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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
- 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.