Fokkernews August 2026 (issue 104)
General news
| Alliance Airlines and QantasLink have reduced their existing wet-lease agreement from 30 to 23 aircraft for fiscal year 2027. Although the deal concerns Embraer E190 jets only, the Alliance Fokker fleet might be further reduced as a consequence, making F100s and F70s free for sale. |
Fokker F27, Fokker 50 & Fokker 60
| c/n | type | new registration | registration | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10536 | 400M | A-2701 | Indonesian Air Force. Inaugurated as a monument at the Air Force Academy at Yogyakarta on 29 June 2026 in VIP colors. | |
| 20145 | 50 | 5Y-MMA | Salaam Air. Noted at Mogadishu on 6 August 2026, again in full Salaam Air colors. Apparently, the lease to Alta Wings (see Fokkernews 99) lasted only a few months. | |
| 20152 | 50 | 9S-ATR | 9S-PTR | Busy Bee Congo. Noted at Nairobi-Wilson 4 August 2026 with its new registration; the date of re-registration was 11 June 2026. |
| 20159 | 50 | SE-MFZ | PopulAir. On 2 August 2026 lightning hit the aircraft's tail during a flight from Stockholm-Arlanda to Lycksele and it landed safely at the destination. However, it could not continue the planned trip to Vilhelmina and the passengers were picked up by another F50. On 4 August the aircraft was ferried from Lycksele to home base Malmö for repairs of the minor damage. | |
| 20210 | 50 | JU-8250 | Aero Mongolia. Noted on 13 July 2026, stored at Ulaan Baatar airport. The F50 was withdrawn from use in 2017 and an attempted sale fell through. It is ostensibly complete, except for the engines. | |
| 20231 | 50 | 5H-TGF | Tanzania Government. After a four-day trip the VIP F50 arrived at Malmö from Dar es Salaam on 4 August 2026 for major maintenance. |
Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100
| c/n | type | new registration | registration | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11020 | 1000C | TC-53 | Argentine Air Force. This 55-year-old lady participated in the annual Air Force parade on 10 August 2026, after practising twice prior to the parade. Note that this Fellowship is named ‘10 de Agosto’, so it was very appropriate to fly that day. | |
| 11042 | 1000 | A-2801 | Indonesian Air Force. The former presidential VIP Fellowship arrived on 29 June 2026 at the Central Air Force museum in Yogyakarta for permanent display. | |
| 11278 | 100 | VH-XWN | Alliance Airlines. Made its last revenue flight from Leinster to Perth on 9 June 2026 as QQ6503 and was retired. | |
| 11306 | 100 | VH-XWR | Alliance Airlines. Made its last revenue flight from Townsville via Trepell to Brisbane on 8 June 2026 as QQ883/881 and was withdrawn from use. In contrast to what we reported in the July edition, this F100 was noted at Brisbane on 30 July, still in full colors. | |
| 11334 | 100 | VH-FNC | Alliance Airlines. This F100 was scrapped at Brisbane on 14 August 2026. The fuselage and wings were trucked away for recycling. | |
| 11338 | 100 | VH-XWT | Alliance Airlines. Last flight from Laverton to Perth on 18 June 2026 as QQ6527 and is parked since, waiting for an interested buyer. On 11 August it was seen with titles removed. | |
| 11368 | 100 | OM-BYC | Once a VIP machine for the Slovakian Government, now stored with empty engine cowlings, seen at Bratislava airport 27 July 2026. | |
| 11499 | 100 | VH-UQA | Alliance Airlines. Registration cancelled in July 2026. New registration still unknown, maybe 2-HUQA? | |
| 11502 | 100 | VH-NPU | Network Airlines. Made it last commercial flight on 20 July 2026 from Boolgeda to Perth. It has been donated to the HARS Aviation Museum and will be the second F100 in their collection, this time on their Albion Park site. Ferried from Perth via Kalgoorlie to Shellharbour airport on 17 August 2026 as NWK6236. Most likely it will be a static exhibit. | |
| 11513 | 100 | EP-ASQ | Iran Aseman Airlines. A recent video shows this F100 in bits and pieces at Shiraz airport, together with three ATRs. Another F100, sitting engineless close by, could not be identified. | |
| 11557 | 70ER | KAF308 | Kenya Government. 'Harambee One' flew from Woensdrecht to Nairobi via Cairo on 10 and 11 August 2026 after completion of major maintenance, including avionics upgrades, satcom installation and a new VIP interior. The serial was used as flight number. |
Fokker pictures
Nigerian Air Force F27 Troopship NAF905 (10470) was withdrawn from use in 1987. It was abandoned in the graveyard at the air base and is still extant after more than 40 years, albeit in an extremely bad condition. (Rene Ninu Camilleri; Benin, 26 July 2026)
F27 Troopship A-2701 (10536) was transferred to the Indonesian Air Force Academy at Yogyakarta and inaugurated as a monument. (Militer udara; Yogyakarta, 29 June 2026)
This photo of Busy Bee Congo F50 9S-ATR (20152) shows that it was indeed re-registered after arrival in Congo, as we announced in the April issue of Fokkernews. (Davey van Broeck; Nairobi-Wilson, 4 August 2026)
In addition to the photo in our previous edition, Starsky F50 7Q-SMO (20223) now demonstrates that the airline is celebrating its 13th anniversary. (Davey van Broeck; Mogadishu, 6 August 2026)
A very rare sight: the Tanzania Government F50 5H-TGF (20231) parked in front of the characteristic yellow hangars at Malmö airport. One of the local PopulAir F50s is in the background. (Patrick Möller; Malmö, 4 August 2026)
The Indonesian Air Force former presidential Fellowship A-2801 (11042) is the newest addition in the Central Air Force museum in Bantul, Yogyakarta. (Skadronteknik21; Yogyakarta, 5 August 2026)
Some time ago former Iran Aseman Airlines EP-ASF (11144) situated at the beach of the Toranj Marine hotel at Kish Island, Iran, since 2019 received a new livery with Mickey Mouse cartoons. It carries the name ‘Infinity’ on the tail. (bezawitmesfine; Kish island, January 2024)
Since 2007 the first Fokker F100 prototype PH-MKH (11242) has been in storage in its Sostar-X livery, but is now almost devoid of titles. (Werner Verbogt; Woensdrecht, 14 August 2026)
The Fokker 100 fleet of Montenegro Airlines was stored at Podgorica when the airline ceased operating. Currently two units are still there, but derelict and missing essential parts, as these were sold by the bankruptcy administrator. 4O-AOP (11332) still looks as the picture shown in Fokkernews 92. Sistership 4O-AOL (11268) has no engines and titles and logos have been removed. (Kas van Zonneveld; Podgorica, 16 July 2026)
One of the two Slovakian Government F100s used for VIP duties, OM-BYC (11368), was decommissioned in February 2025 and is now waiting for its fate, devoid of the engines. (Martin Kaco Múcska; Bratislava, 27 July 2026)
F100 VH-NHI (11479) of Network Airlines noted in the storage area at Perth airport, taped up and waiting to be scrapped. It still has full QantasLink livery. Visible on the right is the front part of Alliance Airlines VH-XWP (11281), without engines, also taped up and waiting for the scrapman. (Merv Crowe; Perth, 7 August 2026)
Network/QantasLink has donated F100 VH-NPU (11502) to HARS for their Albion Park museum. Here it is landing on its delivery flight, most probably also its last flight. (Howard Mitchell; Shellharbour, 17 August 2026)
Credits
All photographers named above, André Alders, Walter van Brempt, Davey van Broeck, Gonzalo Carballo, CH-Aviation, Merv Crowe, Frank Ellemers, FlightAware, Flightradar24, Walter de Groot, Greg Hyde, Malmö-Sturup forum, Jeroen Stroes, Jacques Vooren, Henk Wadman, WoensdrechtAS spotter group.
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