Fokkernews August 2020 (issue 33)
General news
Alliance Airlines is launching regular scheduled service on Brisbane – Moranbah route, from mid-August 2020 now available for reservation. From 17 August 2020, Fokker 70 aircraft will operate this routing seven times weekly.
Niger Airlines wants to acquire a new F50 plane for the transport of people and goods, pending government approval. The carrier also want plans to expand its flights in the West African sub-region. The airline has been or is still using one F50 on lease from Palestinian Airlines.
Palestinian Airlines has decided to sell their F50 fleet, consisting of two airframes and will stay in business.
World's largest Fokker operator Alliance Airlines (42 aircraft) has announced the purchase of 14 Embraer 190 regional jets, formerly used by COPA Airlines. Deliveries start in September 2020 and the Fokkers will remain the core of the fleet for many years to come.
On 28 July 2020 TUS Airways advised that operations remain temporarily suspended, due to the pandemic.
The new owner of Virgin Australia wants to rigorously standardize the fleet to Boeing 737-800, meaning that 43 aircraft, including all 14 F100, need to leave the fleet.
Air Antwerp expects to resume the flights to London City on 13 September 2020 with their single F50, albeit with reduced frequency.
Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60
| c/n | type | registration | new registration | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10154 | 300M | 5Y-BTD | Imaatong South Sudan Airlines. The Kenyan Government has summoned the owners of parked or abandoned aircraft to pay their debts for before September 13, 2020, otherwise the assets will be sold by public auction. In the official publication the current owner is curiously enough mentioned as United, while in 2019 Profile Investments was supposed to be the owner. Then, the F27 wreck did not receive bids. The F27 is parked at Nairobi-Wilson airport. | |
| 10530 | 500CRF | 5X-FFD | Wilkins, ex Fly540 Uganda Ltd. Also this F27, parked at Nairobi-Wilson airport, is on the official "disposal of uncollected junk aircraft" list (see above). It did not receive bids last year in a similar auction. | |
| 10531 | 500CRF | 5X-FFN | Wilkins, ex Fly540 Uganda Ltd. Another entry on the "disposal of uncollected junk aircraft 2020" list (see above). Stored at Nairobi-Wilson airport since 2012. | |
| 10663 | 200ME | 1202 | Royal Thai Navy. Made nosegear-up landing 110820 at Narathiwat, Thailand, with 14 crew on board. The aircraft got minor damage, no injuries were reported. For a video see https://youtu.be/syigW1QjwTo. | |
| 20103 | 50E | SE-LJV | 5Y-DDI | Silverstone Air Services. Airframe now identified. Delivered from Malmö via Heraklion and Khartoum to Nairobi-Wilson 26-28 August 2020, pianted all white. |
| 20111 | 50 | 5Y-MIS | Silverstone Air Services. Another Fokker on the "disposal of uncollected junk aircraft 2020" list (see above). Stored at Nairobi-Wilson airport since early 2019. The ownership comes from the official list in The Kenya Gazette; we were not aware that Silverstone had acquired this F50. | |
| 20167 | 50 | 5Y-SIB | Skyward Express. Also on the "disposal of uncollected junk aircraft 2020" list (see above). Stored at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta airport since at least August 2016. | |
| 20192 | 50 | 5Y-SMZ | Skyward Express. Also on the "disposal of uncollected junk aircraft 2020" list (see above). Stored at Nairobi-Wilson airport since at least March 2019. | |
| 20207 | 50 | 5Y-GIG | Bush Air Safaris. After more than three years this aircraft has finally been identified. The airline ceased operating mid 2019 and the aircraft is stored at Nairobi-Wlson since. It is also on the "disposal of uncollected junk aircraft" list published by the Kenyan Government (see above). | |
| 20260 | 50 | 5Y-JRN | Rudufu. The last Fokker on the "disposal of uncollected junk aircraft" list in Kenya Gazette 08-2020 (see above). This list gives Rudufu as the owner, whereas according to our data it belongs to Skyward Express. In any case, the aircraft is stored at Nairobi-Wilson since March 2019 or earlier, in all white livery. | |
| 20*** | 50 | PR-PTP | According to Air-Britain News this registration was reserved for an F50 in January 2019 by a Mr. Da Silva; the number 32323232 was mentioned as a reference. We have been unable to find more information. |
Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100
| c/n | type | registration | new registration | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11093 | 4000 | 5Y-JLA | Jetlink Express. The Kenyan Government has summoned the owners to pay their debts for parked or abandoned aircraft before September 13, 2020, otherwise the assets will be sold by public auction. This Fellowship is stored at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta airport since the airline went bankrupt in 2012. | |
| 11320 | 100 | HP-1896PST | Air Panama. Parted out at Panama -Marcos Gelabert airport in August 2020, the fuselage will be used as the Captain Flags Restaurant at Panama City. | |
| 11400 | 100 | HP-1895PST | Air Panama. Ferried from Panama City via Nassau, Halifax and Keflavik to Dinard 30 July to 1 August 2020 as SXI2015, without titles. It is bought by the French Armed Forces Procurement Agency for their Flight Test Center and will operate there along with F-ZAFT (11290). | |
| 11415 | 100 | PR-OAF | Avianca. Further to the picture in Fokkernews 32, the remainders of the aircraft were sold to the PanAm Experience Group Brazil, a club of PanAm enthousiasts. They were recently trucked from Brasilia airport to Igreja Batista Central de BrasÃlia, the church of pastor Ricardo Espindola, who has plans to turn it into a restaurant. Painting work has started for giving the Fokker a full PanAm livery. As you may remember, PanAm ordered 24 F100, but cancelled the entire order in 1989 before the first one was delivered. | |
| 11536 | 70 | 5B-DDA | TUS Airways. To be transferred early September 2020 from Groningen, where it was stored since 16 April 2020, to Woensdrecht for continued storage. | |
| 11557 | 70ER | KAF308 | Kenya Government. After months of heavy maintenance by Fokker Services it made a testflight 24 July 2020 at Woensdrecht. Delivered 31 July 2020 from Woensdrecht via Cairo to Nairobi as KENYA01. |
On Batam island, in the Indonesian Riau archipelago, a Friendship was recently seen, mounted on poles without any titles and missing engines and other parts. It is 4R-EXH (10642) that operated until 2013 with Fits Air of Sri Lanka (hendrimtc at Instagram; Batam, August 2020)
After its landing incident on November 2, 2002, when it overran the runway at Sligo airport and dropped into the sea, the hull of Euroceltic Airways G-ECAT (10672) is in use as a training object for the local fire brigade (6_aviation at Instagram; Sligo, July 2020)
Riau Airlines ceased operations in April 2011 and was declared bankrupt in July 2012. Three of the five F50 fleet were abandoned at Halim airport in Jakarta. Later, PK-RAH (20142) was donated to the Indonesian Aviation Scouting Group 'Pusdirga' and is now at the Wiladatika airport in Cibubur, south of Jakarta, adorned with a bird head and Pusdirga titles, (d_aviation at Instagram, via Jacques Vooren; Wiladatika, August 2020)
Kenyan airline Fanjet Express has apparently leased one of their F50 to Ocean Airlines, the flying nomads of Somalia, as 5Y-FJE (20200) shows their titles and logo (nairobiplanespotter at Instagram, via Jacques Vooren; Nairobi, August 2020)
Mexican operator MAYAir had one of their Fokkers painted in a new color scheme, with a similar tail logo as their Dornier 228 fleet. It is not entirely clear yet which of the three F50’s received the new livery, but we believe it to be XA-UZG (20212) (MAYAir at Facebook; Cozumel, February 2020)
In the scrap corner at Saskatoon airport nine ex-Canadian Regional Fellowships are sitting and awaiting their fate. On this nice sunset picture the following are identifiable, from left to right: C-GLCR (11105), C-FQCR (11036), C-FCRI (11043), C-FZCR (11054) and C-GKCR (11101). C-FCRB (11107) was also present at a nearby location (Taron Schouten; Saskatoon, 16 August, 2020)
In our previous edition we suggested that SkyAviation might not have taken up the registration PK-ECI for their F100 11328. Yet, it had been applied to the aircraft (fotografersha, via Jacques Vooren; Jakarta-Halim, September 2012)
The Albeda College for Aviation Services at Rotterdam airport is constructing a new building. In the interior an obvious imitation F100 fuselage is built up for cabin staff training purposes. As we have no idea which airframe forms the basis for this object, we welcome your suggestions (Henk Wadman; Rotterdam, August 7, 2020)
Credits
All photographers, Aerotime.aero, AeroTransport Data Bank, Air-Britain News, Airlinegeeks.com, Airlineroute, Aviation Safety Network, Aviator.aero, Christophe Bardou, CH-Aviation, David Garbett, Hans Groen, Walter de Groot, Jan Homma, The Kenya Gazette, Scramble, Skyliner, Jacques Vooren, Henk Wadman, Willem Westerhof, Woensdrecht Aviation Society forum.
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