Scramble Magazine — August 2017

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F27 -300 10151 EP-IOS NIOC National Iranian Oil Company. Having been stored at Ahwaz since 1999, the Friendship was
on the move in May this year. It was seen 22 May on a flatbed truck, being transported to the Coastal

Museum Park, Abadan. This museum hosts a number of old oil industry equipment, including old cranes
being used for movement of Abadan oil refinery devices, as well as military equipment from the World

War II era.
-050 20106 XA- Ex 5Y-... Aero-Pioneer of Africa ntu, VH-FNA Virgin Australia Regional Airlines. Australian registration
was cancelled back in April of this year and the Fokker was flown to Zanzibar, where it arrived 3 January.

Has since been flown to Nairobi and underwent a PPI (Pre-purchase Inspection) in June, for a possible

sale to Aero Cuahonte, the current operator of MAYAir Fokker 50 XA-UVU 20194.
-050 20159 OO-VLQ SHS Antwerp Aviation. Having been stored at Antwerp since at least 21 June 2016, it finally left on 29
June for Saarbrucken, possibly for maintenance.
-050 20199 SX-BRV Minoan Air. This one...
-050 20206 9S-ABL Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation, ex 9Q-CBL of the same company. Was seen with this reg at Kinshasa-
N’Djili early July 2017. All 9Q-registrations from CAA will be transferred to 9S (the new markings for DRC
aircraft) as per ICAO order. In the past operators used to self-certify aircraft with 9Q-registrations.
-050 20207 5Y- Skyward Express, ex SX-BRM Minoan Air. Seen mid-May in white colours and made a test flight from

Maastricht on 10 June. Left two days later on a ferry to Kenya and was seen parked at Heraklion on 14
June.
-050 20214 9S-AAB Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation, ex 9Q-DAB of the same company. Same reason as 9S-ABL above.
-050 20230 SX-BRT Minoan Air. And this one were both seen at Maastricht on 29 June, in a fenced off area. Will soon be
scrapped by AELS, or Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions. SX-BRT was in basic Freedom Airways colours and
SX-BRV in those of Minoan Air, both without engines.
-050 20231 5H-TGF Government of Tanzania. Left Woensdrecht 28 June after maintenance. Had arrived 30 September last

year.
-050 20266 HK-4487 AVIANCA.
-050 20281 HK-4580 AVIANCA.
-050 20285 HK-4469 AVIANCA.
-050 20296 HK-4581 AVIANCA.
-050 20300 HK-4468 AVIANCA.
-050 20301 HK-4467 AVIANCA. All six are still stored at Kansas City (KS) as per June 2017, missing the props and in basic
AVIANCA colours.
-050 20313 C5-MAP Tarco Air, ex PK-PRA Pacific Royale Airways. Had been stored at Pondok Cabe since at least February



  1. Was seen last month there in Tarco Air ‘The Legend of Africa’ colours, registered as C5-MAP.
    F28 -0100 11397 OE-LVK Ex Austrian Airlines. This one escaped our attention, as it was already broken up at Bratislava in March
    this year. Had been stored there since 24 April 2016.
    -0100 11417 5B-DDD Tus Airways, ex PH-AQG Fokker Services. Seen as such at Larnaca 27 June and operated the first flight
    two days later, to Tel Aviv and back.
    -0100 11427 5B-DDE Tus Airways. At the moment still PH-AQH of Fokker Services, and was seen all white at Woensdrecht
    27 June. Made a test and acceptance flight out of Woensdrecht 12 and 14 July and was delivered to

    Larnaca on 17 July as PH-AQH. After delivery it received 5B-DDE.
    -0100 11460 VH-UQD Alliance Airlines, ex OE-LVO Austrian Airlines. Registered on 28 June, but made a test flight from

    Bratislava as OE-LVO on 20 June.
    -0100 11493 PH-ABW Air Hollandia. Was seen with these titles at Maastricht on 14 July, still in basic Compagnie Africaine
    d’Aviation colours.
    -0070 11566 PH-KZC KLM Cityhopper. Last flight was on 3 July, when it returned from Humberside to Amsterdam as KL1486.

    Ferried later that same day to Norwich as KL9955 and was seen painted in a white/grey colour scheme
    on 12 July. Flew in those colours to Saarbrucken on 26 July, ready for delivery to MWG Avia
    Credit: Skyliner.


Founded in March 2017 Air Hollandia has big plans for the future! Focusing mainly on charter flights within Europe and to northern Africa,

they want to expand the fleet to a maximum of five aircraft. They want to be a small so-called boutique airline, offering a personalised service

to its customers. Fokker 100 PH-ABW (seen here at Maastricht-Aachen Airport on 21 July 2017 by Paul Sanders) is so far the only jet in the fleet,

but this month (August) they expect to take delivery of a Boeing 737, with the intention of having another two added of the type within the

next three years.
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