Malmö Aviation passed into history as the last two Avro RJ100s that still wore its titles were repainted into the Braathens Regional Airlines colors. Avro RJ100s SE-DSS (msn E3245), show had been in full Malmö colors, and SE-RJI (msn E3357), who had remained in partial Atlantic Airways colors since being leased […]
Avro RJ85 CP-2933 (msn E2348) of LaMia Bolivia crashed while on approach to Rionegro Airport, outside Medellín, Colombia. The flight had departed from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in Bolivia, on a charter flight for the Chapecoense Real football team, who was scheduled to play the final of the Copa […]
Australia’s Pionair has taken delivery of a third BAe 146 freighter, 146-200QT VH-SFW (msn E2105). She had been the last series 200QT operated by Pan Air Líneas Aéreas, and had been in storage at Bruxelles when the airline was renamed ASL Airlines Spain. After receiving post-storage, she flew a flight test […]
Neptune Aviation Services has acquired the BAe 146-200 previously operated by Djibouti’s Daallo Airlines for conversion to air tanker. LZ-DAL (msn E2074) was registered to Neptune as N478NA on 9 November. A flight crew provided by aircraft broker Southern Cross Aviation picked up the 146 from Djibouti on 17 November, […]
Air Djibouti has used BAe 146-300 ZS-SOR (msn E3155) to start several new services to Somalia. On 29 October, she operated an inaugural service from Djibouti to Hargeisa and Berbera, in Somaliland. Then, on 15 November, she made the airline’s first flight to Mogadishu, the Somali capital, after a 25-year absence. ZS-SOR is operated […]
BVI Airways Avro RJ100 VP-LOS (msn E3282) Spirit of the Virgin Islands undertook proving runs from Fort Lauderdale to and from Terrence B. Lettsome Airport on Beef Island on 10-11 November. VP-LOS then returned to Summerside, via Westchester/White Plains, for further work by Tronos. Completion of the proving runs is […]
North Cariboo Air has painted mustaches onto Avro RJ100 C-GSUI (msn E3369) to mark Movember, an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s suicide. Recent news items on North Cariboo […]
On 9 November, BAe 146-200 CC-ACO (msn E2094) operated Aerovías DAP‘s inaugural flight from Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, in Argentina—the southernmost city in the world. The flight departed Punta Arenas at 14:00 local, arriving at Ushuaia at 14:30, where it was greeted by a water cannon salute. The route will […]
CityJet operated Avro RJ85 EI-RJO (msn E2352) on Flybe‘s service from London City to Cardiff during the first week of November. She operated the first service, BE1323, on 1 November, and the last, BE1326, on 6 November. On the following day, she was once again flying for Air France. Flybe was […]
Jota Aviation has decided to continue operating its BAe 146-200, G-SMLA (msn E2047) in a 50-seat VIP configuration rather than converting her to a 95-seat airline configuration like its Avro RJ85, G-JOTR (msn E2294). G-SMLA’s 50-seat configuration is popular with sports teams; she has flown many of the English Football […]
