Fokker Services Congratulates to
Skippers Aviation
April 2013
Skippers Aviation is a privately owned company and situated in Perth in Western Australia Currently Skippers operates a variety of smaller aircraft like Dash 8 /100 and 300 (10), Embraer 120(6), Metro’s and Cessna Conquest (9) and is getting two Fokker r 100’s that are being delivered in April and May. The two Fokker 100’s, will be the largest aircraft in the Skippers fleet.
Skippers mainly use these aircraft for Fly In Fly Out operations or in Australia called FIFO operations used by mining companies to transport mining employees to remote mining locations in Western Australia.
Fokker Services congratulates Skippers Aviation with their new asset and wish them a succesfull FLYFokker take off.
Skyward International
Jan 2013
Kenyan operator Skyward International was established in 2010 by a group of local pilots and investors. Up till now they operated Fokker 50 aircraft for the government of Kenya as well as international NGO's and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Skyward has recently added a Fokker 100 to their fleet being the first Fokker 100 registered in Kenya.
Fokker Services supports the operation of Skyward International and congratulate them with their recent acquisition!
Minoan Air
June 2012
With its main base at Heraklion in Crete, Minoan Air is a new Fokker 50 operator in Greece. The company is owned by a mixture of businness men and aviation proffesionals. Minoan Air owns four Fokker 50 aircraft, two aircraft are chartered out in Spain and Greece and the tird aircraft is foreseen to perform charter flights in Italy in the coming weeks.
Fokker Services support Minoan Air by means of the ABACUS Exchange and Repair Program.
We wish Minoan Air lots of succes with their new operation.
Air Panama
June 2012
This month, a Fokker 100 departed from Woensdrecht (The Netherlands) to be added to Air Panama's fleet of F27, Fokker 50 and Fokker 70 aircraft. This makes Air Panama the first operator with four different Fokker types in its fleet! Air Panama would to use the Fokker 100's to develop new routes and to replace the Fokker 70 aircraft on high density routes. The interior was completely refurbished and the exterior was painted which made the aircraft look like new. Currently the same work package is being performed on the second Fokker 100 and Fokker Services expects delivery of that aircraft within the coming weeks.
Fokker Services congratulates Air Panama with their new asset!'
Pacific Royale Airways
May 2012
Pacific Royale Airways, Indonesia's first private full service airline has acquired its Air Operator Certificated (AOC) on May 29th, 2012. With the issuance of the AOC, Pacific Royale is now getting ready to launch its maiden flight with two Fokker 50 twin turboprops from Batam and Surabaya. Pacific Royale holds a permit to operate a total of 62 domestic routes and 11 international routes.
Fokker Services wishes Pacific Royale a succesfull 'FLYFokker Take Off'.
Network Aviation
Feb 2012
Network Aviation, a member of the Qantas Group and based in Perth, Western Australia, has recently signed an agreement to acquire a second batch of 5 Fokker 100 aircraft to add to the 7 already in their fleet.
Network has been successfully providing fly-in/fly-out services to resource companies in Western Australia using their fleet of Embraer EMB-120 and Fokker 100 aircraft from their own terminal at Perth airport. After their recent acquisition by the Qantas Group, Network announced plans to significantly expand heir Fokker 100 fleet to be better able to serve this fast-growing market segment. The above-mentioned acquisition is part of that expansion plan. The Fokker 100 has proven an extremely versatile tool for this market with its capability to operate from semi-prepared strips in remote locations with attractive payloads.
Fokker Services congratulates Network Aviation with this latest step in their growth plan and wishes them a successful FLYFokker take off.