Aircraft
ABJ is a right royal success
The BAE Systems Avro Business Jet (ABJ), which is based on the venerable BAe146/Avro RJ four-engine regional jet, is making its Dubai Airshow debut this we

The BAE Systems Avro Business Jet (ABJ), which is based on the venerable BAe146/Avro RJ four-engine regional jet, is making its Dubai Airshow debut this week as BAE’s Asset Management arm vies to build on recent successes.

The company now has three aircraft with the Bahrain Defence Force, two with the Dubai Air Wing and one with the Abu Dhabi Presidential Flight–with a second aircraft (a converted RJ100) due in Abu Dhabi by the end of this year. Its success with Middle East royal flights echoes the success of the three 146 aircraft that are part of the Queens Flight in the UK [now Royal Air Force No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron].