Aerospace company Fokker is to close its two factories in Helmond and Hoogerheide and centralise its operations in Papendrecht. Unions have criticised the plans, which were announced to staff on ...

Has anyone here seen the old American sitcom The Odd Couple? Admittedly, I haven't. But that doesn't mean I can't milk the title to make ham-fisted comparisons between two aerospace companies. Fokker ...

Carrying a mystic of almost invincibility and pure terror, the Red Baron's famous mount was anything but perfect, with several faults limiting it below its anticipated performance. Although built in ...

The retirement of KLM Cityhopper's last Fokker 70, after final flights on 28 October, marks the end of an era in Dutch aviation history. It was all the way back in April 1921 that KLM put its first ...

After determining that its original plan to retrofit the Fokker 100 with hydrogen-combustion propulsion entailed too much reengineering to be economically viable, Fokker Next Gen has shifted its focus ...

Dutch aerospace pioneer Fokker is looking to make a comeback. This time however, it won’t be polluting Jet A fuel propelling the company’s aircraft. Instead, in the revived guise of Fokker Next Gen, ...

Diminutive and nimble, the Fokker Dr.1 was Germany’s answer to the British Sopwith Triplane during the Great War over the skies of Europe, and was a favored mount of one of history’s most famous aces.

The new facility has capacity for several types of Boeing and Airbus widebody aircraft. Credit: Fokker Services Group Independent maintenance specialist Fokker Services has inaugurated its new ...

Long-running plans to resurrect production of the Fokker 100 twinjet appear to be gaining momentum as the Netherlands Aircraft Company works on securing the financing and supply chain partners to ...

HAARLEM, Netherlands -- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines throws a party on its anniversary each year to introduce the latest addition to the carrier’s most sought-after complimentary in-flight amenities: a ...

The Fokker F.VII was a pivotal early civilian airliner, initially single-engine, but gained widespread popularity and enhanced reliability as a three-engine model (F.VIIb/3m) after a redesign for the ...