List of Fokker F27 operators
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The following are current and past operators of the Fokker F27:
Civil operators
[edit]As of August 2022, less than 20 Fokker F27 aircraft (Cargo and military variants only) remain in airline and military service around the world.
- 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)
- SABENA
- Flanders Airlines
- Delta Air Transport
- Air Alpes
- DHL
- FedEx
- Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais
- Tavaj Linhas Aéreas
- TAM Airlines
- Votec Linhas Aéreas
Burma (Also known as Myanmar)
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- Burma Airways Corporation (became Myanma Airways in 1989)
- Union of Burma Airways (became Burma Airways Corporation in 1972)
- Conair (converted to fire fighting air tankers)
- Government of Quebec
- Norcanair (Operated 1 Fairchild F-27, former Hughes Airwest aircraft)
- Nordair (Operated 1 Fairchild Hiller FH-227)
- Quebecair
- Time Air
- WestEx Airlines
- ABA Air
- Maersk Air
- Newair Airservice
- Sterling Airways
- FTG Air Service
- LTU
- WDL Aviation
- T.A. de la Guinee-Bissau
- 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
- Aerocaribe
- Air One (Mexico (used only for cargo)
- CityFlyer
Myanmar (Also known as Burma)
- F27 Friendship Association
- The Dutch Royal Flight
- NLM Cityhopper
- 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
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 (Operated a single Fairchild Hiller FH-227B aircraft. Alaska-based air carrier.)
- Air West
- Air Wisconsin
- Allegheny Airlines (Operated several Fairchild F-27 aircraft before rebranding as USAir in 1979. 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
- Horizon Air (Fairchild F-27 aircraft)
- Hughes Airwest
- 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)
International
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- Expresso Aéreo
- Air West Express
- Sudan Airways
Turkey
THY Fokker F27 Friendship landing at Athens (Hellenikon) Airport in 1973
Current Military Operators
[edit]- Bolivian Army - 1 in use as of December 2024.[2][3]
- Imperial Iranian Air Force, later Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force - 5[2] in service as of December 2024.[4]
- Imperial Iranian Army, later Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Army Aviation) - 1 in service as of December 2024.[2][4]
- Imperial Iranian Navy, later Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (Navy Aviation) - 3 [2]in service (2 transports and 1 maritime patrol aircraft) in December 2024.[4]
- Philippine Air Force - 1 unit is service in 2024 .[2][5]
- Royal Thai Navy - 3 in service (2 transports and 1 patrol aircraft) as of December 2024.[2][6]
Former military operators
[edit]- Angolan Air Force - bought two F27-200s in 1978-1979, one in maritime patrol aircraft configuration.[7]
- Argentine Air Force - 1 remaining in use as of December 2015.[8]
- Benin People's Air Force - 1 received in 1978.[9]
- Biafran Air Force - 1, seized by the Biafran authorities in April 1967[10]
- 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.[11][12]
- Chad Air Force 1 F-27-600 aircraft
- Guatemalan Air Force[13] - 1 in service as of December 2015.[14]
- Ghana Air Force - Had 1 in service as of December 2015.[14]
- Indonesian Air Force – Retired in 2012-2015 period[15]
- Mexican Navy - 2 FH-227 VIP transports.[16]
- Myanmar Air Force (Formerly known as Burmese Airforce)
- North Yemen Air Force
- Pakistan Air Force
- Pakistan Navy - 7 aircraft were retired on 21 January 2020.[5]
- Pakistan Naval Air Arm - all aircraft retired
- Pakistan Maritime Security Agency - 1 former aircraft transferred from Pakistan Navy (retired)
- Senegalese Air Force - Had 3 in service as of December 2015.[17]
- Senegambia Air Force
- Sudanese Air Force - Four ordered in 1964.[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Aviation Photo #0182411: Fokker F-27-500RF Friendship - Oman Air".
- ^ a b c d e f "World Air Forces 2025". Flightglobal Insight. 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 33.
- ^ a b c Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 40.
- ^ a b Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 45.
- ^ Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 50.
- ^ Fontanellaz, Cooper & Matos 2020, p. 22
- ^ Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 32.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Siegrist Air International October 1987, p. 175.
- ^ International Air Power Review Summer 2001, p. 29.
- ^ Sloot and Hornstra Air International January 1999, p. 57.
- ^ a b Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 38.
- ^ Putra R, Bagas (12 May 2019). "Napak Tilas Fokker TNI AU: Akhir 30 Tahun Pengabdian". kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Wheeler Flight International 4 October 1980, p. 1357.
- ^ Hoyle Flight International 8–14 December 2015, p. 47.
- ^ Cooper, Tom; Weinert, Peter; Hinz, Fabian; Lepko, Mark (2011). African MiGs, Volume 2: Madagascar to Zimbabwe. Houston: Harpia Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-9825539-8-5.
- Fontanellaz, Adrien; Cooper, Tom; Matos, Jose Augusto (2020). War of Intervention in Angola, Volume 3: Angolan and Cuban Air Forces, 1975-1985. Warwick, UK: Helion & Company Publishing. ISBN 978-1-913118-61-7.
- "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.
- Wheeler, Barry C. (4 October 1980). "World's Air Forces 1980". Flight International. Vol. 118, no. 3726. pp. 1323–1378. ISSN 0015-3710..