General news

Starting 15 April 2022 Jetair Caribbean will fly scheduled flights between Curaçao and Paramaribo, once per week with F70.

Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60

Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100

After many years sitting abandoned at Chennai airport, former NEPC Airlines Friendship VT-NEC (10691) found a new home in February 2021. An Indian businessman bought the wreck and had it transported to the village of Morni, a tourist venue in the hills near Panchkula, Haryana state in northern India, where he keeps it in his private collection. (Ankesh Thakur of Jagran Focus; Morni, 15 September 2021).

Again a new operator in Somalia: startup Xeyd Air Services has recently contracted 5Y-WFB (20243) for domestic flights and applied their name next to the passengers door. (Mohammed Dirie on Facebook; Dhobley, 10 January 2022)

Nowadays a line of F50s is quite rare, except in Singapore where it is still  daily practice. This picture shows seven out of the nine Republic of Singapore Air Force F50s, with UTA-B model 710 (20268) leading the row. (Clive Hindmarch; Singapore-Changi 6 February 2022)

One of the very few Fellowships that are still in existence is 5V-TAI (11079) of the Togo Government. On this nice picture it looks in good condition. (Han Dercksen; Lomé, 21 February 2022)

Former JetLink Express F28 5Y-JLA (11093) was one of the 73 junk aircraft auctioned in November 2021 by the Kenya Airports Authorities. It was sold for approximately 1450 Euro to a businessman, who reportedly plans to convert it into a nightclub. The fuselage was filmed during a bit chaotic, nightly transport through the city center of Kiambu, just north of Nairobi. (Shaggs Edition; still from a YouTube video; Kiambu, 30 January 2022) 

The Argentina Navy has operated three Fellowships, all of which are now withdrawn from use. One of them, serial 0742 with code 5-T-21 (11150), is preserved since 2016 in the Naval Aviation Museum at the Commandante Espora Naval Air Base in Bahia Blanca, in its last low-visibility grey scheme. (Robert Domandl; Bahia Blanca, 28 October 2021)

In 2021 Network Aviation acquired the two remaining F100s from Avanti Air. The second one, D-AOLG (11452) made its delivery flight in early February, from Paderborn to Perth, also its final flight. Work on the F100 will start very soon, beginning with engines removal and followed by further parting-out. (Merv Crowe; Perth, 20 February 2022)