General news

No general news this month.

Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60

Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100

Since the previous time that we had a picture of Freedom Airline F50 5Y-FAS (20249), the livery was slightly modified: the cheatline is now waving. The F50 is actually flying for BlueSky Airlines, but a sticker indicating this operator is only on the left-hand side of the aircraft. (undisclosed; Mogadishu, 2 February 2025)

In December 2024 the registration of Aviation Australia’s instructional F28-1000 VH-XNG (11038) was cancelled from the VH-register (see Fokkernews 84). A recent picture shows that the aircraft is still inside the institute’s hangar on the campus and has received a new color scheme with a red tail (lower), replacing the old blue tail scheme (upper).(Aviation Australia; Brisbane, April 2018 and January 2025)

Surprisingly F28-4000 YU-AOJ (11187) is still in existence, albeit in a very poor condition. Libyan airline Air One Nine leased it in 2001 from Montenegro Airlines and used it for approximately one year only. (Mohsen A. Krefa; Tripoli, November 2024)

The first of two F100s of the Slovakian Government is now withdrawn from use (OM-BYC; 11368). After a 56-minute trip around Bratislava, a low pass over the runway and a water salute by the fire brigade marked its last flight on 11 February 2025. (Letisko Bratislava; Bratislava, 11 February 2025)

Skyward Express has applied the corporate colors and logo on the tail of their F70 5Y-SKD (11561), but titles are not (yet) present. (AAAviation, still from video; Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, 19 February 2025)

Credits

All photographers named above, AeroResource, Air-Britain News, Airfleets.net, ATDB Newsletter, Aviator.aero, Bradley Bygrave, CH-Aviation, Frank Ellemers, FlightAware, Jan Homma, Letisko Bratislava, Planespotters.net, Jacques Vooren, Henk Wadman.