Former Air Botswana BAe 146-100 A2-ABF (msn E1160) is reported to have been parted out to provide spares for SkyJet‘s BAe 146 fleet. She was ferried to the Philippines in August after several years in storage at Gaborone. SkyJet currently operate a series 100, RP-C5255 (msn E1104), and a series 200, RP-C3855 (msn E2087). […]
In a ceremony held at Gaborone airport on 28 September, Ansett Aviation Spares and Services donated the airframe of former Air Botswana Avro RJ85 A2-ABG (msn E2303) to a Botswanan non-profit organization, Dare to Dream. Dare to Dream was founded by Captain Kgomotso Phatsima, one of the Botswana Defence Force’s (BDF) first female […]
Air Botswana‘s BAe 146-100 A2-ABF (msn E1160) was ferried to the Philippines, arriving at Subic Bay on 14 August. The Air Botswana title and logo had been covered with stickers. It is not known yet whether she has been acquired as a spares source, or as a replacement for SkyJet‘s […]
Ansett Aircraft Spares has bought the two stored Avro RJ85s of Air Botswana and will part them out for spares. The two RJ85s have been stored at Gaborone’s Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. Although both visited the UK for maintenance in 2014, A2-ABG (msn E2303) in August and A2-ABH (msn E2304) in […]
Air Botswana has invited bids for one of its stored BAe 146-100s, and indicated that the second 146 will also shortly be auctioned off. Both 146s have been stored at Gaborone’s Sir Seretse Khama International Airport for quite some time. A2-ABD (msn E1101) was parked in March 2008 and A2-ABF […]
Both Air Botswana RJ85s were flown, in turn, to Stansted for maintenance by Inflite Engineering during the summer. A2-ABG (msn E2303) came first, arriving on 10 July via Cairo and Malta. Following completion of the work, she departed on 19 August, using the same route in reverse. A2-ABH (msn E2304) […]
Avro RJ85 A2-ABH (msn E3204 ex D-AVRQ) left Germany on 19 October on her ferry flight to Botswana. She is the second of two former CityLine Avro RJ85s acquired by Air Botswana to replace its BAe 146-100s. The airline is expecting to launch a service from Gaborone to Nairobi soon. […]
Air Botswana has placed into service the first of two former CityLine Avro RJ85s. A2-ABG (msn E2303 ex D-AVRP) departed Köln for Gaborone on 16 August. She flew her first service, from Gaborone to Harare as BP264, on 3 September. She joins BAe 146-100 A2-ABF (msn E1160), who has recently […]
Air Botswana single operational BAe 146-100, A2-ABF (msn E1160), suffered a serious engine failure at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone on 11 August. The 146 was on its take-off run for flight BP205 to Johannesburg when the number two engine failed. Debris were ejected, starting a small fire […]
Air Botswana has acquired two former CityLine Avro RJ85s to replace its two BAe 146-100s. The first, D-AVRP (msn E2303) was rolled out at Lelystad on 9 August wearing a revised company color scheme that also incorporates the Brand Botswana logo of the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC). She […]
