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Edition: 53 May 2022 
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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

Gran Colombia de Aviacion (GCA) has suspended its operations in late April 2022 due to financial problems. The airline had six F50s since 2017 (three officially registered in Colombia and three still registered with parent company Avior in Venezuela), but  they have never flown revenue flights for the airline.

Qantas, who possesses 20% of the shares of Alliance Airlines, intends to acquire the remaining 80%, subject to approval by the Australian competition authorities. The deal would include the entire Alliance fleet of over 40 Fokker aircraft.

In March 2022 the Philippine Air Force took their fifth CASA C295 on strength. This implicates that the end for the F27 era is rapidly approaching.

On 2 May 2022 Amapola Flyg started to operate its first international scheduled flight from Stockholm-Arlanda to Kokkola-Jakobstad in Finland with a stopover in Kramfors. The connection is offered on four days per week, of course using F50 equipment. During the July-August 2022 period it will be changed to a non-stop flight.

 
     Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60
 

Former Sunshine Aviation Friendship HB-ISH (10260), withdrawn from service 30 years ago, serves as a trainer with the fire service at Basel-Mulhouse airport.
The livery is very faded, yet recognizable. (John Tomlinson on Flickr; Basel, 1 May 2022)

After Asialink Cargo Express ceased to exist in 2017, its single F50 PK-KRP (20119) was put in storage at Batam island and offered for sale. By the end of 2021 a
Kenyan airline (Skyward or Silverstone Air Services?) acquired the full freighter and recently the aircraft was photographed in Medan, Indonesia, still in Asialink
colors but registered as 5Y-JWY. (Simon Aviation; Kualanamu International Airport, 30 April 2022)


 Alliance Airlines F50 VH-FKX (20312) is in the process of being parted out. (Tony Haynes on Flickr; Adelaide, 14 May 2022)
 
10295 400   5Y-SEP Safari Express Cargo. Is active again, so the storage (see Fokkernews 52) was temporary.
10369 500   5Y-GMC Astral Aviation. Stored at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta for a few months.
10370 500   5Y-CCE Cargo2Fly. This freighter is currently operating in South Sudan.
10378 500   5Y-GMD Astral Aviation. Stored at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta since a couple of months.
10448 500   5Y-JUU Astral Aviation. Stored at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta and reportedly offered for sale.
10550 500CRF   5Y-SEC Safari Express Cargo. Is active again, so the storage reported in Fokkernews 52 was for a short period only.
20110 050   5Y-SKN Air Kasaï. Seen at Nairobi-Wilson in full Air Kasaï c/s, intended to enter service out of Kinshasa in first week of May 2022.
20119 050F 5Y-JWY PK-KRP Silverstone Air Services. On 30 April 2022 this aircraft was seen at Medan, Indonesia in full Asialink Cargo Express colors with Kenyan registration.
20147 050E 5Y-GMS SE-LIP Jubba Airways (operator needs confirmation). Cancelled from Swedish register 6 May 2022 and ferried from Malmö via Brindisi and Luxor to Nairobi 14-16 May 2022. 
 
 
     Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100
 

Ex Air Panama HP-1896PST (11320) in its current state, waiting for the next guests to visit ‘The Captain Flag’ restaurant.
(David Russell on Flickr; Naos Island, Panama City, 22 April 2022)


In Fokkernews 45 we showed a picture of former Avianca F100 PR-OAF (11415), transformed into a fine dining restaurant. At that time it was in full Pan American
colors with the fake registration N281PA. Recently the titles were changed into TPE American, where TPE stands for The Plane Experience.
(Lukas Souza on Simple Flying; Brasilia, 26 April 2022)


After its last flight for TUS Airways in 2019, 5B-DDD (11417) was stored at is home base. This picture shows it now during the parting out process. Intention is
to completely scrap the frame once all useable parts are removed. (Glenn Palmer on Facebook; Larnaca, 8 May 2022)


The special decals 'RedS official airline partner' are no longer carried by Alliance Airlines F70 VH-JFE (11545). (Matthew Welsby; Adelaide, 29 April 2022)


Former TUS Airways F70 5B-DDF (11562) was flown from Bratislava to Woensdrecht for continued storage, waiting for a possible buyer. (Ralph Hamaker; Woensdrecht, 13 May 2022)
 
11369 100   YR-FKB Carpatair. On 11 May 2022 this F100, which had operated for Nordica in Sweden since late March, returned to homebase Arad in Romania. Since then it has been flying charters all over Europe.
11505 100   VH-NQZ Network Aviation (QantasLink). Cabin reconfiguration was recently completed and the aircraft is now being prepared for its first test flight, prior to entering service by the end of May.
11545 070   VH-JFE Alliance Airlines. The 'RedS official airline partner' titles that were applied in early 2021 have been removed.
11547 070   VH-KBX Alliance Airlines. This VIP F70 was noted at Brisbane on 16 May 2022 with windows taped over, apparently prepared for long-term storage.
11562 070   5B-DDF TUS Airways. After having been stored at Bratislava for more than two years, the lessor ferried the F70 to Woensdrecht for continued storage on 13 May 2022 as SXI2225, still in full TUS Airways livery.


 

Credits: All photographers named above, ASNAR-RDC, Aviator.aero, Merv Crowe, Frank Ellemers, FlightAware,
Flighradar24, Lentoposti.fi, Luchtvaartnieuws, Scramble, Skyliner, Svenski Flyghistoriskt Forum, Willem Westerhof,
Woensdrecht Aviation Society Forum