Tag Archives: Fokker

Air Maleo to start cargo operations in West Papua, Indonesia

Air Maleo is a new airline in West Papua in the eastern portion of Indonesia. According to Flightglobal the company has acquired three Fokker F.27 Mk. 600 freighters from Empire Airlines (Coeur d’Alene) and hopes to commence operations in mid March.

Full article:

www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/24/338750/indonesian-cargo-start-up-air-maleo-to-use-f27s.html

Denim Air ceases all operations

Denim Air (Amsterdam) ceased all operations on February 18, 2010. The company was established in 1996 and commenced operations on April 26, 1996. Air Nostrum acquired the company in January 1999 however in October 2002 the management of Denim Air acquired the all of the shares. The company specialized in ACMI operations and was flying for Air Nostrum and Arik Air and other agencies and companies. It was operating 10 Bombardier DHC-8-300s (Q300s), 10 Fokker F.27 Mk. 050s (Fokker 50s) and three Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100s (Fokker 100s) at the end.

Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems. Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 (Fokker 100) PH-LNE (msn 11322) is seen at Maastricht.

Amapola Flyg is operating SE-LJY in ANA colors

Copyright Photo: Ola Carlsson. Pictured hauling mail at night is SE-LJY at Stockholm (Arlanda).

Amapola Flyg (Stockholm-Arlanda) is operating its Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 (Fokker 50) SE-LJY (msn 20259) for the Swedish Post Office in this hybrid ANA color scheme.

KLM Cityhopper to retire the last Fokker 50 on March 27

KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam) will retire its last Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 (Fokker 50) from revenue service on March 27.

Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer. Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 PH-LXJ (msn 20270) stops at Nuremberg.

Iranian Air Transport changes its name to Naft Airlines

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

Copyright Photo: Shahram (Shary) Sharifi.

Carpatair to add three Fokker 70s starting in December

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/

Copyright Photo: Lucio Alfieri.

Please click on photo or link below for full view, information, prints for sale and other photos:

http://airlinersgallery.com/2/267a3b5/#/gallery/carpatair/carpatair-f-28-mk-0100-yr-fkb-06-grd-blq-la-lr-904216/

Mexicana Click’s Office Depot logojet

Mexicana Click (Click Mexicana)

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

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.

Aria Air restarts operations

Copyright Photo: Paul Denton.  Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.

Copyright Photo: Paul Denton. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.

Aria Air (Tehran) restarted operations on October 14. ย It previously shut down on July 25, 2009.

VLM Airlines being rebranded as CityJet

Copyright Photo: Nik French.  VLM's Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 OO-VLP (msn 20209) was previously painted as The Green Machine and before that in the Euro 2008 soccer colors.  It is pictured at Manchester after dark in CityJet's colors.

Copyright Photo: Nik French. VLM's Fokker F.27 Mk. 050 OO-VLP (msn 20209) was previously painted as The Green Machine and before that in the Euro 2008 soccer colors. It is pictured at Manchester after dark in CityJet's colors.

VLM Airlines (Antwerp) has started repainting its fleet into CityJet’s 2007 colors. CityJet will be the surviving carrier when Air France subsidiary CityJet (Dublin) is merged with VLM. The two carriers will operate under the CityJet name starting on January 1, 2010. However both carriers will continue to operate under each AOC until this date.

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..

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:

www.skywest.com.au/home.asp?documentid=438