Marking 35 years of the Fokker 50

Exactly 35 years ago today, the Fokker 50 took to the skies for the first time. Key.Aero looks back at its debut and examines which airlines are still flying it

During the 1980s, in the face of declining sales for its original F27 Friendship, Fokker set about creating an improved version that could act as its successor. 

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