Richard Schuurman
W ithin eight minutes they had all gone. First PH-KZU, then ‘KZB and, after a brief pause, ‘KZL and ‘KZS. The last four KLM Cityhopper Fokker 70s took off like rockets on their farewell flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on October 29.
It ended an era in Dutch aviation, concluding a relationship between KLM and Fokker stretching back 97 years, despite a hiatus between 1940 and 1966.