By: Maresh - 12th August 2003 at 11:52
If Rekkof would restart, and.. the ERJ-170/190 also will be on the market, they will be very competitive to each other…
But, the new Fokker 70 will be already a certified and proven aircraft, and they last very long. (they will last for about 30 years)
The Embraer Aircraft are a very “good” new and cheap aircraft.
with a short life. (i heard 10 – 15 years)
If both aircraft will be on the market, which will be the one the airliners would choose, cheap or proven?
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M.
By: tenthije - 21st July 2003 at 23:31
whats the latest on Rekkof?
Well, their website is still active. Updated as recently as May 6th 2003, so they seem to be still going strong. Last I heard is that they only want to do the F70 production, with the F100 sometime in the far future. Kind a obvious considering the massive demand for the F70 (still the only plane in its class, until the ERJ-170 enters) and the oversupply for F100.
Top quote from Rekkof’s website:
“Rekkof will start production of Fokker 70 JetLiner as soon as the first 80 Fokker 70 JetLiners have been ordered. After this launch criterium Rekkof will be ready for producing Fokker 100’s as well.”
Just how many airframes have been sold is not mentioned anywhere. Pity…
This is a subject I have no knowledge of. Will there still be a UK operation or will the UK employees be laid off?
Well, nothing really changes here. All that happens is that the whole fleet gets PH- registration and “Cityhopper” titles rather than “UK” titles.
The main reason KLM merged ‘Cityhopper and ‘UK is that it gives flexibilty. The F70 and F100 are now more easily interchangable. Hence the appearance of more F70s in the UK.
For the employee’s not much will change. After all, the pilots and cabin crew that are qualified on the F100 are also qualified for the F70! I do not believe they have to be retrained. If it is required it will be a short retraining, like when a A320 pilot goes for a A319 license.
Actually, office personel may be affected since the ‘Cityhopper offices will effectively take over the ‘UK offices. Not sure though. I am (WAS) only a student who has to much time on hand reading online message boards, so I can not know everything! 😀
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July 21, 2003 at 1:11 pm