FOKKERfleetlist
  July-August 2009

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 & FH-227 are part of the FOKKERfleetlist. The airframes are printed in chronological order. Items older than a month are moved to the archive (not yet active). For reactions on the contents or sharing news updates please contact the editor: fransvanzelm[at]airnieuws.nl

Note: when an update has been made to the previous publication, the registration in the 4th colomn is changed into blue.


     Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60

   10225 200 G-BAUR Exeter Airport Fire Brigade, white fuselage seen at Exeter 150709 moved again to the fire practice area and put on a high stand as in the past. Its purpose is to be filled with smoke for fire crew practice.
   10349 600 N19QQ N742FE 19th Hole, Inc., re-registered 090709 as N19QQ.
   10350 600 N19AQ N702FE 19th Hole, Inc., re-registered 090709 as N19AQ.
   10385 600 N19NN N729FE 19th Hole, Inc., re-registered 080709 as N19NN.
   10420 600 N19AU N703FE 19th Hole, Inc., re-registered 090709 as N19AU.
   10615 500 N19AY N713FE 19th Hole, Inc., re-registered 080709 as N19AY.
   10675 200 6V-AHS Sunu Air, reportedly sold to Africa Air Assistance, Sarl. Seen stored at Dakar early 0609 still in Sunu Air c/s and not yet serviceable. Stored at Dakar since 2006.
   20110 050 SE-LEL Skyways AB, arrived at Amsterdam 210809 for painting by QAPS. Departed from Amsterdam 250809 in new (red) Skyways c/s without tail logo.
   20111 050 SE-LED Skyways AB, arrived at Amsterdam 030809 for painting by QAPS. Departed from Amsterdam 160809 in basic new (red) Skyways c/s.
   20112 050 SE-LEC Skyways AB, seen at Amsterdam 180809 inside QAPS paint shop being painted to basic new (red) Skyways c/s. Departed from Amsterdam 210809.
   20115 050 SE-LEU Skyways AB, seen at Amsterdam 190709 inside QAPS paint shop without rudder. Departed from Amsterdam 030809 in basic new (red) Skyways c/s.
   20121 050 OO-VLR VLM Airlines N.V., seen at Rotterdam 310709 in VLM c/s with "CityJet" titles.
   20128 050 SE-LEZ Skyways AB, seen at Stockholm/Arlanda early 0809 in white c/s with red tail and with much larger "Skyways" titles and logo on forward fuselage. The nacelles still in white colours.
   20133 050 5Y-VVJ Blue Bird Aviation, Ltd, arrived at Maastricht 270609 for maintenance. Seen inside SAMCO hangar 190809.
   20145 050 OO-VLN VLM Airlines N.V., first seen Antwerpen 230609 in VLM c/s with "CityJet" titles.
   20147 050 SE-LIP Skyways AB, recently returned to Largus Aviation AB after lease. Leased to Amapola Flyg AB. Cabine converted to E-class freighter. Seen at Stockholm/Arlanda 260509 in Amapola Flyg AB c/s with cabine windows replaced by blind panels.


SE-LEL (20110) was towed after painting from the QAPS paintshop to the K-platform at Schiphol East. Just two aircrafts to go and all ten Skyways Fokker 50's are done. (Rob de Jong, Amsterdam, 25 August 2009)


Just before departure good old SE-LEU (20115) was seen in its new colours still without the company titles and logo on the fuselage. (Jacques Vooren, Amsterdam, 3 August 2009)


With the arrival of OO-VLQ (20159) in CityJet colours it becomes clear the days of VLM Airlines are numbered. Fokker 50 OO-VLP (20209) is currently at Norwich for the same treatment. (Bob Rong', Antwerp, 26 August 2009)

   20152 050 SE-LIS Skyways AB, recently returned to Largus Aviation AB after lease. Leased to Amapola Flyg AB and registered 180609. Cabine converted to E-class freighter. Seen at Visby 020709 in white c/s with small "Fokker50 Xpress" titles on forward fuselage and engine cowlings.
   20159 050 OO-VLQ VLM Airlines N.V., ferried Rotterdam-Norwich 100809 for painting into CityJet c/s. Seen at Norwich 190809 in CityJet c/s still without its rudder. Ferried Norwich-Antwerp 250809.
   20161 050 VH- . . . 9M-MGC MASWings, Sdn Bhd, returned to Malaysia Airline System, Bhd after lease. Arrived at Adelaide 020809 in white c/s on delivery to Alliance Airlines, Pty Ltd. Reportedly for parting out.
   20177 050 OO-VLX VLM Airlines N.V., seen at Rotterdam 220809 in VLM c/s with "CityJet" titles.
   20193 050 P4-KAS Air Astana, seen at Novosibirsk, Russia 150609 with new "air astana" company titles.
   20197 050F I-MLDT PH-KVD MiniLiner, Srl, registration PH-KVD cancelled 090609. Departed from Denver 260809 as I-MLDT after freighter conversion. Seen at Charleroi 270809 and arrived at Bergamo 280809 on delivery.
   20199 050 SX-BRV PH-ZDI Aircraft Financing and Trading bv, ferried Woensdrecht-Amsterdam 220709 in white c/s and handed over to owner First Prop Aviation. Destined for Hellas Aviation (a joint venture between First Prop Aviation and Hellas Jet). Registration cancelled 230709. Seen still parked at Amsterdam 250709 as PH-ZDI. Rolled out QAPS paintshop at Amsterdam 290709 as SX-BRV in white c/s named 'Victor'. Ferried Amsterdam-Athens 060809 in white c/s on delivery to First Prop Aviation. Seen parked at Athens 280809 along with PH-KVE and PH-KVF awaiting start-up of Hellas Aviation.
   20202 050 PH-FZG Denim Air bv, departed from Maastricht 060809 on new wet-lease to Arik Air in white c/s.
   20206 050 SX-BRS PH-KVE KLM Cityhopper bv, sold to First Prop Aviation 0709, arranged by Cabot Aviation and destined for new start-up Hellas Aviation. Seen at Amsterdam 230709 inside QAPS paint shop. Ferried to Athens 310709 as KL7881 in white c/s named "Stamtatis" along with PH-KVF. Registration cancelled 310709. Seen parked at Athens 280809 still as PH-KVE together with SX-BRV and PH-KVF awaiting start-up of Hellas Aviation. To become SX-BRS.
   20207 050 SX-BRM PH-KVF KLM Cityhopper bv, sold to First Prop Aviation 0709, arranged by Cabot Aviation and destined for new start-up Hellas Aviation. Seen at Amsterdam 190709 inside QAPS paint shop. Rolled out QAPS paint shop 230709 in white c/s. Ferried to Athens 310709 as KL7881 in white c/s named "Bella" along with PH-KVE. Registration cancelled 310709. Seen parked at Athens 280809 still as PH-KVF together with SX-BRV and PH-KVE awaiting start-up of Hellas Aviation. To become SX-BRM.


SX-BRV (20199) seen here awaiting a new adventure in Greece. New start-up Hellas Aviation is expected to begin within a few weeks. (Rob de Jong, Amsterdam, 2 August 2009)


PH-KVF (20207) was ferried together with PH-KVE (20206) to Athens and both were parked along with SX-BRV (20199) awaiting the start up of Hellas Aviation. (Constantinos Zervos / athensairport.blogspot.com, Athens, 31 July 2009)

   20209 050 OO-VLP VLM Airlines N.V., arrived at Norwich 190809 for painting into CityJet c/s (2nd a/c).
   20230 050 SX-BRT 5B-DCB Euro Aviation, S.A., departed from Stockholm/Arlanda 060609 after maintenance and seen at Hamburg the same day still in white c/s with Freedom Airways tail logo on return to Greece. Arrived at Amsterdam 200709 in same c/s and seen with name "Ayios Demetrios" and flew a charter 220709. Returned to Athens 240709 and seen in service at Larnaca 260709 active for Euro Aviation. Arrived again at Amsterdam 280709 and departed 310709. Seen at Verona/Villafranca 070809. Destined for Hellas Aviation as SX-BRT.
   20231 050 5H-TGF Tanzanian Government Flight, arrived at Fokker Services Woensdrecht 240309 for overhaul. Departed from Woensdrecht 220709.
   20233 050 PH-JXK Denim Air bv, returned at Maastricht 170609 after wet-lease to Arik Air. Arrived at Libreville 270709 on wet-lease to Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon.
   20239 050 PH-JXN Denim Air bv, departed from Maastricht 220709 on wet-lease to Athens Airways in white c/s to replace their leased Dash 8 on maintenance. Arrived at Maastricht 110809 after wet-lease.
   20257 050 OY-PCI Nordic Aviation Capital A/S, ferried M'nchengladbach-Billund 060809 after maintenance.


5B-DCB (20230) is currently operated by Euro Aviation, a Greek air-taxi company based at Athens. The past weeks the Fokker 50 was at Stockholm for maintenance and performed some charters from Amsterdam. (Adriaan Elligens, Amsterdam, 21 July 2009)

     Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100

   11040 1000 C-GFKE Calgary Airport, fuselage and tail section no longer at Calgary, spotted as of 130709. Scrapped completely.
   11047 1000 TU-PAB ?, seen parked at Dinard 280709 freshly painted in executive c/s. Note: c/s is very similar to colours of former Ekspres Air PK-RJW (11045).
   11248 0100 PH-OFJ KLM Cityhopper UK, Ltd, performed last commercial flight 010709. Ferried Amsterdam-Norwich 210709 for storage.
   11285 0100 XA-MRB Aerocaribe S.A. de C.V., seen at Mexico City 220809 in white c/s with large "Office DEPOT" titles on fuselage and new tail logo including "mexicanaclick" titles on engine cowlings.
   11293 0100 PH-MJO HL7774 Yeongnam Air, suspended operations 1208 and parked at Seoul/Gimpo on return to lessor. Registration cancelled 080409. Registration PH-MJO reserved 070509 by owner Mass Holding nv.
   11304 0100 XA-MRG Aerocaribe S.A. de C.V., seen at Mexico City 150709 in Vive M'xico tourism promotion c/s (being 2nd a/c).
   11324 0100 F-GPNK R'gional, S.A., arrived at Fokker Services Woensdrecht 180609 on return to lessor. Ferried to Norwich 150709 for painting. Returned to Woensdrecht 220709 in white c/s.
   11327 0100 XY-AGC Air Bagan, Ltd, at Kuala Lumpur 210509 in Air Bagan c/s again.
   11331 0100 PJ-DAB Dutch Antilles Express B.V., seen stored at Curacao 120309 in white c/s with "www.flydae.com" titles. All cockpit windows covered with plastic and other parts taped up. Current status?


TU-PAB (11047) seen here still at Dinard after painting into a executive colourscheme. The new owner or operator remains unknown. (Sylvain Gourheu, 28 July 2009)


ZS-JES (11236) is seen here in very white colours after being returned from the wet-lease to SkyLink Arabia. (Arnold Balledux, Lanseria, 30 Augustus 2009)


OE-LVJ (11359) has received special advertisment titles for the "Kronen Zeitung", Austrias biggest newspaper. The titles are different on the other side. (Paul Zethof, Amsterdam, 13 August 2009)

   11339 0100 XA-TKR Aerocaribe S.A. de C.V., seen at Mexico City 300709 in new (white) Mexicana Click c/s with new tail logo.
   11340 0100 YR-FKA Carpatair, S.A., arrived at Tripoli 300709 on 3 months wet-lease to Petro Air.
   11347 0100 XA-MQJ Aerocaribe S.A. de C.V., seen at Mexico City 010809 in new (white) Mexicana Click c/s with new tail logo.
   11359 0100 OE-LVJ Tyrolean Airways, seen at Vienna 080809 in basic Austrian arrows c/s with "Austrian fliegt auf die Kronen Zeitung" titles at l/h-side and "Die Kronen Zeitung fliegt auf Austrian" titles at r/h-side of fuselage including "austrian.com" titles on engine cowlings.
   11369 0100 YR-FKB Carpatair, S.A., arrived at Tripoli 130809 on 3 months wet-lease to Petro Air.
   11410 0100 PH-KXR XA-KXR Aerocaribe S.A. de C.V., registration cancelled 0709. Registered to Aircraft Financing and Trading bv 150709 as PH-KXR, CofR 7473. Stored at Woensdrecht since 150609.
   11470 0100 D-AFKF PH-MJK Mass Jet Lease bv, departed from Woensdrecht 080709 to Saarbr'cken as PH-MJK. Seen at Saarbr'cken 110709 in Star Alliance c/s still as PH-MJK with 'On behalf of Star Alliance member carriers Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines' titles on fuselage without Contact Air logo. Registration PH-MJK cancelled 160709. Seen again at Saarbr'cken 050809 registered as D-AFKF. Note: this fuselage had also originally a l/h aft Service/Emergency door (S/E door) fitted which is removed at Woensdrecht. See also PH-MJP (11505).
   11496 0100 PH- . . . B-12292 Mandarin Airlines, arrived at Eindhoven 310809 on return to lessor Mass Jet Lease bv. Planned for ferry flight to Fokker Services Woensdrecht 020909. Destined for Contact Air Flugdienst, GmbH & Co.
   11505 0100 PH-MJP B-12296 Mandarin Airlines, returned to lessor after lease. Arrived at Eindhoven 290609. Ferried to Fokker Services Woensdrecht 010709. Registered to Mass Jet Lease bv 300709 as PH-MJP, CofR 7481. Modified at Woensdrecht 0709 to standard fuselage version B30 (l/h aft S/E door removed). This S/E door was originally fitted at the production line in 1995 as requirement for TAM. Arrived at Amsterdam 050809 in Mandarin c/s as PH-MJP with l/h aft S/E door removed (new skin plate fitted and painted in primer only) for painting by QAPS. Rolled out paint shop 190809 as D-AFKE in white c/s with "Contact Air" titles and Lufthansa Regional tail colours. Seen inside Hangar 73 at Amsterdam 200809 again as PH-MJP. Ferried Amsterdam-Saarbr'cken 210809 still as PH-MJP on delivery to Contact Air Flugdienst, GmbH & Co. Registration cancelled 270809.
   11509 0100 EP-OPI Iranian Air Transport, Company, seen at Tehran/Mehrabad 0609 in white c/s with "Iranian Air Transport Co.Naft" titles including IAT and NIOC tail logo.
   11540 0070 PH-KZS F-GLIS R'gional, S.A., arrived at Fokker Services Woensdrecht 290709 for maintenance. Registered to KLM Cityhopper bv 120809 as PH-KZS, CofR 7487.
   11556 0070 PH-KZV F-GLIV R'gional, S.A., arrived at Fokker Services Woensdrecht 080709 for maintenance. Registered to KLM Cityhopper bv 130709 as PH-KZV, CofR 7471. Ferried to Amsterdam 120809 as PH-KZV in Air France by Regional c/s for painting by QAPS. Testflight from Amsterdam 170809 (as FOP556). Entered paint shop 190809.
   11573 0070 OE-LFL Tyrolean Airways, seen at Antwerpen 100609 in Austrian arrows c/s with "austrian.com" titles on engine cowlings.


The l/h aft service emergency door was removed at Woensdrecht before PH-MJP (11505) was ferried to Amsterdam for painting. (Paul Zethof, 5 August 2009)


D-AFKE (11505), being the sixth Fokker 100 of Contact Air, has received a different livery including Lufthansa Regional tail colours. (Dennis Jonkers, Amsterdam, 19 August 2009)


The seventh Fokker 100 for Contact Air is also coming from Mandarin Airlines. B-12292 (11496) will be ferried to Woensdrecht on 2 September for maintenance and painting. (Hans Hoffmann, Eindhoven, 31 August 2009)


Also the next addition to the KLC fleet was ferried from Woensdrecht to Amsterdam for painting. PH-KZV (11556) had to wait a few days outside before it could enter the QAPS paintshop. (Paul Zethof, 13 August 2009)

Credits:  Credits: Air Britain, Airliner World, Aviation Letter, ALST, BCARG, DSML, Flight International, Luftfahrt Journal, Christofer Witt/Skyliner, Pieter van 't Hof/SG Woensdrecht, friends@nieuwvennep.