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The Fokker Fleetlist will be regulary updated with news and/or pictures. Please be advised to check this section frequently!

This page contains recent owner & operator changes and other related news to the individual airframes of Fokker F27 (including Fokker 50 & Fokker 60) and Fokker F28 (including Fokker 70 & Fokker 100). Also the Fairchild models F-27 and FH-227 are part of the Fokker Fleetlist . The airframes are printed in chronological order.
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    General News
 
For the second time this year Alliance Airlines has bought a large series of Embraer 190s, this time 16 units from Jetran, all previous American Airlines aircraft. Delivery will start immediately and run until November 2021. By that time the airline will operate 40 aircraft of this type. When the previous purchase was announced, Alliance said that they would operate the Embraers next to the 45 strong Fokker fleet. It has to be seen how long this will remain so.

 
     Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60
 

One of the very first non-airline customers for the F27 Friendship was the Australian Department of Civil Aviation, who ordered two F27s in 1957. The second aircraft,
VH-CAT (10132), was delivered in 1959 and remained in use until 1978. Subsequently it served as an aeronautical research laboratory until 2003, when it was
withdrawn from use. In 2008 the South Australian Aviation Museum acquired the Friendship and restored it. In the colors of Airborne Research Vehicles Australia, a
subsidiary of Australian Flight Test Services, it is still one of the eyecatchers in the museum. (Tony Haines, Port Adelaide Museum, 15 December 2020)



The only place in Europe where one can see multiple active Fokker 50s is in Sweden, where Amapola Flyg operates a fair number of them, both in passenger and cargo configurations. Ready for their next flights are, from right to left, SE-MFR (20264) in Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) colors, SE-LIO (20146) in the new Amapola livery, SE-MFZ (20159) and SE-LIR (20151), both all white. (Andre Alders, Stockholm-Arlanda, 18 September 2020)


Now Amapola Flyg Fokker 50 SE-LEB (20120) has been transferred to Silverstone Air Services in Kenya, this picture is also history as this aircraft was last seen active in Europe for Braathens Regional Airways. (Andre Alders, Stockholm-Bromma, 17 September 2020)


It appears that Freedom Airlines Express has added a third F50 to the fleet: 5Y-FAS (c/n hitherto unknown).
(Max KE @nairibiplanespotter on Imgkoa, Nairobi-Wilson, November 2020)

 
20120 050 5Y- SE-LEB Amapola Flyg. Seen 170920 at Stockholm-Bromma in Braathens Regional livery. Ferried from Malmö via Heraklion and Khartoum to Nairobi-Wilson 02-031220 for operations by Silverstone Air Service.
20124 050E   5Y-JWH Amapola Flyg. Seen 160920 at Malmö, all white.
20125 050E   SE-KTD Amapola Flyg. Seen 160920 at Malmö, all white.
20126 050E   SE-MFD Amapola Flyg. Seen 160920 at Malmö, in standard color scheme
20128 050   SE-LEZ Amapola Flyg. Seen 160920 at Malmö, fuselage only, with Air Vallée titles
20145 050 5Y- SE-MFU Braathens Regional. Seen 170920 at Stockholm-Bromma. Made testflight at Malmö 091220. Leased to Silverstone Air Services and delivered 11-121220 from Malmö via Heraklion and Khartoum to Nairobi-Wilson
20146 050   SE-LIO Amapola Flyg. Seen 140920 at Arlanda in the latest livery.
20147 050E   SE-LIP Amapola Flyg. Seen 160920 at Malmö, in standard color scheme
20151 050   SE-LIR Amapola Flyg. Seen 140920 at Arlanda, all white.
20152 050E   SE-LIS Amapola Flyg. Seen 160920 at Malmö, in standard color scheme
20159 050   SE-MFZ Amapola Flyg. Seen 140920 at Arlanda, all white.
20259 050E   SE-LJY Amapola Flyg. Seen 160920 at Malmö, in non-standard color scheme
20264 050   SE-MFR Braathens Regional. Seen 140920 at Arlanda and 190920 at Stockholm-Bromma
 
 
     Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100
 

A surprise for those who had thought that the days of the Argentine Air Force Fellowships were counted. In December TC-52 (11074) was shown in a new, low-visibility scheme, carrying the name “1° de Mayo”. Word has it that TC-53 (11020) is almost restored and T-02 (11203) will get the same rejuvenation treatment. (Claudio Corzo on Facebook, El Palomar Air Base, 12 December 2020)


Currently, less than ten F100s are still active in Europe. Two of these are operated by the Slovakian government in a VIP transport role. For a meeting with Dutch government officials in nearby The Hague OM-BYB (11403) visited the Netherlands, unfortunately in dull weather. (André Wadman, Rotterdam, 16 December 2020)


After the demise of Insel Air, one of their F70s (P4-FKA, 11528) was acquired in 2017 by Airline Fleet Support BV with the intention to transfer it to a still unknown operator in Africa. In the meantime it underwent heavy maintenance and now looks reasonably complete. We are looking forward to see where it will have its next home. The F70 was noticed under tow with temporary registration 2-HJCH. (Larry Every, Curaçao, 19 November 2020)


Last September a specialized company started removing useful parts from the two TUS Airways F70s that were stored at Cyprus after the airline ceased operations. The work made slow progress, as the engines were taken out two months later from 5B-DDI (11583). In the back sister ship 5B-DDG (11543) is also visible in a comparable condition. (Panos Neocleous on Facebook, Larnaca, 26 November 2020)

 
11390 100   HP-1894PST Air Panama. Seen at Mexico City - Juarez International airport, landing gear, engines and other parts missing. So it is broken up now.
11543 070   5B-DDG TUS Airways. Registration cancelled 070720 and parted out during September and November 2020 at Larnaca.
11583 070   5B-DDI TUS Airways. Registration cancelled 070720 and parted out during September and November 2020 at Larnaca.


 

Credits: All photographers, Air-Britain News, André Alders, Aviator.aero, Pegasus Flight Center, Scramble,
Marcus Vallianos, Jacques Vooren, Willem Westerhof.