The Korongo Airlines project, being established by Brussels Airlines in partnership with Georges Forrest International (GFI) and Congolese investors, is moving forward, in anticipation of an early 2011 launch. The new airline will be based in Lubumbashi, the second-largest town in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and will initially […]
Lanseria-based African Airline Investments (AAI) appears to have closed down. The company owns seven BAe 146s, including four series 200s (ZS-SBD msn E2053, ZS-SFZ msn E2030, ZS-SOV msn E2077, and ZS-SOW msn E2069) and three series 300s (ZS-SOP msn E3187, ZS-SOR msn E3155, and ZS-SOU msn E3118). Of these, ZS-SOP […]
Brussels Airlines briefly grounded two of its Avro RJs after they experienced repeated flap failures. Avro RJ100 OO-DWI (msn E3342) first experienced flap problems on 3 November, while inbound to Wien. It then had problems again on 19 November, while on approach to Bruxelles, and again on 21 November, on […]
MDLR Airlines is apparently seeking to resume operations, which were suspended in October 2009 after India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a show-cause notice to the airline for several safety violations. The airline has reportedly applied to the DGCA for approval to import two Avro RJs to allow […]
CityJet has once again modified its color scheme. Beginning in March, it had started adding two rows of grey and red dots to the lower part of the fuselage of the Avro RJ85s that are painted in its colors (about half its fleet is painted in the colors of parent […]
South Africa’s Airlink has received the first of four Avro RJ85s from BAE Systems Regional Aircraft. Former CityLine Avro RJ85 G-CGMT (msn E2285 ex D-AVRL) left Southend on delivery to South Africa on 7 October. She has now been registered as ZS-SSH. Previous news items on Airlink:
India’s Jagson Airlines has purchased Avro RJ85 G-CFZM (msn E2299 ex A6-RJE). The aircraft was previously operated by Royal Jet, but was traded in as part of a sale of an Avro RJ100 to the Amiri Flight in 2009, and has been in storage at Kemble since April 2009. She […]
FAAM’s BAe 146-301ARA G-LUXE (msn E3001) has finally received her new colors. The aircraft was undergoing a refit, which was to have included a repaint, when Iceland’s Eyjafjallajoekull volcano erupted in April, and had to be rushed back into service to assess the concentration of ash in the air. The data […]
After a few years’ absence, BAe 146 family aircraft were once again operating for Flybe, albeit by proxy. A number of CityJet Avro RJ85s operated on Flybe’s behalf from late summer to the middle of fall, primarily on routes from Edinburgh usually served by Bombardier Q400s. Avro RJ85 EI-RJN (msn […]
Titan Airways has returned BAe 146-300 G-BUHB (msn E3183) off-lease to BAE Systems and is now using BAe 146-200QC G-ZAPO (msn E2176) on behalf of the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD). Titan started operating G-BUHB for the MoD in November 2009. She has now returned to the UK, arriving […]
