Fokker F70

The Fokker F70 is a 70 seat, twin engine regional jet airliner developed as a smaller version of the larger, 100 seat Fokker F100 jetliner.

History

Early production

The Fokker company of the Netherlands started to develop the F70 airliner in November 1992 with an aim to replace it's ageing Fokker F28 airliner, with a more modern and fuel efficent aircraft. The Fokker F70's first flight occurred on April 4 1993 and the first production aircraft flew for the first time in July 1994. Certification was granted on October 14 1994, while the first delivery of a Fokker F70 to a customer, Ford Motor Company (in an "Executive Jet" configuration), occurred later in the same month.

The last ever Fokker F70 was delivered in April 1997, when the production line closed following Fokker's bankcruptcy the previous year, in March 1996. Over the F70's short production life, 47 Fokker F70s were built.

Althought official production of the Fokker F70 is completed, rekkof ("Fokker" spelt backwards) has, since 1999, tried to negotiate the re-opening of both the Fokker F100 and Fokker F70 lines. Despite these plans, however, Rekkof is still yet to re-open production of either type.

Current service

Of the 47 Fokker 70's ever built, a small number are still in service around the world, operating for vairous airlines, including^*:

Air Littoral Industrie
Austrian Airlines
Dutch Government
Ford Motor Company
KLM Cityhopper
Malev Hungarian Airlines
Republic of Kenya
Tyrolean Airways
Vietnam Airlines

Specifications

General features

Max. Passengers: 80
Max. Capacity: 8.300 kg
Max. Takeoff Weight: 38.100 kg
Max. Engine Thrust: 2 x 6.300 kg
Wingspan: 28.08 m
Length: 30.91 m
Height: 8.51 m

Performance

Cruise Speed: 420 km/u
Max. Range: 2,040 km

Source: ^*

Technology

With the intent of replacing the ageing Fokker F28 aircraft, Fokker designed the F70 with many potentially attractive features including:

EFIS flightdecks
Fokker F100 airframe type commonality
Fokker F100 engine commonality - Tay Mk.620 powerplant

External links

Fokker | Dutch airliners 1990-1999

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