General news

The new Somalian airline Star Airline shows an artist’s impression on their Facebook page of a Fokker 50. Would this mean that the airline is looking for adding an F50 to their future fleet? 

Also Somalian Daryeel Airline has a picture of a Fokker 50; no additional information is available. 

Surinamese Fly All Ways has applied for a foreign air carrier permit to fly charters and cargo flights to the United Sates. The privately-owned airline currently has three F70s, two active and one parked, and a few smaller aircraft in their fleet. It will be interesting to see whether the USA flights will be performed with Fokkers or with leased aircraft like the B737 in past years. 

Dutch Antillean airline JetAir Caribbean has started flying between Curaçao and Jamaica, once per week with Fokker 70. 

Amapola Flyg has won the contract for flying twice per day from Dublin to Donegal from 26 July 2021, a public service obligation route funded by the Irish government that had become vacant after Stobart Air collapsed. Obviously, Amapola Flyg is going to use a F50 on this route.

Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60

Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100

Pakistan International Airlines Friendship AP-BDR (10134) is stored in the General Aviation area of Jinnah international airport, Karachi since 2007 or maybe even longer. The airframe can be found on Google 24.8935, 67.1467 and it is unfortunately in a desolate condition. (Hamza A. Mughal; Karachi, 2 June 2021)

Friendship I-MLRT (10377) that was stored at Bergamo airport since Miniliner ceased operating in 2015, recently found a new home. It was transported by truck to Brembate di Sopra, very close to Bergamo, where it will be rebuilt and transformed into a holiday hotel suite. (Naturairsuite at Facebook; Brembate di Sopra, 24 June 2021)

Again Amapola Flyg had two Fokkers painted in their new corporate livery. First SE-MFP (20105) arrived all white at Lelystad on 23 June 2021 and left the paintshop on its way to home base Malmö (Richard Poeser; Lelystad, 8 July 2021), flown by the same crew that brought SE-MFY (20109), still in full Air Antwerp colors (Richard Poeser; Lelystad, 8 July 2021). Two weeks later, SE-MFY was also ready and departed to Malmö (Jan Bekker; Lelystad, 20 July 2021)

Still present in the dump corner at Maastricht airport is the cockpit section of Minoan Air SX-MAR (20189), which was broken up back in 2017. (Johan Hetebrij; Maastricht, 1 July 2021)

Tanzania Government F50 5H-TGF (20231) flew from Dar es Salaam via Malta to Woensdrecht for maintenance. It was in full Air Tanzania livery, with the word 'Air' erased, so apparently Air Tanzania returned it to the government. (Ralph Hamaker; Woensdrecht, 7 July 2021)

Another new Fokker operator has become known, this time in Mongolia. Mongolian Airways acquired former ATSA F50 OB-1770P (20280) and had it ferried to Ulaanbaator, in the new operator’s colors but still with its OB-registration. Once in Mongolia, it will become JU-1050. (Cameronmd80 on Flickr; Nassau, 23 July 2021)

After two years of inactivity, Fly All Ways is now operating their third F70, PZ-TFC (11579). The airline used it on the second flight of the newly opened weekly connection between Paramaribo and Curaçao. (Larry Every; Curaçao, 23 July 2021)

While sister ship PJ-JAB is under heavy maintenance in the Netherlands, Jetair Caribbean PJ-JAC (11582) is currently the airline’s only F70 in operation. (Mike Ellemers; Curaçao, 30 June 2021)