Irish Avro RJ operator CityJet has been adding more former Mesaba Avro RJ85s to its 23-strong fleet. On 3 October, it took delivery of EI-WXA (msn E2310 ex N503XJ) on lease from South Africa’s Safair. Then on 22 November it took delivery of EI-RJZ (msn E2326 ex N512XJ), which it […]
CityJet has acquired two more former Mesaba Avro RJ85s to add to its current fleet of 23. N502XJ (msn E2307) and N512XJ (msn E2326) were purchased from lessor Tronos, who bought them from Lehmann Bros. N512XJ was ferried from Marana, where she had been stored, to Norwich over 21-22 March. […]
South African airline Safair is reported to have acquired six former Mesaba Avro RJ85s. Safair is no stranger to the BAe 146 series, having operated a series 100QT freighter and a 200QC convertible freighter between 1991 and 1995. The first RJ85 for the airline, N505XJ (msn E2313) left Marana in […]
Dubai’s Air Wing has bought three former Mesaba Avro RJ85s. One will be configured as a VVIP aircraft, while the others will be used in a variety of roles. They are expected to be delivered in early 2008. Two other Gulf State governments already use Avro RJs: the Bahrain Defence […]
Deliveries of former Mesaba Avro RJ85s to CityJet continue. The latest to arrive, EI-RJN (msn E2351 ex N526XJ) was ferried from Norwich to Paris Charles de Gaulle on 18 May, wearing the new CityJet colors first worn by EI-RJO (msn E2352). Other recent deliveries include EI-RJI (msn E2346), which arrived […]
Mesaba operated its last Avro RJ85 services on the morning of 1 December, when three RJ85s that had overnighted at other airports returned to Detroit. The last ever Mesaba RJ85 revenue flight was NW3517 from Rochester to Detroit. The final withdrawal date for Mesaba’s RJ85s has shifted several times since […]
The withdrawal of Mesaba‘s last Avro RJ85 brings to an end all BAe 146 and Avro RJ airline operations in the USA, with the single 146 remaining in service being Moncrief Oil’s executive-configured BAe 146-100 N114M (msn E1068). North America had been the scene of some of the earliest BAe […]
The steady flow of former Mesaba Avro RJ85 crossing the Atlantic continues. N515XJ (msn E2333) was the latest to make the crossing. She transited through Halifax on 16 November, heading for Keflavik. N519XJ (msn E2344) was also at Halifax that day, a technical problem preventing her from continuing her journey.
Turmoil continues to grip Avro RJ85 operator Mesaba as it struggles to cut costs. The airline claims it needs to reduce costs by a further 17.5% to survive, but the unions claim these cuts are too deep, particularly coming on top of earlier cuts and, for the pilots, the reductions […]
Irish airline CityJet has finally announced its plan to acquire 23 former Mesaba Avro RJ85s. Under the US$221 million deal, the airline is scheduled to receive the first RJ85 in November, with deliveries continuing through the middle of 2007. The RJ85s will progressively replace CityJet’s current fleet of sixteen BAe […]
