Category Fokker
Russia’s aviation industry gets a haircut
[UPDATED] One of the primary reasons the Russia state decided to merge its various aerospace companies was to ensure they did not spread national resources too thin. After the fall of the Soviet Union, money became real and budgets became…
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Fokker 100’s second youth in Australia
While Fokker 100 and Fokker 70 fleets have been dwindling all over the World (see our report on TAP’s last Fokker 100 flight), a small Australian airline can’t get enough of them. Brisbane-based Alliance Airlines is already the World’s largest…
Last Fokker 100 flight heralds new era for TAP
On November 29th Portuguese flag carrier TAP retired its last Fokker 100. When flight TP1937 from Porto, operated by “Albatroz” (CS-TPA), touched down at Lisbon Portela airport, it brought a quarter of a century of Fokker 100 service in Portugal to…
Regional Jet Snapshot
How is this segment of the market doing? When oil prices spiked, the 50-seater regional jets become uneconomic. Since then, fuel prices dropped dramatically. Has the market come back for these aircraft? Views: 33