Mongolian Airways has added a venerable Fokker 50 to its portfolio. The 28-year -old Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127Bpowered example, JU-1050 (c/n 20280), is understood to be on lease from AeroCentury. This Fokker 50-120 is well travelled – initially delivered to Royal Brunei Airlines, before later serving with Spain’s Air Nostrum. Since, the airframe has flown with two Peruvian operators: with Aero Condor Peru from 2002; and ATSA Airlines between 2010-2021. Prior to hand-over to Mongolian Airways, the Fokker 50 completed a mammoth ferry flight from South America via multiple continents.
Hong Kong-based start-up Greater Bay Airlines has outlined plans for its intended launch. On August 8, the South China Morning Post reported the had carrier earmarked October 1 for an inaugural flight, a charter rotation between Hong Kong and Beijing. Greater Bay Airlines’ company director, Stanley Hui, also told the newspaper he anticipated the airline would acquire its air operator certificate (AOC) on September 17. So far, the first aircraft for the start-up, an ex-Norwegian Air Boeing 737-800, B-KJA (c/n 42277), was spotted in full Greater Bay Airlines livery at Guangzhou, China in August.