Caught sight of a BA 146 at Luanda yesterday, G-???? registration (sorry did not manage to remember it!) Livery looked like the remains of BA – grey lower fuselage. Anyone know identity and reason for its presence? (Looked out for it again today but no sign of it)
Thanks.
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th November 2010 at 20:09
I just saw a South African registered BAE 146 landing in Libreville. Maybe the same company (they are usually chartered all over Africa)
By: D1566 - 29th November 2010 at 16:12
Quite possibly, sorry I can’t remember the the UK reg …
By: Skymonster - 29th November 2010 at 14:48
Wonder if this was your bird…? According to Skyliner:
BAe / Avro RJ85 2385 ZS- South African Airlink delivery 25-26nov10 EGBP-GIB-NDB-…-JNB , ex G-LCYC
By: D1566 - 29th November 2010 at 14:36
Thanks, that sounds probable.
By: Skymonster - 29th November 2010 at 10:21
An ex-British Airways 146 ferried from Kemble to South Africa middle of last week…
By: Arabella-Cox - 28th November 2010 at 08:03
Maybe Sonangol? Certainly not TAAG. Too bad you didn’t get the G number, that would have revealed it. I forgot, there was another airline called Gemini there.
By: D1566 - 28th November 2010 at 07:51
They usually seem to be pretty quick to re-register anything, (D2-XXX) down here. I was presuming that the 146 was on delivery, just wondering where to etc.
By: Arabella-Cox - 27th November 2010 at 21:04
Most of those third world airlines don’t bother too much with a paint job, so very often they leave the old livery on the plane and just obliterate the insignia. Probably forget to change the tail number as well.
By: tenthije - 27th November 2010 at 20:44
Possibly Air Congo? They got a livery similar to BA’s. Instead of a flag in the colours Red/Blue/Red seperated by white they got Green/Yellow/red seperated by white. I can only find a single photo of one of their planes online, and it has no colours on the lower fuselage. Just white like the rest of the plane.
Neither of their planes are registered in the UK though.
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November 27, 2010 at 8:23 pm