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)
- Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais
- Tavaj Linhas Aéreas
- TAM Airlines
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- 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
- Air Congo
- Air Tropiques
- Maersk Air
- Newair Airservice
- Sterling Airways
- Air France
- Air Inter
- Institut Géographique National
- Sécurité Civile
- Air Max-Gabon
An LTU F-27-200 at Langenhagen Airport in 1964.
- FTG Air Service
- LTU
- WDL Aviation
- T.A. de la Guinee-Bissau
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- Farnair Hungary
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
- Iran Aseman Airlines
- Iranian government
- National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)
- Air Baltic
- Libyan Arab Airlines
- Libyan Red Crescent
- Malaysia Airline System
- Malaysia-Singapore Airlines
- Aerocaribe
- Air One (Mexico (used only for cargo)
- CityFlyer
A Myanma Airways F-27-600 at Yangon International Airport in 2005.
- Myanma Airways
- F27 Friendship Association
- The Dutch Royal Flight
- NLM Cityhopper
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- Air ALM
- 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
- Aero Condor
- Expreso Aéreo
- Expresso Aéreo
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- Korean Air Lines
An Aviaco F27-400 at Bern Airport in 1982.
- Aviaco
- Iberia Airlines
- Seven Air
- Spantax
- Transeuropa
- Mihin Air
- 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
- Uganda Airways
An Air UK F27 in 1981 still in basic Air Anglia livery
- Air Anglia
- Air UK
- British Midland
- Channel Express
- Jersey European Airways
- Manx Airlines
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
- Angolan Air Force
- 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]
- 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
- Cote d'Ivoire Air Force
- 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]
- 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
- Yemen Air Force
See also
- Fokker F27
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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