Air Botswana has leased a BAe 146-100 from BAE Systems Regional Aircraft, doubling its fleet of the type. The airline’s ‘new’ 146, A2-ABF (msn E1160), was in fact built for Air Botswana in 1990 and delivered in 1991. When the airline’s ambitious regional expansion plans collapsed, it took advantage of […]
Swiss European Air Lines has taken delivery of the first of six former British Airways CitiExpress Avro RJ100s. RJ100 HB-IXR (msn E3282) was flown to Basel on 21 December after being painted in Swiss at East Midlands. As G-CFAF, she had operated her last British Airways service on 28 November. […]
The European Commission is investigating possible anti-competitive effects of Lufthansa‘s takeover of majority control of Eurowings. Lufthansa, which already owned 49% of Eurowings, recently agreed with majority shareholder Albrecht Knauff in November agreed to take over the majority of voting rights in the regional airline. Recent news items on Eurowings:
In a surprise development, two of the nine Avro RJ85s that Mesaba recently parked have returned to service. N503XJ (msn E2310) and N510XJ (msn E2323) had both been parked at Marana-Pinal Airpark in Arizona in early November, but were both ferried back in late November and placed in service on […]
Another Avro RJ is heading to the Gulf states in VIP configuration. Abu Dhabi-based charter carrier Royal Jet has acquired former Azzurra Air Avro RJ70 EI-CPL (msn E1267) as A6-RJK. The airline specializes in luxury private charters. The RJ70 will complement Royal Jet’s two Boeing Business Jets (BBJs) and two […]
After a long gestation period, Australian start-up OzJet finally took to the skies on 29 November. Although the airline had intended to begin service with BAe 146s, its current fleet consists of Boeing 737-200s provided by parent European Aviation. European Skybus, another airline owned by OzJet owner Paul Stoddart, has […]
Asian Spirit‘s recently delivered BAe 146-200, RP-C2995 (msn E2034 ex VH-NJW), was damaged when it went off the runway at Catarman, on the island of Samar, on 14 November. She was arriving from Manila on flight 6K 587 with 32 passengers and 6 crew members. She apparently aquaplaned on touchdown […]
Mesaba has begun parking part of its Avro RJ85 fleet. Mesaba operates the RJ85s on behalf of Northwest Airlink. Northwest Airlines, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection, has received court approval to reject the leases on the aircraft, and has instructed Mesaba to park them. Nine RJ85s were […]
The last former Ansett BAe 146 to be stored at Melbourne’s Essendon airport was flown out on 27 September. Series 300 ZK-NZH (msn E3137) had been parked at Essendon since 22 February 2002, along with several other former Air New Zealand and Qantas New Zealand BAe 146s which had been […]
Faroe Island-based BAe 146 and Avro RJ operator Atlantic Airways will fly a twice-weekly service from Sumburgh in the Shetlands to London Stansted next summer. The service, which will originate at the airline’s base in Vágar, in the Faroe Islands, will start on 23 June 2006, and end on 4 […]
