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Maybe Fokker starts again! When the Dutch government get's a 'green light' of Brussels they give NG Aircraft 20 million euro's to build a prototype(which will cost 90 million euro's but ok...). The prototype most probably will become the PH-MKH, the first prototype of the F100(If I'm right
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It will be great to see new F100 (xf100)
hopefully there will be some orders (klm,régional,britAir,...)
perhaps Luxair too??
New winglets, new engines, new materials,... new aircraft....
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What is the likelikhood of the XF100 actually taking flight, gaining orders and being successful? Given the fact that when it was around back in the day the CSeries, E-Jets, ARJ, SSJ, MRJ, etc. were not. So I can understand why it garnered orders then but in the future? I am skeptical. The market is being absolutely inundated with 100-seat aircraft and now even Kawasaki is eyeing up producing the YPX 100-150 seater too. Somebody isn't going to make it and Fokker doesn't seem to be doing much else than adding winglets and new engines? Hardly a game-changer. Does anyone know what engines they are looking at? Won't adding more fuel require structural-reinforcement? Thereby increasing the weight of the aircraft and adding costs?
Oh and let's not forget the Q400 and soon-to-be Q400X that will just kill any jet on short-haul routes in the 70-100 seat segment...
Nonetheless, it would be nice to see these new Fokker aircraft flying around. They are pretty. I just don't know how realistic their plan is?Comment
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One advantage I see for Fokker is the existing customer base, including after sales service contracts. My doubts are only, if their new product will be too much compromises between old a new technology, while other competitors can start from scratch.Comment
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