Fokker 100

Fokker 100
Montenegro Airlines Fokker 100 in 2010
Role	Narrow-body Regional jet airliner
National origin	Netherlands
Manufacturer	Fokker
First flight	30 November 1986
Introduction	3 April 1988 with Swissair
Status	In service
Primary users	Alliance Airlines Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Iran Air QantasLink
Produced	1986–1997
Number built	283
Developed from	Fokker F28
Variants	Fokker 70

The Fokker 100 is a medium-sized, twin-turbofan airliner from Fokker. Upon introduction, the type possessed low operational costs and had scant competition in the 100-seat short-range class of regional airliner, which contributed to strong sales during the late 1980s. It was the largest jet airliner built by Fokker before its bankruptcy in 1996.

However, the Fokker 100 was soon faced with an increasing number of passenger aircraft similar in both size and role were brought onto the market by competing firms during the 1990s, leading to a substantial decline in both sales and long term prospects. Fokker had also encountered financial difficulties, having been bought up by Deutsche Aerospace AG, who in turn had financial troubles of their own, restricting their ability to support multiple regional airliner programmes. Accordingly, in 1997, production of the Fokker 100 was terminated after 283 airframes had been delivered.

By July 2016, a total of 116 Fokker 100 aircraft remained in airline service with 26 airlines around the world. Despite the fact that airlines are currently retiring the aircraft, there are still large numbers in operation in both Australia and Iran.

In 1983, what was initially known as the Fokker F28 Mk 0100 program was announced as an updated replacement for Fokker's popular, but superseded, F28 Fellowship jet airliner. Subsequently, marketed as the Fokker 100, the design was based on the original F28, but featured modern avionics, a pair of new-generation Rolls-Royce Tay turbofan engines, and a redesigned wing. However, the most noticeable difference was the longer fuselage, which had increased seating by 65 per cent from 65 of the original F28 series to a maximum of 107 in a three-by-two single-class arrangement. The new wing was claimed by Fokker to be 30 per cent more efficient in cruise, while still retaining the simplicity of a fixed leading edge. The cockpit was updated with a Rockwell Collins DU-1000 electronic flight instrument system. Like the Fokker Fellowship, the Fokker 100 retained the twin rear fuselage-mounted engines and T-tail configuration, a similar arrangement to that of the Douglas DC-9 family. The Fokker 100 does not have eyebrow windows above the main cockpit windows as on the Fokker F28.

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