BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT FOKKER 70
The Fokker 70 is a narrow-body, twin-engined, medium-range, turbofan regional airliner produced as a smaller version of the Fokker 100. The development of the Fokker 70 was based on the requirements of some airlines, for which the Fokker 50 or ATR 42 were too small, and the Boeing 737 or MD-80 too large. The development consisted in cutting various sections of the fuselage of the Fokker 100, but keeping the wings and tail. The Fokker 70 is powered by two Rolls-Royce Tay 620 turbofans placed at the back of the fuselage.
The Fokker 70's first flight occurred on April 4, 1993. The first delivery of a Fokker 70 to a customer, Ford Motor Company, occurred in October 1994. The launch customer of this aircraft by an airline was Sempati Air. The last Fokker 70 was delivered in April 1997, when the production line closed following Fokker's bankruptcy the previous year.
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