Tag Archives: F.28

OLT Express Germany takes over Contact Air

OLT Express Germany (Bremen) took over the operations of Contact Air Service GmbH & Co. KG (Stuttgart) on July 4. Both companies will continue to operate under the OLT Express brand. Anti-trust clearance of the acquisition is expected to be completed in early September 2012.

With the acquisition, OLT Express Germany now employs about 500 additional employees. Of these, there are approximately 200 employees in Bremen, about 200 in Stuttgart and about 100 in Saarbruecken.

Top Copyright Photo: Andi Hiltl.

OLT Express (Germany):

Contact Air:

Bottom Copyright Photo: Rolf Wallner.

DAE launches a new Curacao-Panama City route

DAE (Dutch Antilles Express) Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) PJ-DAA (msn 11310) SXM (Greg Drawbaugh) , originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

DAE (Dutch Antilles Express) (Curacao) on October 16 launched a new twice-weekly route from Curacao to Panama City.

Air Panama (2nd) adds its first Fokker 70

Copyright Photo: Louis Seldon. Previously operated by the Ford Motor Corporation, F.28 Mk. 0070 N324K (msn 11545) poses for the camera at Detroit (DTW) before repainting into Air Panama's colors.

Air Panama (2nd) (Panama City) added its first Fokker F.28 Mk. 0070 (Fokker 70) (msn 11545) on August 19. Turismo Aereo adopted this historical name in 2006.

Here is a route map:

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Sol del Paraguay’s first aircraft is painted

Sol del Paraguay (Asuncion) is a new airline in Paraguay. The carrier is getting ready to take delivery of its first aircraft, this ex-Mexicana Click Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 XA-TCP (msn 11341). A second Fokker will be added in order to start regional operations in 2011.

OceanAir is now operating as Avianca (Brazil)

Avianca (Brazil) (OceanAir Linhas Aereas) Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) PR-OAJ (msn 11418) FLN (AirSpeed), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

OceanAir Linhas Aereas (Sao Paulo-Guarulhos) is now operating as Avianca (Brazil).

Copyright Photo: AirSpeed. Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) PR-OAL (msn 11418) taxies at Florianopolis with its new titles.

Alliance Airlines to add eight more Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100s

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Alliance Airlines (Brisbane) plans to buy an additional eight Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100s (Fokker 100s) in order to expand its operations according to Flightglobal. The company signed a letter of intent (LOI) with an unnamed European vendor for the 100-seat aircraft, which will be delivered progressively from May. When the deliveries are completed, Alliance will have a fleet of 19 Fokker F.28 Mk. 100s and six Fokker F.27 Mk. 50s.

Read the full report:

www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/03/24/339835/australias-alliance-airlines-inks-deal-for-eight-fokker.html

Iranian Air Transport changes its name to Naft Airlines

Naft Airlines Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) EP-MIS (msn 11503) THR, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Iranian Air Transport (Ahwaz) has changed its name to Naft Airlines.

Carpatair to add three Fokker 70s starting in December

Carpatair Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) YR-FKB (msn 11369) BLQ, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Carpatair (Timisoara) will add three 72-seat Fokker F.28 Mk. 0070s (Fokker 70s). The first (YR-KMA) will be delivered in December with second in February 2010 and the third the following month. The new type will join the current fleet of SAAB 2000s and the pictured Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100s.

Website with a press release and photo:

www.carpatair.com/

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Mexicana Click’s Office Depot logojet

Mexicana Click (Click Mexicana)

Copyright Photo: Arturo Zapata. XA-MRB is pictured at the Mexico City hub.

(Mexico City) in August introduced this special color scheme promoting Office Depot for the going back to school season.

Skywest Airlines to acquire another Fokker 100

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Skywest's Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) VH-FNJ (msn 11489) climbs beautifully at Denpasar in the 2003 colors..

Skywest Airlines (Australia) (Perth) is adding another Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) bringing the fleet to 16 aircraft (nine F100s and seven Fokker F.27 Mk. 050s). The company is also considering an order for four Airbus A320s.

Press release: