Former Lufthansa CityLine Avro RJ85 (BAe 146) c/n 2304 (line number 304) D-AVRQ is seen here temporarily parked in front of the replica 1928 terminal building of Schiphol Amsterdam airport at the premises of the Aviodrome museum at Lelystad airport in The Netherlands (EHLE) on 13 October 2012. The aircraft had just been painted by QAPS (Quality Aircraft Painting Services) at the airport in the colors of its new operator Air Botswana. Although it was still wearing its German registration for a ferry flight to Germany before delivery to Air Botswana, the letters BH above the cockpit windows indicate its new Botswana registration A2-ABH. Air Botswana already has former Lufthansa Avro RJ85 c/n 2303 (line number 303) D-AVRP in use as A2-ABG and a third, former D-AVRK, is upcoming. The aicraft are named after Botswana places of interest. A2-ABH is called "Domboshaba" after the Domboshaba hills and ruins in the northeast of the country (in the Kalanga language spoken in the northeast "dombo" means hills, "shaba" means red). A2-ABG is called "Gcwihaba" after the Gcwihaba caves in the northwest of the country ("gcwihaba" means hyena hole in the Kung language spoken in that area).
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