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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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Alliance Airlines
is going to build a new maintenance facility in Rockhampton, Queensland in order
to accommodate maintenance of the growing fleet instead of having it done
abroad.
Lee Schofield, CEO of Alliance Airlines, the world’s largest Fokker
operator, had stated that the airline will continue flying Fokkers for the next
seven to nine years, because they are marvelous aircraft, perfectly fit for what
Alliance is using them for. If more high quality F100s would be available on the
market, Alliance would not hesitate buying them, he said.
Qantas Airways is planning regional fleet renewal, involving all 18 F100s
operated by Network Aviation under the Qantas Link brand. A formal tender
announcement is expected soon. The airline is eying the Airbus 220, Embraer E2,
and Boeing 737 MAX 7.
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Leading Edge Aviation,
also known as Leascor, acquired F50 RP-C9993 (20107) back in 2018 from
Skywest and has used it in the previous operator’s livery until recently. Now it
is painted in a new variant of their own house style with revised titles and a
dark blue tail. (Isaac’s Avion Photos on Flickr; Clark, 27 August 2021)
In September Busy Bee Congo became a new Fokker operator by adding an F50
to its fleet, which already consisted of three Dornier 228s. The aircraft is
5Y-VVG (20137) that used to fly for Blue Bird in Kenya and now has Busy Bee
titles and tail logo. (Thierry Claver Malick Lilama on Facebook; Goma 4
September 2021)
Fairchild F-27A 5N-CAF (74), last used by Nexus Aviation, is preserved at
the House of Images in the National Museum in Esie, Nigeria (Google Earth
8.198791, 4.889083). It looks pretty intact and carries 'Image Airline' titles.
(Nobel Enterprise Basic School on Facebook; Esie, 14 August 2018)
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10378 |
500 |
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5Y-GMD |
Astral Aviation. Recently acquired from Aerospace Consortium and
currently undergoing maintenance. Aerospace Consortiums lease of this
Friendship freighter to the United Nations ended earlier in 2021 after
about three years of operations on behalf of the World Food Program. |
10564 |
400M |
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6W-STA |
Senegal Air Force. This Troopship is stored at Dakar-Yoff since October
2019 or maybe longer. The aircraft is visible on Google Earth at
14.737350, -17.483275. |
10653 |
200MAR |
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NAF-907 |
Nigerian Air Force (Navy). Preserved at Air Force Institute of
Technology, Kaduna air base (Google 10.608719, 7.442409). |
20124 |
050E |
5Y-JJJ |
SE-KTC |
Registration cancelled from Swedish register 20 September 2021. New
operator presumably Jetways. The aircraft made a testflight from
Nairobi-Wilson to Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta 13 october 2021 with callsign
5YJJJ. In the past, this aircraft was noted as 5Y-JWH. Therefore
confirmation of operator and new registration is welcomed. |
20125 |
050E |
5Y-*** |
SE-KTD |
Registration cancelled from Swedish register 16 September 2021. New
operator might be Silverstone Air Services and Kenyan registration
stilll unknown. |
20135 |
050 |
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HP-1921PST |
Air Panama. Aircraft is stored in Panama City and offered for sale,
after 41,909 hours and 48,317 landings. This leaves only a single F50
still in operation with Air Panama. |
20149 |
050F |
5Y-ELY |
SE-MFJ |
Aircraft noted active around Nairobi in September 2021 with a new
registration. The operator might be Silverstone Air Services, but needs
confirmation. |
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F-27F |
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CP-2479 |
Alas del Sur was last known operator. Noted on 18 May 2021 at Santa Cruz
airport, Bolivia, doing a taxi run. Reportedly this old Fairchild is
being prepared to fly again. |
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Fokker F28, Fokker
70 & Fokker
100 |
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C-GYCR (11050) now has a private owner, but is still in Canadian Regional
livery. Recently, the aircraft was disassembled and the parts were put on
trailers for the trip to Lethbridge, where the Time Air Historical Foundation
has its home base. (TAHS on Facebook; Saskatoon, 11 October 2021)
For the Saskatchewan Aviation Days
another stored Canadian Regional F28, C-GTIZ
(11099), was thoroughly washed and polished and looks like new again. For the
time being C-GTIZ
will remain at the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum and Learning Centre in
Saskatoon, while the volunteers of the Time Air Historical Society will continue
preparing C-GYCR (11050) and C-FTAV (11106) for their new permanent home in the
Lethbridge Museum. (Arnold Begeman; Saskatoon, 28 August 2021)
11106 |
1000 |
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C-FTAV |
Private owner, still in Canadian Regional livery. Stored at Saskatoon,
awaiting transport to TAHS in Lethbridge. The operation with C-GYCR (see
picture) is a sort of rehearsal for C-FTAV, that will become the
showpiece of the TAHS museum. |
11104 |
1000 |
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EP-PAZ |
Iran Aseman Airlines. This Fellowship was retired in 2004 with the
intention to turn it into a restaurant. This plan never materialized and
the aircraft was abandoned in the Ghadir recreational park near Qom,
Iran, well visible on Google 34.5636, 50.7828. It is all white and has
no titles; only the registration and the Iranian flag are visible. The
condition looks rather poor. |
11357 |
100 |
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VH-FKD |
Alliance Airlines. After landing in Laverton, Western Australia, on 28
September 2021 the crew experienced very heavy steering of the nosewheel
and the aircraft subsequently had a runway excursion of the left main
undercarriage. There were no injuries, nor damage to the aircraft. The
Australian Transport Safety Bureau has the incident still under
investigation. |
11457 |
100 |
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VH-NQE |
Network (Qantas Link). Flew from Perth via Port Hedland to
Singapore-Seletar 4 September 2021 for maintenance and returned in
service 11 October. |
11462 |
100 |
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EP-FQG |
Qeshm Air. Returned into service August 2021 after some 17 months of
storage. |
11528 |
070 |
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2-HJCH |
Airline Fleet Support. Seen at Curaçao 3 September 2021 during taxi
tests. On 18 September the F70 departed Curaçao for Nassau, Bahamas as
SXI2146, but had to return due to a pressurization issue. The second
attempt on 22 September 2021 was more successful: it flew from Curaçao
via Nassau, Halifax and Keflavik to Woensdrecht and arrived 24 September
2021. It needs additional maintenance prior to delivery to its new
operator in Africa. The aircraft is still all white. |
11559 |
070 |
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ZS-SKA |
Branson Air. After having been offered for sale for almost two years,
the aircraft was ferried from Johannesburg to Nairobi 12 September 2021.
On 15 September it was seen on radar doing a flight from Nairobi Jomo
Kenyatta to Wilson airport using callsign TLAET, so one might speculate
that a new operator in the Central African Republic will use it with
registration TL-AET. |
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Credits: All photographers named above, Airlinerslist.com, André Alders,
ATDB, Aviator.aero,
CH-Aviation,
Frank Ellemers,
FlightAware, Flightradar24, Hato Airport Group on
Facebook, Jetphotos.net, Luchtvaartnieuws, Michael Prophet, MyAirTrade,
Planespotters.net, Time Air Historical Society, Chris Witt,
WoensdrechtAS Spotter Forum. |
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