2004 NEWS ARCHIVE.
5 Januari 2004.
Austrian Airlines Fokker 70, OE-LFO, MSN 11559, made an emergency landing
in a field near Munich, Germany during approach. None of the 4 crewmembers or 28
passengers were injured.
5 February 2004.
Canadian JETSGO has aquired 18 Fokker 100`s. All will be ex American
Airlines with the first three to enter service before june 2004.
10 February 2004.
Kish Air Fokker 50, EP-LCA, MSN 20273 has crashed near Sharjah,
United Arab Emirates, killing 43 people.
14 February 2004.
VLM adds OO-VLY, MSN 20181, to the fleet in a new livery.
Picture available thanks to Ben Graus.
1 March 2004.
Austrian Airlines has aquired 9 F100`s. Aircraft will be ex-American
Airlines and could be followed by another 6.
15 March 2004.
Air Astana of Kazakhstan adds the F50 to their fleet. The aircraft MSN 20187
was previously operated by Air Andaman of Thailand.
We have a picture of the new livery!!
20 April 2004.
BMI starts to phase out their Fokker 100`s. G-BVJA, MSN 11489 will be
soon delivered to Skywest as VH-FNJ.
22 April 2004.
SWE FLY has their first aircraft, SE-LTR, MSN 20226, ex Norwegian,
ready to start operations.
4 May 2004.
Fedex N715FE, suffered a cargo fire during flight on the 27th april.
MSN 10468 emergency landed at Melo APT, Uruguay and the 3 crew are safe.
18 May 2004.
First F100 for JetsGo went into service. MSN 11403 ex N1420D is registered as
C-GKZA and pictured by Eric Fortin.
20 May 2004.
Air Andaman of Thailand will take delivery of the F100 soon.
Ex Fokker 50 operator has aquired TAM`s PT-MQS, MSN 11431.
23 May 2004.
EUjet adds more F100`s to their fleet in a revised livery.
EI-DFB, ex TAM PT-MRZ was pictured by Danny Versteegen.
31 May 2004.
Inter Airlines of Turkey will add the F100 to their fleet soon. TC-IEC, MSN 11410,
is awaiting delivery in a white livery followed by TC-IED, MSN 11420.
Both A/C were operated by Mexicana.
21 June 2004.
Mandarin Airlines of Taiwan adds more F100`s to their fleet. B12293, ex PT-MQI, MSN 11517,
was delivered recently to the Taipei based carrier.
21 july 2004.
Austrian Arrows takes their first F-100, OE-LVA, in service. MSN 11490 was previously operated by
American Airlines as N1464A and pictured by Manuel Javorik.
26 July 2004.
Inter Airlines F100 TC-IEC, has suffered a landing gear failure when it arrived at
Istanbul, Turkey. The Fokker skidded off the runway after the flight from Dusseldorf, Germany.
None of the passengers or crew are reported injured.
26 July 2004.
Alliance aquires more F100`s to expand their fleet. N889US, ex US Airways, is almost ready
to join the fleet as VH-FKE.
26 July 2004.
VLM aquires more F50`s to expand their fleet. MSN 20144 and 20264, ex TF-JMG and TF-JMU
will join the fleet soon. Both aircraft were operated by Islandflug.
26 July 2004.
Platinum Jet Air has their first aircraft ready. G-MABH, MSN 11291 is pictured by Chris Sands of
www.contrailsphotography.com at Calgary, Canada.
3 August 2004.
Denim Air expands the fleet again. MSN 20118 and 20119 will be added to their Fokker 50 fleet.
Both aircraft were previously operated by Newair.
11 August 2004.
KLM Cityhopper will add another F70 to the fleet. Early 2005, MSN 11563 will join the fleet as PH-WXD.
The Malev operated Fokker, HA-LMD, will replace one of the Fokker 50`s.
24 August 2004.
Landrover uses Blue Line F100, F-GNLG, in a special promotional livery.
17 September 2004.
Amapola Flyg from Sweden has started operations with the first F50 converted into cargo.
MSN 20125 was previously operated by Skyways as SE-KTD.
Take a look in the redesigned cabin.
23 September 2004.
Air Niugini will start to operate the F100. The aircraft P2-ANA is leased from Alliance,
MSN 11358, ex VH-FKE.
30 September 2004.
Jetsgo adds another F100 to the fleet in a special livery.
C-GKZD, MSN 11395, Mastercard Logojet, was pictured by Eric Fortin.
31 October 2004.
Cosmic Air of Nepal has their first F100 in service. The aircraft is registered as 9N-AHG,
MSN 11485 and was operated by Midway as N109ML.
19 November 2004.
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6 December 2004.
Taftan Air of Iran has taken delivery of two Fokker 50`s.
MSN 20298 and 20302 are now registered as EP-TFT and EP-TFN.
13 December 2004.
Austrian Arrows orders 6 additional F100`s.
The Austrian Arrows fleet will grow to 15 F100`s all ex American Airlines aircraft.
16 December 2004.
The Fokker Heritage Trust Foundation has aquired an F27. The aircraft was bought from Aircruising Australia
and has MSN 10105. See the pictures of her arrival in Lelystad, Holland.
27 December 2004.
Trade Air of Croatia has aquired two F100`s.
MSN 11407 and 11416 will join the fleet as 9A-BTD and 9A-BTE. Both aircraft were operated by American Airlines.
