Special painted KLM Fokker 70 visit Dresden (DRS)

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will bid farewell to its last Fokker 70 (F70) on 29 October 2017, after 20 years of faithful service. KLM Cityhopper is renewing its fleet, which will consist entirely of more economical Embraer 190s and 175s by the autumn of 2017. To honour the country’ s leading aviation pioneer, KLM have decorated the fuselage and tail of one of the last Fokker 70 (PH-KZU) with a portrait of Anthony Fokker, which is part of a festive livery marking 97 years of shared history between Fokker and KLM. KLM operated its last commercial flight with a Fokker 50 in 2010, and the last Fokker 100s were phased out in 2012. The Fokker 70 was deployed by 15 airlines worldwide. KLM began flying Fokker 70s in 1996 and is the biggest user of this aircraft type. The average age of our Fokker 70s is almost 20 years, with each aircraft racking up around 38,000 flight hours and a similar number of take-offs and landings for the entire fleet. There are currently 14 Fokker 70s in the KLM fleet. KLM welcomed its first E190 aircraft as early as December 2008, and the first E175 arrived in April this year. Once the Fokker 70s have been replaced with Embraers, KLM’s fleet will consist of 30 E190s and one E175. A further 16 E175s will join the fleet through 2018, giving KLM the largest Embraer fleet in Europe.

For more information: http://news.klm.com/klm-to-bid-farewell-to-last-fokker-70-in-2017