Tag Archives: BAe

Cronus Airlines adds a BAe 146-200A

Cronus Airlines (Equatorial Guinea) (Malabo) has added ex-Eurowings BAE 146-200A as ZS-SOV (msn E2077, ex D-AEWE).

Highland Airways enters into receivership (bankruptcy)

Copyright Photo: Fred Seggie. Jetstream 31 (3102) G-UIST (msn 750) is pictured at Glasgow on August 10, 2008. The fleet adopted this attractive Atlantic Airlines (now West Atlantic) color scheme in 2003 when the owners of Atlantic Holdings acquired Highland Airways. However in March 2007 Highland Airways underwent a management buyout from Atlantic Holdings led by A. Mossman but retained the livery until the end.

Highland Airways (UK) (Inverness) went into receivership (bankruptcy protection) today (March 25) and has suspended all operations.

The airline was established and started operations in 1991 as Air Alba, operating for four years as a flying school. The company was renamed Highland Airways in February 1997 and expanded into scheduled operations. It was operating eight BAe Jetstream 31s, two Jetstream 41s and a single Britten-Norman Islander.

BBC News link:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8586634.stm

Varsity Express lasted one week!

G-JIBO Varsity Express, originally uploaded by Speed-pics.

Varsity Express (Oxford) after much fanfare finally started the Oxford–Edinburgh route on March 1 with a BAe Jetstream 31 (G-JIBO, msn 711) operated by LinkAir (Humberside). However the scheduled service ended one week later on March 8 after the two companies could not agree on funding.

Varsity Express stated on its website that the reason for the suspension was due to the “operational issues between Varsity Air Services Ltd and the airline and AOC holder [LinksAir] who have been contracted to operate the Jetstream 31 type on our behalf and that was being used on the route. All further ticket sales have been suspended until further notice. All passengers effected by the suspension of service either have been or are currently being informed of the situation”.

The company was set up and managed by Martin Halsted who gained some notority in 2005 when, at the age of 18, he announced that he would launch his own aviation business named AlphaOne Airways. It had a number of false starts. Halstead announced services from Oxford in March 2005 and later the same year from Southampton. AlphaOne Airways never flew a single flight from either airport. In December 2005 and January 2006, limited flight operations took place between the Isle of Man and Edinburgh. The company folded after having carried only 46 passengers.

Photos of this one-week operation are welcome.

News link:

www.shephard.co.uk/news/laranews-net/varsity-express-drops-out-after-a-week/5866/

Copyright Photo: Speed-pics. Jetstream 3102 G-JIBO (msn 711) with Varsity Express titles and logo is pictured at Edinburgh on opening day (March 1).

CityJet revises its livery, adds dots

CityJet (Ireland) BAe RJ85 EI-RJT (msn E2366) ORY (Pepscl) (revised livery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

CityJet (Dublin) has revised its livery.

Click on the link below for full details:

http://airlinersgallery.com/2/295548d/#/gallery/cityjet/cityjet-rj85-ei-rjt-10-grd-ory-cl-lr-904653/

Ex-BA CityFlyer BAe RJ100 G-BZAW is ready for its journey to Australia

Cobham Aviation Services (Australia) (formerly National Jet Systems) (Adelaide) is ready to import this ex-BA CityFlyer BAe RJ100 registered G-BZAW (msn E3354). It will be the first RJ100 registered in Australia.

Eurowings to retire its last BAe 146 on March 22

Eurowings BAe 146-200 D-AEWF (msn E2184) (Lufthansa Regional) NUE (type retirement on March 22), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Eurowings (Dortmund) is planning to retire its last BAe 146 on March 22 with flight LH 921 between Nuremberg and Frankfurt.

Meanwhile the company is preparing to slash its fleet and payroll. Approximately 600 to 700 jobs will be cut (out of 1,257 employees). Eurowings will phase out 18 CRJ200s and two CRJ700s. The first CRJ200 was retired in November 2009.

News link:

www.thelocal.de/money/20100119-24683.html

Eurowings says goodbye to BAe 146-200 D-AJET “A-JET”

Eurowings BAe (Avro) 146-200 D-AJET (Lufthansa Regional) NUE, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Eurowings (Nuremberg) is gradually replacing its BAe 146-200 and 146-300 fleet with newer Bombardier CRJ900s. On Thursday (November 26) the company said goodbye at the Nuremberg base to its long-time BAe 146-200 D-AJET (msn E2201) known in the company as “A-JET”. This picture is taken on the ramp at NUE picturing D-AJET heading to runway 28 for its delivery flight to Star Peru (Lima). The aircraft was flying to Keflavik via Glasgow that day. After an overnight crew rest stop, the second day would see the aircraft flying via Kangerlussuaq (Greenland) and Iqaluit (Canada) for a second overnight stop at Montreal (Trudeau). The third day the airliner was due to stop at Orlando, continuing on to San José (Costa Rica). The last phase of the delivery flight is planned to go via Chiclayo (Peru) onward to the Lima base with a planned arrival date of November 29, 2009. Note the HF antenna on the top fuselage for communications over the North Atlantic. After being delivered on March 20, 1995 the dependable airliner operated for over 14 years with Eurowings. It is pictured in the Lufthansa Regional 2003 colors.

Airlink loses Jetstream 41 ZS-NRM at Durban

Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.

News link:

www.mg.co.za/article/2009-09-24-aircraft-crashlands-south-of-durban

The first EFly (efly.it) 146-300 is painted

The first BAe 146-300 for new airline Efly (efly.it) of Italy is this aircraft currently registered 9H-ELE (msn E3209). It is undergoing maintenance at Cologne (Nayak). Copyright Photo: Rainer Bexten.

Aviastar 146-300 PK-BRD crashes in Indonesia

Aviastar (Mandiri) (Indonesia) lost its ex-Flybe BAe 146-300 PK-BRD (msn E3189, ex G-JEBC) on April 9 when it struck a mountain in the clouds on approach to Wamena, Indonesia. It was flying from Jayapura on a cargo flight.