List of Fokker F28 operators

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The following is a list of past and present operators of the Fokker F28 including Fokker F28-0070 (Fokker 70) and Fokker F28-0100 (Fokker 100).

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By 2019, no Fokker F28 aircraft remained in civil service (LADE mentioned below is organizationally part of the Argentine Air Force). Fly-SAX was the last airline operator of the F28 worldwide with the last aircraft in service stored in September 2019 due to lack of flight crew. [1]

In late 2025, the World Air Forces publication by FlightGlobal, which tracks the aircraft inventories of world's air forces and publishes its counts annually, published the World Air Forces 2026 report. According to that report, there were no F28 aircraft in service in any air force (or other military unit) of the world. [2] The World Air Forces 2026 report does not however list the aircraft of the LADE, and indeed Argentina, through LADE, is the last operator of F28 Fellowship aircraft. [3] [4]

The last 2 F28 aircraft in service (as of 2025) are operated by Argentina's LADE, an Argentinian governmental airline that is part of the Argentine Air Force (and thus variously classified as civilian or military or governmental or all of the above). [3] [4]

Civil operators

Many of these air carriers formerly operated Fokker F28 aircraft. Fokker 70 and Fokker 100 former operators when known are included as well.

Ansett Express F28 at Perth Airport in the early 1990s Ansett Express Fokker F-28-1000 Fellowship Wheatley.jpg
Ansett Express F28 at Perth Airport in the early 1990s
Ansett NT F28 at Perth Airport in the early 1990s. Ansett NT Fokker F28 Wheatley.jpg
Ansett NT F28 at Perth Airport in the early 1990s.
Germanair Fokker F28 at Frankfurt Airport in 1973 Fokker F-28 1000 D-AGAB Germanair RM 07.05.73 edited-2.jpg
Germanair Fokker F28 at Frankfurt Airport in 1973
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Aerolíneas Argentinas
American Falcon
Dinar Líneas Aéreas
LAER - Líneas Aéreas de Entre Rios
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Airlines of New South Wales
Ansett
Ansett Express
Ansett NT
Ansett W.A.
East-West Airlines
Flight West
MacRobertson Miller Airlines
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Air Canada (F28 aircraft operated by regional airline code sharing affiliates including Air Ontario flying Air Canada Connector service)
Air Niagara
Air Ontario (operated Air Canada Connector F28 service on behalf of Air Canada)
Atlantic Island Airways
Canadian North (operated Fokker 100 and F28 aircraft)
Canadian Regional Airlines
Husby Forest Products (corporate operator) [5]
Intair (Fokker 100 operator)
Inter-Canadien (operated Fokker 100 and F28 aircraft)
Jetsgo (Fokker 100 operator)
Norcanair
Peregrine Air Charter
Time Air (largest F28 operator in Canada flying Canadian Partner service and later Canadian Regional Airlines service on behalf of Canadian Airlines International)
Transair
Quebecair
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
ACES Colombia
Satena
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Cimber Air
Scandinavian Airlines
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Icaro Air
TAME
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Blue1 (former operator)
Air Botnia
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
Air Gabon
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bavaria Germanair (Germanair in 1972-1976)
LTU
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Ghana Airways
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Aviateca
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Garuda Indonesia (largest user with 62 F28 aircraft in the fleet)
Kal Star Aviation
Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Pelita Air Service
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Itavia
Unifly
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Air Ivoire
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Royal Jordanian
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Korean Air
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Click Mexicana (Fokker 100 operator, Mexicana Airlines subsidiary)
Mexicana Airlines (Fokker 100 operator)
Aviacsa (Fokker 100 operator)
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Montenegro Airlines
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Myanma Airways
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
Palair
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
KLM Cityhopper (Fokker 70 and Fokker 100 operator, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines subsidiary)
Martinair
NLM CityHopper
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Nigeria Airways
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Braathens (Braathens S.A.F.E)
Scandinavian Airlines
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru
Air Nauru
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Air Niugini
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Aeroperú
TANS Perú (crashed as TANS Perú Flight 222 in 2003)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Comair (South Africa) (1992–1996)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Korean Air
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Iberia
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini
Royal Swazi National Airways
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Linjeflyg
Scandinavian Airlines
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Air Tanzania
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Inter Airlines
Turkish Airlines
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Air Anglia
Air UK
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Air21
Altair Airlines
American Airlines (former Fokker 100 operator)
America West Express (Fokker 70 aircraft operated by Desert Sun Airlines, a subsidiary of Mesa Airlines)
Business Express (acquired a Pilgrim Airlines F28 but did not operate it in scheduled service)
Empire Airlines (merged into Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989))
Horizon Air (wholly owned subsidiary of Alaska Air Group)
Mid Pacific Air
Midway Airlines (Fokker 100 operator)
Novell Inc. (corporate shuttle operator) [6]
Piedmont Airlines (merged into USAir)
Pilgrim Airlines (acquired by Business Express)
Temple Eastex Inc. (corporate operator which became Temple-Inland) [7]
USAir (former Fokker F28 and Fokker 100 operator, renamed US Airways)
Wayne Newton (private operator) [8]

Military and government operators

Military operators

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Algerian Air Force
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Argentine Air Force
Argentine Naval Aviation
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Bolivian Air Force
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Cote d'Ivoire Air Force
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Colombian Air Force - Aircraft retired by 2026. [2]
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Ecuadorian Air Force
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
Gabon Air Force
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Ghana Air Force
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Indonesian Air Force
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
Royal Malaysian Air Force
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Royal Flight
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Peruvian Air Force
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Philippine Air Force - 1 active in 2024. [9] Retired by 2026. [2]
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo
Togo Air Force

Government operators

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
LADE - Líneas Aéreas Del Estado (2 as of August 2024; being replaced in service by Embraer ERJ 140 and retired) [3] [4]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Department of Transport (1972–82)
Airservices Australia (Civil Aviation Authority)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Airways Corporation of New Zealand (Operated by Civil Aviation Authority, Australia)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Tanzania Government Flight Agency

References

  1. "World Airline Census 2018". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  2. 1 2 3 Hoyle, Craig (2025). World Air Forces 2026 (Report). FlightGlobal . Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 GASTÓN SENA (23 August 2024). "LADE comienza a usar los Embraer ERJ 140 en vuelos comerciales ¿adiós al Fokker F-28 en América?". Aviacionline (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Gonzalo Mary (1 September 2025). "La Fuerza Aérea Argentina incorpora un nuevo avión Embraer ERJ 140". Infodefensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  5. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Fokker-F-28-1000-Fellowship/507908/L
  6. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Fokker-F-28-1000-Fellowship/507908/L
  7. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Fokker-F-28-1000-Fellowship/2160841/L
  8. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Fokker-F-28-1000-Fellowship/474347/L
  9. "World Air Forces 2025". Flightglobal Insight. 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.