General news

Iranian Taftan Air has reportedly reactivated one of their F50s after 18 years of storage. Hopefully time will show its identity.

In South Sudan a new airline has started domestic flights out of Juba, Heroes Aviation Ltd. They fly Fokker 70 supplied by Skyward Express, unfortunately without any color or titles.

Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60

Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100

After many years in all grey colors, Spanish Air Force F27 Maritime D.2-02 (10585) recently has been restored in its former color scheme. Please take a look at the photo of sister ship D.2-03 in Fokkernews 82. (Manuel Acosta Zapata; las Palmas, 14 October 2024)

East Africa is the place to be for Fokker 50 enthusiasts as some 40 of the type are in active service there. As far as we know Advantage Air is the current operator of 5Y-ELY (20149) an obvious cargo F50 (undisclosed photograpfer; Mogadishu, 8 November 2024)

Further to our previous issue, we can now present a picture of 5Y-JWB (20197) in full United Nations colors. (André Alders; Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, 19 November 2024)

Skyward Express 5Y-SMQ (20202) has now white engines instead of the green ones that were applied when it served with Renegade Air. As a sort of compensation the aircraft now carries the Kenyan flag and the name ‘Muendua’ next to the passenger door. (André Alders; Mogadishu, 19 November 2024)

Because 5Y-WFD (20214) lost all titles and logos that it had when in service with Fly-24 Air, we assume that the F50 returned to Buff Air Services or started with an unknown other operator. (undisclosed photographer; Mogadishu, 9 November 2024)

Another ‘new’ F50 for Kenya. After Leading Edge sold their F50 fleet to Largus Aviation, former RP-C8250 became temporarily SE-LFD and was delivered to Aerospace Consortium as 5Y-GMB (20240), still with the tail logo of the previous operator. (Davey van Broeck; Malmö, 9 November 2024)

In Bangladesh, Sky Capital Cargo is operator of two F50s; one is S2-AIM (20316), seen here undergoing some maintenance on the apron. (Davey van Broeck; Dacca, 2 October 2024)

The text on the tail of StarSky Aviation 6O-YAS (c/n unknown) was updated to indicate the airline’s 11^th anniversary. (André Alders; Mogadishu, 14 November 2024)

Another F50 with question marks is this Red Stars Aviation 7P-RAD. Careful inspection shows ‘AZG’ or ‘AZQ’ on the nosewheel door, which makes us believe this likely is the same F50 as ET-AZG shown in Fokkernews 77. (unknown photographer and location, some time in or before 2022)

Again a mysterious F50 from an unknown operator is this 7Q-SSK (c/n unknown) in overall clean white paint. Despite its Malawian registration it is apparently based at Mogadishu as there are multiple sightings there during the last couple of weeks. (undisclosed photographer; Mogadishu, 17 November 2024)

Skyward Express F100 5Y-SKB (11369) has lost its basic Carpatair colors and flies now all white. (André Alders; Mogadishu, 16 November 2024)

Until now Fokker 100 5Y-SKC (11395) is the only jet in the Skyward Express fleet with a complete livery. For a short period it was adorned with additional titles promoting the futuristic ‘Belgravia’ mall in Nairobi. (André Alders; Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, 12 November 2024)

Former TUS Airways F100 5B-DDE (11427; registration 2-BDDE was applied on aircraft, but never officially allocated) is in very poor condition. According to the photographer, the exterior gives a good image of the interior and it will never fly again. (Kas van Zonneveld; Groningen-Eelde, 24 September 2024)

Although Maandeeq Air is still the operator of 5Y-IFB (11528), the aircraft has lost it titles and logos that were present in Septmber; see Fokkernews 82. (André Alders; Mogadishu, 16 November 2024)

Former Dutch Royal Flight F70 (11547) was bought by Skyward Express. The new owner will keep the cabin configuration and livery intact and will use the VIP aircraft for charters in East Africa. Seller Airline Fleet Support has stipulated the right of first buyer in case Skyward wants to sell the F70 when it will be disposed of. The upper picture shows it with the temporary registration 2-OKBX (still from video by ‘RoyalTV by Rick Evers’; Woensdrecht, 1 November 2024). Few days later it was delivered to Kenya as 5Y-KBX (11547) as shown in the lower picture. (Ralph Hamaker; Woensdrecht, 8 October 2024)

F70 5Y-JWF (11581) has lost its titles and logos since last year. Therefore we wonder if Premier Airlines is still the operator or the Fokker returned to Jetways. (undisclosed photographer; Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, 8 November 2024)

Credits

All photographers named above, André Alders, Aviation Herald, Aviation Safety Network, Aviator.aero, ATDB News, Davey van Broeck, CH-Aviation, Merv Crowe, Frank Ellemers, Flightradar24, Walter de Groot, Jan Homma, Thomas Jung, Skyliner, Jacques Vooren, Henk Wadman, WoensdrechtAS forum.