SPECIAL LIVERY - IBERIA REGIONAL / CRJ1000 / EC-LJX - Castillon c/s

Ton Jochems - PMI
 

NEW AIRLINE - Basra Airlines launches operations with arrival of first aircraft named Shatt Al-Arab

The Basra Airlines logo on the airplane at Basra International Airport.

Basra – Basra Governor Asaad Al-Eidani received the first aircraft of the newly formed Basra Airlines on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. The arrival of the plane, which has been named “Shatt Al-Arab,” marks the official launch of the new carrier, which will use Basra International Airport as its center of operations.

Governor Al-Eidani described the event as a “long-awaited dream” for many citizens of the city. The new airline is expected to open up wide prospects for Basra by providing direct links to the global aviation map, further cementing the city’s strategic importance as a hub for trade and transport, which is also home to the massive Grand Faw Port project. The establishment of Basra Airlines is seen as a key step in strengthening the province’s economic independence and its role in Iraq’s overall development strategy.
IraqiNews.com

SPECIAL LIVERY - IBERIA REGIONAL / CRJ1000 / EC-MLO / "Thank you for the help - Valencia floods 2024"

Photo: Alain Charpentier
 

SPECIAL LIVERY - IBERIA REGIONAL / CRJ1000 / EC-MSL - "Destino Castellon"

Alain Charpentier - TLS
 

CELESTE / CRJ1000 / PH-PKE

Photo: Bjorn van der Valpen

Céleste (Morlaix) – the French regional startup founded in 2021 but has never operated any commercial flights

Céleste received its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) a year ago. It secured 500,000 euros ($543,000) in start-up support from the city of Brest and acquired its first CRJ1000ER in November, but its launch has been repeatedly delayed due to delays in obtaining its operating license. In March, Céleste publicly expressed its frustration with these regulatory delays, warning of potential job losses, stalled economic growth and loss of local market share if it failed to begin operations soon.


Céleste intended to provide direct flights from Brest Bretagne to Paris Orly and Nice, in line with European Union efforts to increase air connectivity and economic development in the northwest of the French peninsula.
CH Aviation

NEW AIRLINE - Céleste unveils livery

At the end of last month, French start-up Céleste unveiled its corporate image and website in preparation for its official launch. The airline also received its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) on 24 March 2023, clearing the way for the airline to start commercial flights. It will soon take delivery of its first aircraft, CRJ1000 F-HMLA (19004), which is currently at Ljubljana for maintenance.

Céleste is based at Morlaix and is trying to jump in the gap that Hop! left behind when it left the airport. The airline is founded by a former manager of Vueling and wants to connect Bretagne with Paris-Orly. It has been started back in September 2021 but the actual launch was delayed for more than a year due to the final effects of the pandemic.
Illustration by Céleste.

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NEW AIRCRAFT - CityJet adds its first Bombardier CRJ1000

CityJet has added its first Bombardier CRJ1000 (EI-HIC), leased from Regional One.
The airliner will be operated for Lufthansa Cityline ans is based at Munich.

Photos: CITYJET 

CRJ1000 EC-MXA of Air Nostrum wears sticker of "Hoy Bolamos con biocombustibles avanzados Cepsa", after a series of flights from Sevilla using biofuel

 José Ramon Valero - MAD

Celeste (France) plans to launch flights between Brest and Paris-Orly , if the compulsory license to start operations is granted by the end of January 2023.

The carrier will operate CRJ1000s.

IBERIA REGIONAL - CRJ 1000 - EC-MSB "Extremadura"

Alain Charpentier - TLS

IBERIA EXPRESS - CRJ1000 - 9H-LKF

Ton Jochems - Ibiza

IBERIA REGIONAL - CRJ1000 - EC-JZS

 Ton Jochems - BRU

Air Nostrum and Valencia CF showed the "airplane of the centenary" in the hangar of Valencia.

Valencia CF was founded in 1919 and Air Nostrum it is transport official
from 2001 of this football team.
The CRJ1000 EC-MXA wears this special livery, with all the cups got in
these 100 years of history and the legend «Un sentiment etern» (an
eternal feeling)
José Ramón Valero

MEDAVIA MEDITERRANEAN AVIATION - CRJ1000 - 9H-LOJ

FPP - Lisboa

IBERIA REGIONAL - CRJ1000 - EC-LJR - "CANTABRIA"

Alan Charpentier - TLS

IBERIA REGIONAL - CRJ1000 - EC-MNQ

Alain Charpentier - TLS

IBERIA REGIONAL - CRJ1000 - EC-LOX

Ton Jochems - PMI

IBERIA REGIONAL - CRJ1000 - EC-LKF

Ton Jochems - PMI

IBERIA REGIONAL - Bombardier CRJ 1000 (EC-LJS)

Alain Charpentier - TLS

CROATIA - CRJ1000 - EC-MNR

Marco Moutinho - LPPT