TNT Express has agreed to sell its two airlines, TNT Airways and Pan Air Líneas Aéreas, to Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group. The sale will take effect once FedEx’s acquisition of TNT is completed, probably around mid-year. Both airlines will continue to operate on behalf of FedEx-TNT. TNT Express needs to divest […]
The proposed acquisition of TNT Express by FedEx Express has been approved by the European Commission. The commission had already informed FedEx and TNT in October that it would not be objecting to the deal. TNT has offered several concessions to secure this approval, including selling its TNT Airways and Pan Air Líneas Aéreas subsidiaries. […]
TNT Airways ended BAe 146QT operations in late September, when it transferred BAe 146-300QT OO-TAH (msn E3168) to TNT’s Spanish subsidiary, Pan Air Líneas Aéreas. OO-TAH operated her last service—a roundtrip from Liège to Nürnberg and back—on 25 September. She became EC-MID and re-entered service on 6 October. TNT Airways was […]
Pan Air Líneas Aéreas has received another BAe 146-300QTs from TNT Airways. TNT Airways is transferring all its remaining 146QTs to Pan Air as it standardizes on other types. OO-TAD (msn E3166) flew her last service from TNT Airways on 28 August. She re-entered service as EC-MHR on 7 September. In other news, EC-LMR (msn E3151) was […]
TNT Airways is continuing to transfer its BAe 146-300QTs to fellow TNT subsidiary Pan Air Líneas Aéreas. The latest to be transferred are OO-TAF (msn E3186) and OO-TAE (men E3182). OO-TAF flew her last service for TNT Airways on 6 March, before moving to Spain (on paper) as EC-MEO and […]
FedEx Express has agreed to buy TNT Express for EUR4.4 billion (USD4.8 billion). The deal needs to be approved by TNT’s shareholders and by European Union competition authorities. Should the deal be approved, the two companies will be integrated. The TNT brand name would be retained at first, but would eventually be […]
Canadian lessor Tronos has acquired a third BAe 146-200QT. It had already acquired EC-HJH (msn E2112) and EC-HDH (msn E2056) from Pan Air Líneas Aéreas in July 2014. Now it had added OO-TAW (msn E2089) from TNT Airways. She flew her last service on 29 January, and was ferried from Liège to Summerside over […]
Two of the BAe 146-300QTs operated by TNT Airways have recently been transferred to TNT’s spanish subsidiary, Pan Air Líneas Aéreas. OO-TAJ (msn E3153) was transfered in mid-July, and re-registered EC-MCK. She operated her first service as such on 22 July, from Liège to East Midlands. OO-TAS (msn E3154) followed […]
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved BAE Systems Regional Aircraft’s modification upgrading TCAS installations on Europe-based BAe 146s and Avro RJs to the new TCAS 7.1 standard. All aircraft flying in European airspace must meet the new standard from 1 December 2015. In some cases, the upgrade requires […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has signed a three-year extension to rate-per-flying-hour aircraft spares support service with Braathens Technical AB of Sweden, which covers support for Malmö Aviation‘s fleet of 12 Avro RJs. BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has been providing this service to Braathens Technical/Malmö Aviation for 14 years. Swiss signed […]
