Pionair‘s contract to operate BAe 146-200QC VH-SAZ (msn E2148) on behalf of New Zealand’s Parcelair came to an end on 17 August. VH-SAZ had been operating in New Zealand since 10 July, helping to cover capacity shortfalls due to two of Parcelair’s three Boeing 737-400F freighters being down for maintenance. […]
Pionair is operating BAe 146-200QC VH-SAZ (msn E2148) on behalf of Cobham Aviation Services. She was ferried to Perth on 26 November, and operated her first service, JTE720/721 to Karara Mine under one of Cobham’s FIFO contracts, on the following day. VH-SAZ will operate for Cobham for a few weeks […]
BAe 146-100 VH-NJX (msn E1003) of National Jet Systems (NJS) departed Bournemouth for Australia on 27 August, following repairs for wing cracks detected while she was on lease to CityJet as EI-CPY. She will be operated on NJS’s Airlink operation, on behalf of QantasLink. NJS seems to be collecting early […]
Qantas is rebranding its regional subsidiaries, including BAe 146 operators Airlink and Southern Australia. All four subsidiaries, who have hitherto operated under their own names, will henceforth operate under the QantasLink brand. All services will have four-digit Qantas flight numbers, Airlink’s in the QF1800-QF1999 range and Southern’s in the QF2600-QF2899 […]
When Luton-based BAe 146 operator Debonair ceased operations on 30 September 1999, its fleet of two series 100s and ten series 200s was grounded. Although BAe 146s are in considerable demand, the sudden influx of such a large number of aircraft made it difficult to place them. The situation was […]
QANTAS regional airline subsidiary Airlink will operate non-stop services between Brisbane and Hobart during the 1998/1999 Christmas period. Daily non-stop flights between the two cities will be flown between 20 December 1998 and 25 January 1999 by a BAe 146-100 operating as QF871/872. This is the first time Airlink has […]
