Summit Air Avro RJ85 C-FERJ operating for First Air, seen here at Iqualit (Brian Tattuinee)
Canada’s Summit Air has taken delivery of its second Avro RJ85, C-FERJ (msn E2290 ex G-CHFR/OO-DJR). A former Brussels Airlines aircraft, she has been in storage at Southend since March 2012. She received post-storage maintenance by Inflite earlier this year, and was rolled out in early May. After several test flights in late May, she was registered in Canada and departed Southend on 8 June, arriving in Edmonton the following day. She entered service on 10 June, from Edmonton to Yellowknife and on to Norman Wells and Inuvik. She is operated on behalf of First Air, in that airline’s colors.
Recent news items on Summit Air:
- First Air merges with Canadian North (2019-07-23)
- Summit Air Avro RJ85 pull (2018-09-23)
- Canadian RJ100s fly to the UK for maintenance (2018-04-15)
- Summit Air adds second Avro RJ100 (2018-02-25)
- Summit Air to open base at Calgary (2017-04-22)