ASL Airlines Spain has begun applying its titles to the eight BAe 146-300QTs it acquired from TNT Airways in May. The titles, in the form of a small ASL sticker, are applied on the nose, below the cockpit windows. EC-MFT (msn E3182) was the first to be noted with the […]
Australia’s Pionair began BAe 146 freighter operations on behalf of Virgin Australia Cargo (which itself is operating on behalf of TNT) on 13 July, using former Titan Airways 146-200QC VH-SIF (msn E2119 ex G-ZAPN). The flights were supposed to begin on 4 July, but VH-SIF found it hard to get […]
Ireland’s ASL Aviation Group has acquired BAe 146QT operator Pan Air Líneas Aéreas from TNT Express, as well as former BAe 146QT operator TNT Airways. TNT Express had to sell its airline operations as a condition of its own sale to FedEx, as European Union regulations require airlines to be […]
Virgin Australia has won a five-year contract to operate cargo flights within Australia on behalf of TNT Express. The airline is planning to wet-lease two BAe 146QTs and a Boeing 737-300F to fulfill the contract, in addition to carrying belly freight on its passenger services. Virgin Australia had previously carried […]
Pan Air Líneas Aéreas has withdrawn from service its last BAe 146-200QT. EC-FZE (msn E2105) operated her last flight for Pan Air, from Liège to Edinburgh and back, on 26 February, and was then ferried to Bruxelles the following day for storage. Pan Air still operates eight BAe 146-300QTs. Pan Air, […]
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 […]
