at Summerside since July 2015. She was re-registered on […]
Canadian lessor Tronos has acquired two more BAe 146-200QTs, adding to the three examples it purchased previously (EC-HJH msn E2112; EC-HDH msn E2056; and OO-TAW msn E2089). The latest examples were obtained from Pan Air Líneas Aéreas, which had placed them in storage this spring after replacing them with larger series 300QTs. EC-GQO […]
