BA CityFlyer began the process of replacing its fleet of Avro RJ85s and RJ100s with Embraer 170s and 190s by ferrying RJ100 G-BZAW (msn E3354) to Exeter for hand-back maintenance, prior to being returned off-lease to BAE Systems Regional Aircraft. She arrived at Exeter on 30 May. G-BZAW’s departure further […]
English football team Manchester United hitched a ride on BAe 146-200QC G-ZAPN (msn E2119) of Titan Airways to play the Champions League final against Barcelona in Roma. Titan’s 146 delivered them to Roma Fiumicino on the evening of 26 May. Late the next day, she brought back a dejected team […]
One of the oldest BAe 146s, VH-NJA (msn E1004), was broken up at Adelaide on 27 May. In her long life since her first flight on 29 August 1982, she had been operated by British Air Ferries (on route proving flights), the Royal Air Force, Dan-Air London, Manx, Debonair, and […]
The US government has formally objected to Orionair‘s lease of two BAe 146s to Syrian airline Syrian Pearl, deeming it to be a “re-export” in violation of a trade embargo imposed on the country. On 7 May, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the US Department of Commerce […]
Greece’s Astra Airlines has leased former Air Dolomiti BAe 146-300 I-ADJF (msn E3193) from BAE Systems Regional Aircraft as SX-DIX. She was ferried from Southend to Thessaloniki on 20 May, still wearing basic Air Dolomiti colors with no titles. She is configured in a 99-seat all economy class layout and […]
Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) has added former CityJet BAe 146-200 EI-DJJ (msn E2040) from lessor Tronos on a lease-purchase agreement as FAB-103. She departed Summerside on 5 May, stopping at Norfolk/Chambers on her way to Opa Locka. She then departed on 7 May, stopping in Panama City and Lima […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft exhibited Avro RJ70 LZ-TIM (msn E1258) at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) show in Genève, in an effort to promote its Avro Business Jet (ABJ) program. LZ-TIM is operated by Varna-based industrial group TIM, parent of BAe 146 operator Hemus Air and of Bulgaria […]
Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is beginning to replace its fleet of five BAe 146-200s and ten -300s. The airline received its first Bombardier CRJ-900 NextGen, D-ACNA, on 24 April; the first of 15 CRJ900s ordered by Lufthansa two years ago. They will gradually replace Eurowings’ 146s, on a one-for-one basis, eventually […]
Former Blue1 RJ100 OH-SAN (msn E3387) is being prepared for delivery to Abu Dhabi’s Amiri Flight. Now registered A6-AAB but still wearing the livery of Blue1, she was ferried to Stansted on 6 May. She will be fitted with a VVIP interior and painted.
India’s MDLR Airlines will retain the three Avro RJ70s it has leased from BAE Systems Regional Aircraft. BAE Systems had moved to repossess the aircraft for non-payment, but reports from India indicate that an accomodation has now been reached which allows the airline to continue to operate them. MDLR has […]
