BAe 146-200 ZS-PZY (msn E2051 ex TN-AHX) was broken up at Kruger Mpumalanga during May. She had last been operated by Allegiance Air on behalf of Air Congo, but had returned to South Africa in 2010. She has been stored at Kruger Mpumalanga ever since, in a gradually increasing state of decay.
Tanzania’s Air Zara International has given a home to one of the BAe 146s orphaned by the shutdown of Allegiance Air early this year. The Dar es Salaam-based airline acquired series 200 ZS-AAY (msn E2044). She had been stored at Kruger Mpumalanga since shortly after Allegiance’s collapse. Tanzania will be […]
South Africa’s Allegiance Air appears to have shut down in January. The Lanseria-based airline, which provided BAe 146s to other airlines on an ACMI basis, lost two major contracts last year. In March it pulled three 146s from the Republic of Congo, where they had been operating for Air Congo, […]
East African Safari Air Express (EASAE), suspended all flights in mid-November, bringing to a quick end its days as a BAe 146 operator. The airline had leased two BAe 146-200s, ZS-SDX (msn E2046) and ZS-AAY (msn E2044), from South Africa’s Allegiance Air, the first arriving in late August and the […]
Kenya’s East African Safari Air Express has leased two BAe 146-200s from South Africa’s Allegiance Air. The two 146s had been in storage at Nelspruit’s Kruger Mpumalanga International in South Africa since returning from their lease to Air Congo in late March. ZS-SDX (msn E2046 ex TN-AIB) was the first […]
South Africa’s Allegiance Air pulled out the BAe 146s and other aircraft it was operating on behalf of Air Congo in late March, effectively grounding the airline. The move apparently follows continuing disputes with its Congolese partners and rising government intervention into the airline’s operations. The 146s used in Congo […]
BAe 146-200 TR-LIR (msn E2053) appears to be headed back to Gabon. After spending some time there from late 2008 to 2009 operating for Allegiance Airways Gabon, she returned to South Africa sometime in the fall of 2009, and was stored for a time at Kruger Mpumalanga International. She has […]
A BAe 146-200 operated by South Africa’s Allegiance Air on behalf of Air Tourist Gabon overran the runway at Port Gentil on 9 April. The aircraft was arriving from Libreville in the early evening. She landed on runway 21 in heavy rain, but did not come to a stop before […]
South Africa’s Allegiance Air is reportedly operating one or more BAe 146-200s in Gabon on behalf of local airline Air Tourist Gabon. A former CityJet BAe 146-200 has recently been registered in the country as TR-LIR (msn E2053, ex ZS-SBD). Additional details on BAe 146 operations in Gabon, would be […]
Air Congo is operating three BAe 146s on services within the Republic of Congo and to neighboring countries. (The Republic of Congo, often known as Congo-Brazzaville, should not be confused with the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.) Three BAe 146s have been observed flying for Air Congo, including TN-AHX (msn […]
