Fokkernews April 2026 (issue 100)

General news

No general news this month.

Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60

c/n type new registration registration comment
20152 50E 9S-PTR SE-LIS Busy Bee Congo has bought this cargo F50 from Amapola Fly and registered it as 9S-PTR on 9 April 2026. It was delivered from Malmö to Bunia, Congo DR via Heraklion, Jeddah and Nairobi-Wilson from 14 to 20 April 2026, painted all white and after arrival in Congo it was seen with titles and a logo.
20152 50E 9S-ATR 9S-PTR Busy Bee Congo used registration 9S-PTR for the ferry flight and plans to soon re-register the F50 to 9S-ATR, which is probably a humorous wink at a competitive aircraft.
20193 50 7P-HRJ Busy Bee Congo. The second attempt for delivery from Paramaribo to Kenya was successful: the F50 flew via Fortaleza, Praia, Abidjan, Yaoundé and Entebbe to Nairobi-Wilson from 30 March to 2 April 2026.
20231 50 5H-TFG Tanzanian Government. Will be ferried from Tanzania to Malmö shortly for maintenance.
20283 50 EP-PET Karun Air. Allegedly this aircraft was completely destroyed in March 2026 at Ahwaz airport during the war between US/Israel and Iran. Confirmation would be appreciated.
unknown 50 On 29 December 2025 an unknown F50 experienced hydraulic pressure loss shortly after landing at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta from Elwak and veered off taxiway Echo. All 50 passengers and 5 crew remained uninjured and the aircraft was not damaged.
unknown 50 9S-ARH Busy Bee Congo. A YouTube video dated December 2025 features a F50 with this registration in full colors, named 'Kiboko ya Kiva'. Any help with its identity is appreciated.

Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100

c/n type new registration registration comment
11450 100 VH-FSQ Alliance Airlines had this former Virgin Australia F100 officially registered on 26 March 2026. It is reportedly sold to Africa and should commence its delivery flight out of Perth soon.
11462 100 EP-FQG Qeshm Airlines. Allegedly this F100 was destroyed by a rocket during the war between USA/Israel and Iran on 6 March 2026 at Tehran-Mehrabad. It was in storage there since June 2024.
11488 100 VH-FNR Alliance Airlines bought this F100 from Virgin Australia and had it registered on 16 April 2026, presumably for using it as a source of spare parts.
11529 70 VH-NUO Alliance Airlines. After more than one year of inactivity the F70 made local test flights at Brisbane on 8, 13, 15, 20 and 25 April 2026 as QQ9812. It returned into service on 28 April, flying from Brisbane to Rockhampton as VOZ1247.
unknown A very attentive reader has made a remark concerning the picture of the unknown fuselage that lives in the KidZania playground and education center in the Dubai shopping Mall (Fokkernews 93). He has evidence to suggest that the object is not from a F100, but from a F28 that underwent a cosmetic modification, removing the eyebrow window on top of the cockpit. This theory is endorsed by a very similar object in the KidZania Palace in Pacific Place Shopping mall in Jakarta. The latter has been identified as PK-PJS (11030).

Our travelling reporter found the wreck of Bolivian Air Force Troopship FAB-93 (10599) on the dump of La Paz airport. (André Alders; La Paz-El Alto, 3 March 2026)

 

All white Fokker 50E 9S-PTR (20152) just before its ferry flight to Congo, where it will be active for Busy Bee Congo. (Davey van Broeck; Malmö, 14 April 2026)

 

The vertical stabilizer of Aviation Australia F28 VH-XNG (11038) has been detached from the rest of the aircraft and is being installed as a monument at the new plane‑spotting area of Brisbane airport, appropriately named Fellowship Place. (Brisbane airport; Brisbane, 28 April 2026)

 

Credits

All photographers named above, André Alders, Australian Civil Aircraft Register, Aviation Safety Network, Aviator.aero, Arnold Begeman, Davey van Broeck, Merv Crowe, Frank Ellemers, Greg Hyde, Peter van Oostrom, Henk Wadman, Willem Westerhof.