VH-FKY. Fokker F27-050. c/n 20284.

Was also registered as: B-12271.

 

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-MXG - March 30, 1993

Registered to Fokker Aircraft BV, Amsterdam

First flown as 'PH-MXG' - May 18, 1993

Ferried Amsterdam (Schiphol) - Woensdrecht for storage - July 16, 1993

Registered to Fokker Aircraft Service BV, Amsterdam - July 23, 1993

Ferried Woensdrecht - Amsterdam (Schilhol) as FOP184 - October 07, 1994

Ferried Amsterdam (Schiphol) - Woensdrecht - October 31, 1994

Sold to Formosa Airlines - January 1995

Accepted by Formosa Airlines at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - February 04, 1995

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the ferry flight to Taiwan - February 04, 1995

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - February 09, 1995

Entered onto the Taiwanese Aircraft Register as B-12271 - February 09, 1995

Operated by Mandarin Airlines

Sold to Alliance Airlines, Australia - January 2007

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FKY - February 08, 2007

Registered to Jet Engine Leasing Pty Ltd

Leased to Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd as the registered operator

It arrived at Brisbane aon completion of the ferry flight from Taiwan as SXI705 - February 11, 2007

Ferry route: Kaohsiung - Manado - Darwin - Mt Isa - Brisbane

The ferry flight was carried out by Southern Cross Aviation

Ferried Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for repainting by General Aviation Maintenance - April 19, 2007

The aircraft was configured with 56 economy class seats

Operated its first revenue service - ?

Operated its final revenue service Olympic Dam - Adelaide (West Beach) as QQ2505 - August 28, 2015

It was withdrawn from service and used as a source of spare parts

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 31, 2019

To be scrapped

 

 

PH-MXG. Formosa Airlines - in the standard livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, January 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1997-112.)

VH-FKY. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 2009.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1997-317.)

VH-FKY. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, June 2010.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1997-103.)

VH-FKY. Alliance - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, October 16, 2010.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1997-530.)

VH-FKY. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, February 19, 2011.

(G. Wood Copyright Image 1997-179.)

VH-FKY. Alliance - in the standard livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 02, 2016.

(T. Haynes Copyright Image 1997-795.)

VH-FKY. Alliance - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 14, 2018.

(T. Haynes Copyright Image 1997-882.)

VH-FKY. Alliance - in the 'all-white' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, June 16, 2019.

(T. Haynes Copyright Image 1997-883.)