Taban Air‘s leased BAe 146-300, LZ-HBD (msn E3141), returned to Bulgaria in early April, being noted parked on Bulgaria Air‘s ramp at Sofia on 16 April. She had been flying for the Iranian airline since November 2006, initially on lease from Bulgaria Air’s predecessor, Hemus Air. Her return brings Taban […]
After Balkan Hemus Group (BHG), owner of Hemus Air and Viaggio Air, bought Bulgaria Air in January 2007, the airlines were at first kept separate. In May 2009, it was announced that Bulgaria Air and Hemus Air would continue to operate separately so as not to lose Hemus Air’s air […]
Iranian BAe 146 operator Taban Air resumed operations in early February. The airline had had its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) revoked following a landing accident to one of its Tupolev Tu-154s at Mashhad on January 24. Following the grounding, one of the airline’s two wet-leased from Hemus Air BAe 146s […]
Iranian BAe 146 operator Taban Air has had its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) revoked following a landing accident to one of its Tupolev Tu-154s. The Tu-154 over-ran the runway at Mashhad on January 24 and was destroyed in the subequent fire, with 46 passengers being injured. The airline also has […]
Albanian airline Belle Air has returned off-lease to Hemus Air/Bulgaria Air both the BAe 146s that it had been operating. Belle Air has regularly been leasing in 146s for several years. During this summer, series 300s LZ-HBE (msn E3131) and LZ-HBF (msn E3159) had been in use. Both were returned […]
Musician Carlos Santana chartered TIM‘s VIP-configured Avro RJ70, LZ-TIM (msn E1258) for his summer tour of Europe, Santana Tour ’09. LZ-TIM departed Sofia on 5 July to pick up Santana and his party at Istambul. She then carried him across Europe for a tight schedule of concerts in Romania, Turkey, […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft exhibited Avro RJ70 LZ-TIM (msn E1258) at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) show in Genève, in an effort to promote its Avro Business Jet (ABJ) program. LZ-TIM is operated by Varna-based industrial group TIM, parent of BAe 146 operator Hemus Air and of Bulgaria […]
Varna-based industrial group TIM has taken delivery of an Avro RJ70 in ABJ business jet configuration. TIM acquired the former EuroManx RJ70 LZ-TIM (msn E1258 ex EI-CPJ) in 2007. After a period in storage at Southend, she was flown to Stansted in May 2008 for installation of an interior designed […]
Iranian airline Taban Air has returned one of the two BAe 146-300s it was leasing, LZ-HBG (msn E3146), to Hemus Air. Sistership LZ-HBD (msn E3141) remains in Iran. Recent news items on Taban Air: Recent news items on Hemus Air:
Albanian airline Belle Air began schedules services from Tirana to Liège, Belgium, on 24 June. The inaugural service was flown by BAe 146-300 LZ-HBF (msn E3146). The service will be operated twice a week, routing through Pristina, Kosovo. It is Belle Air’s first route outside its traditional markets in Italy […]
