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On July 14th Frans van Zelm sadly passed away.
He was a great Fokker aircraft expert and for 35 years he took care
of Fokkernews for the AIRnieuws magazine and later the AIRnieuws
website, until a debilitating illness struck him in 2017, which
prevented him to further enjoy his beloved hobby. Frans will live in
the memories of our Fokker community as a very kind and
conscientious friend.
We wish his wife and daughter the strength to bear this heavy loss. |
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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
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The airframes are printed in chronological order.
For reactions on the contents or sharing news updates please contact the editor:
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Alliance
Aviation Services has agreed with Helvetic Airlines to
purchase the entire F100 fleet of five airframes, spare engines, parts and
tooling. Alliance already operates the largest Fokker fleet in the world and it
is also the largest supplier of parts, after Fokker Services.
Surinam's Fly All Ways has put their Fokker fleet for sale, consisting of
three F70 aircraft.
Trade Air
plans to replace their two F100 with two Airbus 319-100 in 2021.
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Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60 |
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Kenia is the only country where Friendships are still operational on a
commercial basis; all of them are cargo airplanes. One of these is 5Y-GMD
(10378) of Aerospace Consortium International, together with sister ship
5Y-GMC operating on behalf of the United Nations World Food Program in Somalia.
In contrast to what all usual sources say, a construction plate check
revealed that 5Y-GMD actually is c/n 10378, so we suppose that identities have
been mixed up and 5Y-GMC is 10448 (André Alders;
Mogadishu, March 23, 2019)
The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) of Australia flew its
second Friendship June 25th & 26th 2019 from Ardmore, New Zealand to its new
home base Illawarra Regional Airport, south of Sydney, with intermediate stops
at Norfolk Island and Gold Coast. This VH-TQN (11680) is one of the last F27’s
built and was operated 20 years as ZK-POH by Airwork Flight Operations on behalf
of the New Zealand Post until its retirement in 2017. The intention is to keep
the Friendship in flying condition as a tribute to the more than 80 F27’s that
used to operate in Australia since 1959 (Dave Clements; Gold Coast, June 25,
2019)
For Fokker enthusiast, Kenya is the country to be, as there are over 50
airframes in existence, mainly F50, of which quite a few operate to and in
Somalia. A relative new airline is Maandeeq Air of Somalia that uses some
leased F50’s, amongst which 5Y-SMS (20112) in basic Silverstone livery with
Maandeeq titles
(André Alders; Mogadishu, March 24, 2019)
Besides two passenger F50’s, Jetways Airlines operates three F50F
freighters, two of which were previously in service with Miniliner. 5Y-JWG
(20191) clearly shows its Italian history by the distinctive Miniliner color
scheme (André Alders; Mogadishu, March 24, 2019)
At least six F50’s are or have been in operation with Silverstone Air
Services. 5Y-IZO (20244) sports a non-standard color scheme.
(André Alders; Mogadishu, March 24, 2019)
Another Kenyan operator of which not much is known, is Freedom Airline
Express that has two F50’s in the fleet, 5Y-CHM (20249) and 5Y-FAI of which
we had a picture in our March 2018 edition (#5). Both carry an executive-style
livery without titles (André Alders; Mogadishu, March 19, 2019)
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10318 |
600 |
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5Y-FMM |
Safari Express. Wreck noted 250319 at Garbarahey airstrip; the aircraft
crashed there in June 2017. |
10370 |
500 |
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5Y-CCE |
Cargo2Fly. Seen 190319 stored at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta. |
10378 |
500 |
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5Y-GMD |
Aerospace Consortium. Seen active 190319 at Mogadishu and 250319 at
Garbaharey, operating for the UN World Food Program. It was all white
with a small UN-WFP logo under the cockpit. The construction plate
inside the aircraft was checked and interestingly it appeared that this
airframe is 10378 (former F-BPUF), not 10448 as all sources indicate
until now. |
10448 |
500 |
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5Y-GMC |
Aerospace Consortium. Seen 190319 at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, undergoing
maintenance. See 5Y-GMD (10378) for the construction number correction. |
10522 |
500 |
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HR-ATL |
Atlantic Airlines. Seen at La Ceiba 230219, looks complete, but in a
derelict state. |
10680 |
500 |
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VH-TQN |
Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS). Ferried from Ardmore,
New Zeland, via Norfolk island and Gold Coast, Australia to Wollongong
25 to 26-06-2019 for preservation in the HARS collection. |
542 |
227B |
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HR-ASK |
Atlantic Airlines. Seen at La Ceiba 250219, stored. |
20107 |
050 |
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RP-C9993 |
Leading Edge Air Services. Delivered from Singapore-Seletar via Kota
Kinabalu to Clark 060619, in basic Skywest livery. Supposedly to be used
for spare parts. |
20110 |
050 |
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5Y-SKN |
Skyward Express. Seen 230319 at Nairobi-Wilson, all white. |
20111 |
050 |
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5Y-MIS |
Maandeeq Air. Seen stored at Nairobi-Wilson 230319. |
20112 |
050 |
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5Y-SMS |
Maandeeq Air. Noted 240319 at Mogadishu-Aden Adde in Silverstone c/s
with Maandeeq tiltes. |
20116 |
050 |
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5Y-SVN |
Rudufu. Seen Nairobi-Wilson 210319, one engine missing. |
20118 |
050F |
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5Y-JWC |
Jetways Airlines. Noted 200319 at Mogadishu-Aden Adde airport. |
20121 |
050 |
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5Y-WFA |
Seen Nairobi-Wilson 210319, all white, no engines. Operator remains
unclear (Rudufu?). |
20122 |
050 |
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5Y-SMX |
Seen Nairobi-Wilson 21-03-2019. Operator is not clear, could be
Silverstone Air Services or Skyward Express. |
20124 |
050F |
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SE-KTC |
Amapola Flyg. Noted Malmö 160719, all white. |
20125 |
050F |
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SE-KTD |
Amapola Flyg. Seen Malmö 160719. |
20128 |
050 |
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SE-LEZ |
Amapola Flyg. Seen Malmö 160719, all white, partially broken up. |
20152 |
050F |
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SE-LIS |
Amapola Flyg. Noted Malmö 160719 without props. |
20159 |
050 |
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SE-MFZ |
Amapola Flyg. Noted Malmö 160719, still as OO-VLQ in full VLM livery
with 25 years Antwerp-London City sticker. |
20167 |
050 |
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5Y-SIB |
Skyward Express. Seen 190319 stored at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, all white. |
20168 |
050F |
5Y-IZZ |
SE-LJG |
Silverstone Air Services. Delivery flight MMX-HER-KRT-WIL 260619. ID not
confirmed, see 20180 |
20171 |
050 |
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SE-LJH |
Amapola Flyg. Noted Malmö 160719, all white. |
20180 |
050 |
5Y-SMN |
SE-LJI |
Silverstone Air Services. Delivery flight MMX-HER-KRT-WIL 260619. ID not
confirmed, see 20168. |
20191 |
050F |
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5Y-JWG |
Jetways Airlines. Seen Mogadishu-Aden Adde 190319 in basic Miniliner
colors. |
20192 |
050 |
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5Y-SMZ |
Skyward Express. Seen Nairobi-Wilson 230319, stored in basic Travel Air
livery. |
20200 |
050 |
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5Y-FJE |
Fanjet Express. Seen 190319 at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, all white, no
longer Daalloo Airlines titles. |
20202 |
050 |
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5Y-SMQ |
Skyward Express. Noted at Nairobi-Wilson 210319. |
20208 |
050 |
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5Y-JWZ |
Jetways Airlines. Seen stored at Nairobo-Wilson 210319, white with black
titles. |
20209 |
050 |
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5Y-JWX |
Jetways Airlines. Seen Nairobo-Wilson 210319. |
20232 |
050 |
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5Y-JXJ |
Skyward Express. Seen at Mogadishu-Aden Adde 190319, all white. |
20233 |
050 |
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5Y-JXK |
Skyward Express. Seen Nairobi-Wilson 260319, all white. Apparently the
lease to SOM Express has ended. |
20239 |
050 |
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5Y-JXN |
Air Jubba. Seen 200319 in service at Mogadishu-Aden Adde airport. |
20243 |
050 |
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5Y-WFB |
Buff Air Services. Seen 180319 at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta and 250319
Mogadishu-Aden Adde, in basic Flugfelag livery. |
20244 |
050 |
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5Y-IZO |
Silverstone Air Services. Seen Mogadishu-Aden Adde 190319. |
20249 |
050 |
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5Y-CHM |
Freedom Air Express. Seen active 190319 at Mogadishu-Aden Adde airport. |
20250 |
050 |
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5Y-WFC |
Buff Air Services. Seen 180319 at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta and 230319
Nairobi-Wilson in basic Flugfelag livery. |
20260 |
050 |
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5Y-JRN |
Skyward Express. Seen Nairobi-Wilson 260319, all white and missing one
prop. |
20261 |
050 |
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5Y-JAF |
Jubba Airways. Noted 190319 Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, stored and missing a
propeller. |
20282 |
050 |
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5Y-FAI |
Freedom Air Express. Seen stored 230319 at Nairobi-Wilson. |
20??? |
050 |
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5Y-**X |
Kush Air. Noted at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta 260319 in full livery. Part of
the registration was unclear and thus the identity of the airframe
remains unknown; it might be 20333 (ex ET-AKU). |
20??? |
050 |
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5Y-CIW |
Unknown operator, maybe Bush Air Safaris. Seen Nairobi-Wilson 260319,
all white, looking intact. Identity is not known. |
20??? |
050 |
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5Y-GIG |
Bush Air Safaris. Noted Nairobi-Wilson 210319, all white, without props.
The c/n is still unknown. |
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Fokker F28, Fokker
70 & Fokker
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On 200619 NASA executed a vertical drop test at their Langley
Landing and Impact Research Facility, using former Canadian Regional F28-1000 C-GCRN
(11051). This type of tests are performed more often there, but this F28 was the
largest aircraft ever crashed intentionally. The airframe was equipped with 24
dummy passengers for occupant crash response and likelihood of injury
investigations. It was dropped from a large gantry some 50 m high and thousands
of data were collected, giving researchers a solid basis for computer
simulations on aircraft crash safety. For the test NASA worked together with the
FAA, the US Army Test and Evaluation Command and the National Transportation
Safety Board. The left side was painted in the special grey and white dot
pattern that NASA uses for photogrammetry and for the occasion the airframe had
been adorned with the appropriate, but fake registration
C-RASH. (NASA/David Meade; Hampton, VA, June 20, 2019)
See also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrc889vD1BY
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqiGbOWCvWU
for videos of the test.
The ex-Sultra Air Fellowship PK-NAM (11142) was used for a graffiti
drawing competition, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the
Indonesian Air Force Maintenance Department #10 at Husein Sastranegara Air Base
at Bandung. The event was sponsored by the local Propan Raya spray paint
manufacturer. The result was a unique and very colorful F28 with two very
differently painted sides (Propan Bandung Team; Bandung, March 31, 2019)
As mentioned previously, Kenyan Safe Air Company leased one F100 from Bek
Air from January to mid-July 2019: UP-F1007 (11496). It operated in basic Bek
Air colors, without additional titles (André Alders; Mogadishu, March 25, 2019)
Recently Helvetic withdrew the F100 from active service, after having
operated 9 of the type over 16 years. The five last F100’s were put in storage
at Bratislava, awaiting delivery to Alliance Airlines. HB-JVC (11501) is leading
the row, followed by JVE (11459), JVH (11324), JVF (11466) and JVG (11478) (Airliners.sk;
Bratislava, July 5, 2019)
Alliance Airlines
steadily continues taking up new Fokkers in the fleet. VH-NUO (11529) was
seen making a test flight at Norwich and left the next day for active service
down under (Graham Reeve; Norwich, June 17, 2019)
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11093 |
4000 |
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5Y-JLA |
Jetlink. Seen 190319 stored at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta. |
11229 |
4000 |
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5Y-EEE |
Fly SAX. Seen 190319 at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta airport. |
11258 |
100 |
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UP-F1017 |
Seen active at Almaty 040719 in white Bek Air livery. |
11307 |
100 |
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5Y-SIA |
Skyward International. Noted stored 190319 at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta,
white with faded Ocean Airlines logo on the tail. |
11317 |
100 |
UP-F1018 |
HP-1900PST |
Bek Air. Delivered 17-190519 from Panama City via Manaus, Natal, Boa
Vista, Algiers and Ankara to Almaty, in basic Air Panama livery.
Correction of Fokkernews #19, which had the wrong ex Panamanian
registration. |
11321 |
100 |
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4O-AOM |
Montenegro Airlines. On 100710 the captain of flight YM610 from Tivat to
Moscow Domodedovo suddenly became unconscious. The first officer
diverted to Kaluga and soon after landing the captain recovered. The
aircraft continued and arrived at Domodedovo with 9.5 hours delay. |
11333 |
100 |
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VH-FZI |
Virgin Australia Regional Airlines. Flight VA1486 from Broome to Perth
experienced a bird strike at departure. The flight crew stopped the
climb, burnt off fuel and landed safely at Broome some 80 minutes after
take-off. |
11409 |
100 |
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EP-CFP |
Iran Air. Seen 070719 at Tehran Mehrabad, with damages, apparently
stored. Probably these are still from its mishap take-off 140916. |
11470 |
100 |
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UP-F1009 |
Bek Air. Seen active at Mogadishu Aden Adde in full Air Djibouti livery
and at Almaty 110619 in basic Air Djibouti colors, without any titles. |
11496 |
100 |
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UP-F1007 |
Safe Air. Noted 180319 at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta airport and 250319 at
Mogadishu-Aden Adde in basic Bek Air livery. Ferried back to Bek Air at
Almaty 15-160719 after lease ended. |
11529 |
070 |
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VH-NUO |
Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd. Made an air test 170619 at Norwich in full
Alliance livery. Delivery started 180619 as SXI1906 from Norwich via
Bratislava, Samsun, Al Ain, Nagpur, Kuala Lumpur, Surabaya and it
arrived at Perth 240619. It made its first revenue flight 040710 as
UTY802/803 from Perth to Leinster and back. |
11557 |
070ER |
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KAF308 |
Kenya Government. Seen in service Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta 200319. |
11581 |
070 |
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5Y-JWF |
Jetways Airlines. Seen Nairobi-Wilson 210319, all white. Air test at
Nairobi-Wilson 170719 after paint prior to entering in service. |
11582 |
070 |
PJ-JAC |
PH-KZD |
Jetair Caribbean. Registered 050719. |
11585 |
070 |
PJ-*** |
2-JACC |
Jetair Caribbean. Delivered after maintenance from Eindhoven via
Prestwick, Keflavik, Halifax and Nassau to Curacao 27-290619 as SYU1901. |
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Credits: All
photographers, Airliners.net, André Alders,
Aviation Herald, Aviator.aero, CH-Aviation, Flight Global,
Hans Groen,
Jan Homma,
Greg Hyde, Graham Reeve,Scramble, Skyliner. |
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