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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.
For reactions on the contents or sharing news updates please contact the
editor:
fokkernews@gmail.com
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On 10 April 2021 Alliance Airlines has flown the first revenue service
with Embraer ERJ 190. This also marks the beginning of the end of Fokker
operations, but the final Alliance Fokker flight may be years ahead.
The successor of Montenegro Airlines will be branded as Air Montenegro.
Their current fleet plans only include two Embraer ERJ 195s, so most probably
the new airline means the end of the F100 in Montenegrin service.
The Australian Competition Authority has granted permission to Alliance
Airlines and Virgin Australia Airlines for cooperation on 39 domestic
and two international routes. The basic idea is to increase efficiency and
flexibility by using Alliance Fokkers on thinner Virgin routes. The permission
is provisionally granted for two years.
The red eagle tail logo that we showed on Maandeeq Air 5Y-SMT (20177) in our
January issue (#38), proves to be identical with what I-Fly Air of Kenya
has on their website. The relationship between the two airlines is unknown to
us.
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The Historical Aviation Restoration Society (HARS) in Australia is the
proud owner of two Friendships that were donated to them after the New Zealand
Post office withdrew the type from service. Both F27s were recently adorned with
HARS titles in dark green, as shown here on VH-EWH (10596). The younger sister
ship VH-TQN (10680) is currently being restored to flying condition, so we can
expect a Friendship back in the air in the coming years.
(Peter Tomkinson of HARS Aviation Museum, Illawarra airport, Albion Park NSW,
March 2021)
South Sudanese CityLink Africa Airways has become known as a new Fokker
operator. Although the airline advertises as an air cargo company, they are also
flying passenger services. The two pictures show 5Y-RNG (20120) in full Renegade
Air livery with a large ‘operated by CityLink Africa Airways’ sticker next to
the passenger door, so apparently Renegade does not operate this F50 themselves.
(Mads Oyen, Juba, 22 April 2021 and CityLink Africa Airways at Facebook; Juba, 7
March 2021)
Another “new” F50 is 5Y-MMA (20145) with Salaam Air Express titles and
the name ‘Jamila’ painted on the nose. Former SE-MFU was delivered in December
2020 to Silverstone Air Services. (VP AliEid on Twitter, Dhusamareb, 18 March
2021)
All-white F50 5Y-JXJ (20232) is almost 30 years old now and still in active
service. It is believed to fly for Jubba Airways. (Mads Oyen, Juba, 21
April 2021)
Former Sky Aviation F50 PK-ECD (20271) is in use as an emergency trainer
at Depati Amir airport on Bangka island, Indonesia, from at least December 2016.
Since then, the airframe has lost its engines and undercarriage and now stands
on trestles. It carries ‘Menumbing Air’ titles as well as the fake registration
PK-MBG.
(Kanggalon_spotters25 at Instagram, Pangkalan Baru, 21 March 2021)
A picture on Facebook shows this unidentified Maandeeq Air F50. Since the
color scheme is different from all known Maandeeq Fokkers it must be either a
new fleet addition or an aircraft that was recently repainted. Any help in
identifying this airframe is welcome. (Mudugjournalist at Facebook, Dhusamareb,
12 April 2021)
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10507 |
400M |
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G521/B |
Ghana Air Force. Some confusion has arisen regarding this Troopship:
reportedly it now belongs to the Red Clay Studio of the Savannah Centre
for Contemporary Art near Tamale, Ghana. However, on a recent Google
Earth picture (February 2021) it is not yet visible in the museums
aircraft collection (9.482923, -0.793793), but still on the well-known
location at Tamale International airport (9.553939, -0.860725). |
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10617 |
500 |
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Myanmar Air Force. This Friendship is stored at Hmawbi Air Base, some 40
km north of Yangon. Indeed Google shows a F27 (17.1161537, 96.057231),
so it might be this one. |
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20145 |
050 |
5Y-MMA |
SE-MFU |
Silverstone Air Services. The Kenyan registration is now known. |
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20151 |
050 |
5Y-*** |
SE-LIR |
Largus Aviation. Ferried from Malmö via Heraklion and Karthoum to
Nairobi 22-24 April 2021 for lease by I-Fly Air. |
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050 |
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VH-FKX |
Alliance Airlines. A recent picture shows this F50 without engines and
windows taped off. So it may be assumed that the airframe is withdrawn
from use. |
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70 & Fokker
100 |
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When the Fokker company was still extant, they established their own maintenance
school at Woensdrecht air base. Nowadays it is called Aircraft Maintenance &
Training School, which belongs to the Curio regional vocational
educations institute. The technical school owns two Fokkers as instructional
airframes: one is F100 PH-OFF (11274) and on the right F28-4000 (11167) painted
as PH-CHN, although its last registration was actually N800DH.
(BNDeStem, Woensdrecht, September 2020)
The hull of Air Panama F100 HP-1894PST (11390) is stored in Mexico City
for about one year now in a rather stripped down condition. It is located
outside the Mexicana MRO Services hangar at Lic. Benito Juárez airport, visible
at Google Maps (19.443639, -99.069861). (Ricardo Mungarro, Mexico City, 6 March
2021)
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11284 |
100 |
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XA-MRA |
The former Mexicana F100 is still on poles in Cuautitlán Izcalli, but
the Flyboys restaurant that was located in the airframe is closed due to
the corona pandemic. |
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11369 |
100 |
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YR-FKB |
Carpatair. Ferried from Cherbourg to Dinard 19 April 2021 as KRP9001.
For maintenance or storage? |
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11383 |
100 |
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EP-CFR |
Iran Air. Thanks to a picture at Jetphotos.net it appears that this 29
year old F100 is still in service. |
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11505 |
100 |
VH-NQZ |
D-AOLH |
Network Aviation Pty Ltd (Qantas Airways Ltd.). Registered 14 April
2021. The aircraft was recently ferried from Paderborn-Lippstadt to
Singapore-Seletar in full Avanti Air colors. It is believed to be parted
out there. |
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11556 |
070 |
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PZ-TFA |
Fly AllWays (Blue Wings). Is advertized for sale. The aircraft has not
flown for over one year. |
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Credits: All photographers, Air-Britain News, Aviator.aero,
CH-Aviation, Flickr, FlightAware, Hans Groen, Jan Homma,
Greg Hyde, Jetphotos.net,
Luchtvaartnieuws, MyAirTrade,
Jacques Vooren, Willem Westerhof, Chris Witt |
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