[October 09, 2008]

BAE SYSTEMS: BAe 146/Avro RJ Dominates At Londoncity Airport

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:09102008

Hatfield, Hertfordshire -- BAE Systems Regional Aircraft revealed today
at the European Regions Airlines (ERA) Annual General Assembly in
Manchester that the BAe 146/Avro RJ now accounts for 96 percent of all
London City Airport jet scheduled traffic.

A total of eight airlines operate the 70-100 seat BAe 146/Avro RJ from
LondonCityand, in addition, the aircraft accounts for 54 percent of
scheduled weekly departures and 70 percent of scheduled weekly seats,
which includes turboprop traffic.

This expansion is set to continue with the announcement recently by BA
CityFlyer that they are to commence winter services using wet-leased
BAe 146-200s from UK operator Flightline to operate two new schedules
to Lyon (twice-weekly) and Geneva (four times weekly).

In addition Ireland's CityJet is in the process of adding a further
four Avro RJ85s to its existing fleet of 23 RJ85s, a significant number
of which are operated from the downtown airport and serving multiple
European destinations.

Paul Stirling, Senior Vice President Asset Management for Regional
Aircraft said today: "BAE Systems first test flew and proved the
operational integrity of the BAe 146 from London City in the late 1980s
and the aircraft was cleared to operate commercially from the extended
1199 metre runway, steep-approach airport in February 1992.Since then
the fortunes of the airport have been transformed as more operators
have used our product to develop LCY services".

Stirling added: "As regional airlines in Europeface increased
competition from the low cost carriers, one way to achieve success is
to identify niche routes where a fare premium can be applied to attract
business-class traffic. There is no better example of this than
LondonCityAirportand, although it is more than 15 years since our
product started flying commercially from the city centre airport, there
remains no effective jet competitor today." The airlines operating
from LCY are BA CityFlyer (RJ85/RJ100) with currently 163 weekly
departures, Flightline (BAe 146-200 operating on behalf of BA), CityJet

(RJ85) on behalf of Air France, Lufthansa Cityline (RJ85), Eurowings
(BAe 146-200/300 on behalf of Lufthansa), Atlantic Airways (RJ85 on
behalf of SAS), Swiss (RJ100), and Transwede (RJ70 on behalf of Air One
and RJ70/85 on behalf of SAS).

About BAE Systems

BAE Systems is the premier global defence and aerospace company
delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and
naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology
solutions and customer support services. With approximately 100,000
employees worldwide, BAE Systems' sales exceeded GBP15.7 billion (US
$31.4 billion) in 2007.

CONTACT: David Dorman, BAE Systems
Tel: +44 (0)1582 488 336
Fax: +44 (0)1582 488 447
e-mail: ddaviddorman@aol.com
BAE Systems
Tel: +44 (0)1252 384 605
Tel: +44 (0)7801 717 739 (24hr media hotline)
Fax: +44 (0)1252 383 947

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