List of Fokker F27 operators
The following are current and past operators of the Fokker F27:
Map of F.27 operators:
Light blue = Civil operators
Red = Military operators
Dark blue = Civil and military operators
Light blue = Civil operators
Red = Military operators
Dark blue = Civil and military operators
Civil operators
In August 2006 a total of 164 Fokker F27 aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service around the world. Major operators include: Merpati Nusantara Airlines (11), WDL Aviation (11) and Mountain Air Cargo (11). Some 43 airlines operate smaller numbers of the type.[1] Former Fokker F27, Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild FH-227 operators are listed as well.
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- Airlines of New South Wales
- Ansett Airlines
- Associated Airlines of Australia
- Department of Civil Aviation
- East-West Airlines
- Aircruising Australia
- Australia Post
- Trans Australia Airlines (TAA)
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Burma (Also known as Myanmar)
- Burma Airways Corporation (became Myanma Airways in 1989)
- Union of Burma Airways (became Burma Airways Corporation in 1972)
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- Conair (converted to fire fighting air tankers)
- Government of Quebec
- Norcanair (Fairchild F-27, former Hughes Airwest aircraft)
- Nordair (Fairchild Hiller FH-227)
- Quebecair (Fairchild F-27)
- Time Air
- WestEx Airlines
- ABA Air
- Maersk Air
- Newair Airservice
- Sterling Airways
An LTU F-27-200 at Langenhagen Airport in 1964.
- FTG Air Service
- LTU
- WDL Aviation
- T.A. de la Guinee-Bissau
A Merpati Nusantara F-27-500 at Ngurah Rai International Airport in 2005.
- Merpati Nusantara Airlines
- Sempati Air
- Garuda Indonesia (operated several Fokker F27 aircraft before being sold or transferred to Merpati)
- AirMark Cargo
- Trigana Air
- Kalstar Aviation (operated several Fokker F27 aircraft leased from Trigana Air)
- Asialink Cargo Airlines
- Libyan Arab Airlines
- Libyan Red Crescent
- Malaysia Airline System
- Malaysia-Singapore Airlines
- Aerocaribe
- Air One (Mexico (used only for cargo)
- CityFlyer
Myanmar (Also known as Burma)
A Myanma Airways F-27-600 at Yangon International Airport in 2005.
- F27 Friendship Association
- The Dutch Royal Flight
- NLM Cityhopper
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- Air New Zealand
- Airwork (New Zealand)
- New Zealand Ministry of Transport (operated for Navaids calibration flights)
- NZNAC
- Air Executive Norway
- Braathens SAFE
- Busy Bee
- Stellar Airfreighter
- Expresso Aéreo
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An Aviaco F27-400 at Bern Airport in 1982.
- Air West Express
- Sudan Airways
An Air Tanzania F27-600 at Moi International Airport in 1986.
THY Fokker F27 Friendship landing at Athens (Hellenikon) Airport in 1973
An Air UK F27 in 1981 still in basic Air Anglia livery
Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft are included in this list of U.S. operators as well.
- Air North (subsequent name change to Brockway Air. Aircraft were ex-Swift Aire Lines)
- Air Oregon
- AirPac (Fairchild Hiller FH-227B aircraft. Alaska-based air carrier.)
- Air West (Fairchild F-27, ex-Bonanza Air Lines, ex-Pacific Air Lines and ex-West Coast Airlines aircraft)
- Air Wisconsin
- Allegheny Airlines (Fairchild F-27 aircraft. Suburban Airlines separately operated Fokker F27 aircraft as Allegheny Commuter via a code sharing feeder agreement with Allegheny Airlines)
- Aloha Airlines (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
- Amerer Air
- Aspen Airways (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
- Bonanza Air Lines (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
- Britt Airways (Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft)
- Business Express (ex-Pilgrim Airlines aircraft)
- Chicago Air
- ConnectAir (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
- Delta Air Lines (Fairchild Hiller FH-227, ex-Northeast Airlines aircraft)
- Emerald Air (Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft)
- Empire Airways (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
- FedEx
- Hawkins and Powers Aviation, Inc
- Hughes Airwest (Fairchild F-27, ex-Air West aircraft)
- Mesaba Airlines
- Midstate Airlines (Fokker F27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft)
- Mississippi Valley Airlines
- Mountain Air Cargo
- Northeast Airlines (Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft)
- Northern Consolidated Airlines (Fairchild F-27 aircraft. Acquired by Wien Air Alaska)
- Oceanair (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
- Ozark Airlines (Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft)
- Pacific Air Lines (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
- Pacific Alaska Airlines (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
- Piedmont Airlines (Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft)
- Pilgrim Airlines (acquired by Business Express)
- Suburban Airlines (operated F27 aircraft as Allegheny Commuter for Allegheny Airlines)
- Swift Aire Lines (600 series models purchased new from Fokker)
- United Express (operated by Air Wisconsin via a code share feeder agreement with United Airlines)
- West Coast Airlines (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
- Wien Air Alaska (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
An Air Zaïre F-27-600 at Faro Airport in 1987.
Military operators
- Argentine Air Force - 1 remaining in use as of December 2015.[2]
- Bolivian Air Force - Purchased 6 F27-400M Troopships in 1980 for use on airline services by Transporte Aéreo Militar as well as normal military service. 3 remained in use in 2001.[3][4]
- Bolivian Army - 1 in use as of December 2015.[5]
- Burma (Also known as Myanmar)
- Burmese Air Force (Became Myanmar Air Force) - 2 F-27 and 2 F-227 remaining in service as of December 2015.[6]
- Chad Air Force 1 F-27-600 aircraft
- Guatemalan Air Force[7] - 1 in service as of December 2015.[8]
- Indonesian Air Force - 3 in service as of December 2015.[9]
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A Fokker F27 of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
- Imperial Iranian Air Force, later Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force - 10 in service as of December 2015.[10]
- Imperial Iranian Army, later Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Army Aviation) - 2 in service as of December 2015.[10]
- Imperial Iranian Navy, later Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (Navy Aviation) - 3 in service (2 transports and 1 maritime patrol aircraft) in December 2015.[10]
- Mexican Navy - 2 FH-227 VIP transports.[11]
- Myanmar (Also known as Burma)
- Pakistan Air Force
- Pakistan Navy - 7 in service as of December 2015.[12]
- Philippine Air Force - 1 in service as of December 2015.[12]
- Philippine Navy
- Royal Thai Navy - 4 in service (2 transports and two patrol aircraft) as of December 2015.[13]
Former military operators
- Benin People's Air Force - 1 received in 1978.[14]
- Biafran Air Force - 1, seized by the Biafran authorities in April 1967[15]
- Ghana Air Force - Had 1 in service as of December 2015.[8]
- North Yemen Air Force
- Senegalese Air Force - Had 3 in service as of December 2015.[16]
- Senegambia Air Force
See also
References
- Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
- Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 32.
- Siegrist Air International October 1987, p. 175.
- International Air Power Review Summer 2001, p. 29.
- Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 33.
- Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 43.
- Sloot and Hornstra Air International January 1999, p. 57.
- Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 38.
- Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 39.
- Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 40.
- Wheeler Flight International 4 October 1980, p. 1357.
- Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 45.
- Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 50.
- Wheeler Flight International 4 October 1980, p. 1327.
- Jowett, Philip (2016). Modern African Wars (5): The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1472816092.
- Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 47.
- "Fuerza Aérea Boliviana". International Air Power Review. Vol. 1. Summer 2001. pp. 28–31. ISSN 1473-9917.
- Hoyle, Craig (8–14 December 2015). "World Air Forces 2015". Flight International. Vol. 188 no. 5517. pp. 26–53. ISSN 0015-3710.
- Siegrist, Martin (October 1987). "Bolivian Air Power — 70 Years On". Air International. Vol. 33 no. 4. pp. 170–176, 194. ISSN 0306-5634.
- Sloot, Emile; Hornstra, Luc (January 1999). "Fueza Aerea Guatamalteca". Air International. Vol. 56 no. 1. pp. 55–58. ISSN 0306-5634.
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