Bulgarian airline Hemus Air has taken delivery of its third BAe 146, former Ansett series 200 VH-JJS (msn E2093). The aircraft departed Perth on 22 December, routing via Learmonth, Christmas Island, Medan, Colombo, Bombay, and Sharjah. This aircraft was originally going to be broken down for spares due to wing […]
WDL Aviation is once again operating a BAe 146 on behalf of Czech travel agency Discovery Aviation, joining Flightline. WDL flew Discovery’s first services in June, on subcontract to Flightline. Flightline took over in August, using series 200 G-DEBE (msn E2022) until 29 October, with series 300 G-BTXN (msn E3129) […]
BAe 146 operators CityJet and Flybe are ending the year with positive results. CityJet, which is fully owned by Air France, carried 22% more passengers than the previous year. CityJet currently operates 17 BAe 146s, including three series 300s added this year. Further growth is expected next year, when the […]
A Bath-based travel consortium is considering operating a BAe 146 between Carlisle and London Luton. The aircraft would operate a daily roundtrip to London, and be available for ad hoc charter work during the day. The consortium is negotiating to aquire a former Flybe BAe 146-100.
Italian airline Club Air has added one more BAe 146, bringing its fleet of the type to five aircraft. The new aircraft, former Meridiana series 200 I-FLRI (msn E2220), is leased from BAE Systems. Club Air began operations in late 2002, initially with two BAe 146-200s, and then added two […]
Isle of Man-based airline EuroManx is planning to acquire two former Azzurra Air Avro RJ70s. The airline intends to use them primarily on flights from the Isle of Man to London City, which Euromanx will take over from current operator Flybe on 10 January 2005. Euromanx will also fly from […]
Formula One Minardi Team executive Paul Stoddart is continuing his efforts to launch OzJet, which would operate several BAe 146s on Australian domestic routes. Stoddart now envisions the airline as a full-service carrier, but retains the original plan of operating to closer, less crowded secondary airports, despite the opposition that […]
Royal Flight BAe 146 CC2 ZE701 (msn E1029) was rolled out from the QAPS paintshop in Amsterdam on 29 October wearing a new color scheme. Although rumors had circulated earlier this year that the Union Jack would be removed to make the Royal aircraft less distinctive, the new design retains […]
WDL Aviation‘s operation of several BAe 146s on behalf of Austrian Arrows ended on 31 October. WDL began flying for the Austrian airline early in the year, to help cover for repairs to one of Austrian Arrows’ Fokker 70s that landed in a field short of Münich Airport on 5 […]
Air Wisconsin‘s contract to operate regional jets on United Express flights is threatened by a United Airlines effort to cut its costs. United, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to several regional airlines to replace the regional jet capacity operated by […]
