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Fokker 100

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Dutch short-haul jet successor to the Fokker F28.

First flight

1986

Category

Narrow-body jet

Seating

100–109 passengers

Range

3,170 km

Engines

Two Rolls-Royce Tay 620-15 or Tay 650-15 turbofans, rear-mounted

Status

In service

The Fokker 100 is a twin-engine short-haul narrow-body jet airliner developed by the Dutch manufacturer Fokker as a stretched and modernized successor to the Fokker F28 Fellowship. It entered service in 1988 and was designed to carry approximately 100 passengers on regional and short-haul routes with improved fuel efficiency and passenger comfort. The aircraft featured a supercritical wing, a glass cockpit, and was powered by two Rolls-Royce Tay turbofan engines mounted on the rear fuselage. It was considered technologically advanced for its class at the time of introduction and found operators across Europe, the Americas, and Australia. Fokker declared bankruptcy in 1996, ending production of the type after approximately 283 aircraft were built. Despite this, many Fokker 100s remained in active service for decades afterward, operated by airlines and charter carriers worldwide.

Notable operators

Major operators included Swissair, KLM, American Airlines, Avianca, and Australian Airlines, with later operators including Iran Air and Amapola Flyg.

Notable facts

›Fokker went bankrupt in 1996, ending production after approximately 283 aircraft were built.
›The Fokker 100 was a stretched development of the earlier Fokker F28 Fellowship.
›It entered commercial service with Swissair in 1988.
›A shortened variant, the Fokker 70, was also developed and seats around 70 passengers.
›The type features a supercritical wing design that improved aerodynamic efficiency over the F28.

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Encyclopaedia

The Fokker 100 is a regional jet that was produced by Fokker in the Netherlands. The Fokker 100 was based on the Fokker F28 with a fuselage stretched by 5.7 m (18.8 ft) to seat up to 109 passengers, up from 85. It is powered by two newer Rolls-Royce Tay turbofans, and it has an updated glass cockpit and a wider wing and tail for increased maximum weights. The Fokker 70 is a shortened variant that can seat up to 85 passengers and was developed for shorter routes, which first flew in April of 1993.

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