BAE Systems Regional Aircraft

An Avro RJ85. BAE Systems Regional Aircraft still leases a large number of these jets.

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft produced the last fully UK-built airliner in November 2001, the Avro RJX (formerly the BAE 146). While this business unit no longer produces commercial Regional airliners, it continues to lease aircraft and provide support, spares and training for its legacy products:

• Avro RJ/BAE 146 family
• BAe ATP
• Jetstream
• BAe 748

The decision to end production of the Avro RJ series was taken following the sharp downturn in aircraft sales following September 11, 2001 attacks. British Aerospace (BAE's predecessor) had already left the corporate jet market in 1993, with the sale of British Aerospace Corporate Jets Ltd. (producers of the mid-sized British Aerospace BAe 125 line) to Raytheon, but had maintained the regional jet division. Its headquarters are located at Prestwick International Airport, with an additional site in Weybridge.

References

• "BAE warns of regional jet losses". BBC News. 2005-12-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4543244.stm.