A KLM Fokker 100 CityHopper on final approach to Aberdeen Dyce Airfield Grampian Region North East Scotland
The Fokker 100 is a medium size twin-turbofan airliner from the Fokker company. Low operational costs and almost no competition in the 100-seat short-range class made it a best seller when it was introduced in the late 1980s, but improved models of the Boeing 737 and Airbus A319 affected sales and Fokker became insolvent. Production ended in 1997 with 283 airframes delivered. In August 2006, 229 Fokker 100 aircraft remained in airline service with 47 airlines around the world The Fokker 100 design was announced in 1983 as an updated replacement for Fokker's popular, but superseded F28 Fellowship design. Although the majority of the parts between the two aircraft are different, the Fokker 100 was certificated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration as the Fokker 28-0100. The most noticeable difference was the much longer fuselage, which increased seating by 65% from 65 in the original F28 series to 107 in a three-by-two single-class arrangement. Fokker also introduced a redesigned wing for the 100, which they claimed was 30% more efficient in cruise. The engines were upgraded to the modern Rolls-Royce Tay turbofans, while the cockpit was updated with an all-glass instrumentation package. The Fokker 100 features twin fuselage-mounted engines and a T-tail, similar to that of the Douglas DC-9 family. The Fokker 100 also does not have eyebrow windows above the main cockpit windows as on the Fokker F28. KLM Cityhopper is the regional airline subsidiary of KLM based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It operates international services within Europe. It is based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam.[1] KLM Cityhopper operates flights to 44 destinations all across Europe with most of the flights operating out of Amsterdam.
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Location: Dyce Airfield Aberdeen Grampian Region North East Scotland UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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