Fokker 70
Fokker 70 | |
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KLM Cityhopper Fokker 70 | |
Role | Regional jet |
National origin | Netherlands |
Manufacturer | Fokker |
First flight | 4 April 1993 |
Introduction | October 1994 with Ford Motor Company (private) 1995 with Sempati Air (commercial) |
Status | In service |
Primary users | Alliance Airlines Air Niugini KLM Cityhopper (Former) Austrian Airlines (Former) |
Produced | 1992-1997 |
Number built | 47 (+1 prototype) |
Developed from | Fokker 100 |
The Fokker 70 is a narrow-body, twin-engined, medium-range, turbofan regional airliner designed and produced by the now defunct Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.
It was developed during the early 1990s as a smaller version of the newly-developed
Development
During November 1992, the
To ease its development of such an airliner, Fokker opted to use the newly-developed
On 4 April 1993, the Fokker 70 performed its maiden flight from the company's manufacturing base at Woensdrecht in southern Netherlands, which had a duration of three hours. during the test flight programme, Fokker 70s were flown to both Granada and Spain in support of its certification.[2] During July 1994, the first production standard aircraft made its first flight. On 14 October 1994, type certification was granted for the Fokker 70, while the first delivery to a customer (made to the Ford Motor Company in an "Executive Jet" configuration) occurred later that same month.[3]
As had been announced at the Paris Air Show in June 1993, the launch customer for the Fokker 70 was the now-defunct Indonesian airline, Sempati Air[4] and Pelita Air.[5] During March 1995, Sempati became the first airline to receive a Fokker 70. In November 1993, it was announced that British Midland International (BMI) had agreed terms for the long-term lease of five Fokker 70s, and had thus become the first European airline to order the Fokker 70. The first US customer was Mesa Airlines, which ordered a pair of airliners in December 1993. By August 1995, 10 Fokker 70s had reportedly been delivered, while orders for 42 more were reportedly held by the company.[6]
During April 1997, the final Fokker 70 was delivered, at which point the production line was closed down as a result of Fokker's bankruptcy during the previous year.
Design
The Fokker 70 is a
During the first two decades of operations, there were multiple incidents of ice having formed on the
Operational history
The vast majority of Fokker 70s were delivered to various operators in the European market. One early customer for the Fokker 70 was the Dutch flag carrier KLM, who opted to replace its remaining Fokker F28s with the type.[13] The company's regional airline subsidiary KLM Cityhopper operated the Fokker 70 for numerous years; on 28 October 2017, the final flight of a KLM Fokker 70 was conducted.[14] The Italian flag carrier Alitalia at one point had 15 Fokker 70s on order via leasing agreements for its subsidiary Avianova; on 20 December 1995, the first example was put into revenue service.[15] However, its operations of the type would be relatively brief; by February 1997, the company had decided to return its fleet.[16] On 30 October 1995, the French flag carrier Air France introduced its first Fokker 70, typically using it as a replacement for its ATR 42s.[17]
During 1995, a pair of aircraft were delivered to
As an individual aircraft's original operator opted to withdraw it, they did not typically mark the end of its useful life. Instead, companies such as Fokker Services would often acquire such aircraft, refurbish them, and secure new secondhand operators for the type.[21][22] Fokker Services would also provide long term support to operators of the Fokker 70, such as Austrian Airlines, which was operating a fleet of 24 airliners by January 2010.[23][24]
As early as the late 1990s, some operators opted to replace their often small Fokker 70 fleets with alternative, and often more modern, airliners. During 1998, it was reported that
Current operators
As of October 2022, 37 aircraft remain in service with seven airlines and two governments:[29][30][31][needs update]
- Alliance Airlines (11)
- Air Niugini (9)
- Fly All Ways (3)
- JetAir Caribbean (2)
- Kenya Air Force (1)
- Myanmar Air Force (2)
- Wayraperú (2)
- Jetways Airlines (1)
- SKA (1)
- Skyward Express (1)
- Tus Airways(4)
Specifications
Data from airliners.net,[10] aer.ita.br,[3] flyfokker.com,[32] flugzeuginfo.net[33]
General characteristics
- Crew: two
- Capacity:
85 (1-class, maximum at 76 cm (30 in) seat pitch)
79 (1-class, typical at 81 cm (32 in) seat pitch)
72 (2-class, typical at 91 cm (36 in) and 81 cm (32 in) seat pitches) - Length: 30.91 m (101 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 28.08 m (92 ft 2 in)
- Width: 3.30 m (10 ft 10 in)
- Height: 8.5 m (28 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 93.5 m2 (1,006 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 22,673 kg (49,985 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 39,915 kg (87,998 lb) High weight option
- Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Tay 620 , 61.6 kN (13,850 lbf) thrust each
Performance
- Cruise speed: 845 km/h (525 mph, 456 kn)
- Range: 3,410 km (2,119 mi, 1,841 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,089 ft)
Accidents and incidents
- On 5 January 2004 at 08:17 local time, an Austrian Airlines Fokker 70 (registered OE-LFO) crash-landed in a snow-covered field near Munich Airport. The aircraft had been operating Flight 111 from Vienna to Munich with 28 passengers and four crew on board, when its engines failed during landing descent due to icing. The aircraft was severely damaged, but was repaired and returned to service. Only three passengers suffered minor injuries.[34][35]
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
- List of jet airliners
- List of civil aircraft
References
- ^ a b "Comment: Dutch dreams of Fokker revival". flightgloball”.com. 15 March 2010.
- ^ "Fokker 70 trials nearing completion". flightglobal.com. 1 November 1995.
- ^ a b "Fokker 70 Specifications". aer.ita.br. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Sempati takes first Fokker 70". Flight Global.
- ^ "Fokker 70 ...Fellowship Too". AIR International. 49 (5): 267–273.
- ^ "Fokker 70s: ten in service,..." flightglobal.com. 30 August 1995.
- ^ "Finalist: Fokker Services". flightglobal.com. 18 June 1997.
- ^ Ionides, Nicholas (21 September 2006). "India's Cades Digitech talks to Rekkof on Fokker 70/100 re-start". flightglobal.com.
- ^ Kingsley-Jones, Max (7 April 2010). "NG aims to decide on Fokker 100 assembly line location by year-end". flightglobal.com.
- ^ a b "Fokker 70". Airliners.net. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Daly, Kieran (22 January 2009). "EASA acts on Fokker jet wing-icing". flightglobal.com.
- ^ Learmount, David (4 December 1996). "Fokker reversers need checks". flightglobal.com.
- ^ "Fokker 70 order". flightglobal.com. 30 August 1995.
- ^ Mellon, James (31 October 2017). "PICTURES: Retirement of KLM Fokker ends era that began in 1921". flightglobal.com.
- ^ "Avianova flies Fokker 70". flightglobal.com. 3 January 1996.
- ^ "Alitalia pulls plug on Fokker 70s". flightglobal.com. 12 February 1997.
- ^ "Fokker 70 jets in". flightglobal.com. 8 November 1995.
- ^ "Mesa Air Group". Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "American to begin Fokker 100 service". Aviation Week & Space Technology. 135 (4): 32. July 1991.
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- ^ "Fokker Services - life after death". flightglobal.com. 26 February 2010.
- ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (20 January 2010). "Austrian seals long-term Fokker 70/100 support pact". flightglobal.com.
- ^ Cirium (9 March 2021). "Alliance enters five-year base check deal for F70s and F100s". flightglobal.com.
- ^ "SilkAir replaces 737s and Fokker 70s with V2500 Airbus A319/320s". flightglobal.com. 7 October 1998.
- ^ "BM widens the field for Fokker replacement". flightglobal.com. 14 July 1999.
- ^ Trimble, Stephen (3 June 2015). "Austrian Airlines approves used E195 purchase". flightglobal.com.
- ^ Gubisch, Michael (7 August 2017). "Austrian completes E-Jets' introduction". flightglobal.com.
- ^ fokker-aircraft.info - FOKKER 70 FLEET LIST. retrieved 9 October 2022 2022
- ^ "World Airline Census 2018". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ "7 facts you didn't know about Kenya's Presidential jet that cost an estimated Sh2 billion". 16 November 2017.
- ^ Fokker 70 Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine flyfokker.com. Retrieved: 29 January 2012.
- ^ Palt, Karsten. "Fokker Fokker 70 - Specifications - Technical Data / Description".
- ^ "Investigation Report - Fokker 70" (PDF). BFU Germany. November 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
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External links
Media related to Fokker 70 at Wikimedia Commons
- Fokker Services homepage
- Netherlands Aircraft Company Fokker 130 Project Archived 5 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine