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Bahrain Defense Force doubles its ARJ-100 fleet

The Bahrain Defence Force (BFW, Bahrain Int'l) has bought a second ARJ-100 via a transaction facilitated by Skyworld Aviation.

SE-DSZ (msn E3380), a 20.1-year-old quadjet, was retired by Swedish airline BRA - Braathens Regional Aviation (TF, Malmö) on March 16, 2020, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 18, the aircraft was ferried to Norwich for storage and has remained at the British airport ever since. It will now undergo maintenance and is scheduled to deliver to Bahrain in the second quarter of 2021.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, the Bahrain Defence Force operates two ARJ-85s and one ARJ-100, all in a VIP configuration and on behalf of Bahrain Royal Flight. While one of the ARJ-85s was delivered directly to Bahrain, the other two units are second-hand stock formerly operated by Azzurra Air (ZS, Milan Malpensa) (the other ARJ-85) and Blue 1 (KF, Helsinki Vantaa) (the ARJ-100).

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Sweden’s debt office gives $24.5mn loan guarantee to BRA

On the very last day it was able to do so, the Swedish National Debt Office provided a state guarantee for a loan of up to SEK200 million kronor (USD24.5 million) to BRA - Braathens Regional Airlines (TF, Stockholm Bromma).

The loan guarantee was granted to BRA and its technical subsidiary BRA - Braathens Regional Airways (BRX, Trollhättan) on December 31 under a government-mandated programme intended to mitigate the economic impact airlines have faced with the coronavirus pandemic. No further guarantees under the scheme could be given beyond that date.

The guarantee covers 90% of the principal of the loan, which will run for five years. It is the second to be approved under the scheme, the first having been for SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup), a loan that has subsequently been repaid, according to the debt office.

The credit guarantees under the programme had been intended to amount to up to SEK5 billion (USD613 million) in total, of which a maximum of SEK1.5 billion (USD190 million) had been intended...

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