G-BPDA 2 British Aerospace (Avro) B.Ae 748 Srs 2A Janes Aviation MAN JAN93
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 29-Dec-18.
Janes Aviation was renamed Emerald Airways in Sep-99.
First flown with the British Aerospace test registration G-11-8, this aircraft was delivered to Trinidad & Tobago Air Services as 9Y-TFS in Dec-77. TTAS was merged into BWIA International in Jan-80. It was sold to Chieftain Airways as G-GLAS in Jan-87. Chieftain started services in Mar-87 and by mid Apr-87 they'd ceased operations. The aircraft was stored until it was sold to Scottish European Airways as G-BPDA in Oct-88. They didn't do much better than Chieftain Airways and the aircraft was sold to Greyhound Financial Services in Aug-90. It was stored until it was sold to Janes Aviation in Oct-91. Janes was renamed Emerald Airways in Sep-93. The aircraft was wet-leased to Reed Aviation in Feb-95 and re-registered G-ORAL in Aug-99. It continued to be operated for Reed Aviation until Emerald ceased operations in May-06. The aircraft was stored at Blackpool UK and was eventually broken up with the forward fuselage section going to the Avro Heritage Museum at the old Avro factory at Woodford, Cheshire, UK.
G-BPDA 2 British Aerospace (Avro) B.Ae 748 Srs 2A Janes Aviation MAN JAN93
Replacing an earlier scanned print with a better version 29-Dec-18.
Janes Aviation was renamed Emerald Airways in Sep-99.
First flown with the British Aerospace test registration G-11-8, this aircraft was delivered to Trinidad & Tobago Air Services as 9Y-TFS in Dec-77. TTAS was merged into BWIA International in Jan-80. It was sold to Chieftain Airways as G-GLAS in Jan-87. Chieftain started services in Mar-87 and by mid Apr-87 they'd ceased operations. The aircraft was stored until it was sold to Scottish European Airways as G-BPDA in Oct-88. They didn't do much better than Chieftain Airways and the aircraft was sold to Greyhound Financial Services in Aug-90. It was stored until it was sold to Janes Aviation in Oct-91. Janes was renamed Emerald Airways in Sep-93. The aircraft was wet-leased to Reed Aviation in Feb-95 and re-registered G-ORAL in Aug-99. It continued to be operated for Reed Aviation until Emerald ceased operations in May-06. The aircraft was stored at Blackpool UK and was eventually broken up with the forward fuselage section going to the Avro Heritage Museum at the old Avro factory at Woodford, Cheshire, UK.