Rekkof vies for Lufthansa RJ order
Rekkof Aircraft, the Dutch company trying to bring Fokker F70 and F100 twinjets back into production, has said the uncertain status of the Fairchild Dornie

Rekkof Aircraft, the Dutch company trying to bring Fokker F70 and F100 twinjets back into production, has said the uncertain status of the Fairchild Dornier regional jets and the demise of BAE Systems’ Avro RJX program have boosted its prospects. The firm has now joined Embraer and Bombardier in the race to win an order for up to 60 regional jets from German regional operator Lufthansa CityLine.

According to Rekkof president Jaap Rosen Jacobson, an increasing number of operators, including several existing Fokker operators, now view the 79-seat F70 and the 107-seat F100 as lower-risk alternatives to new-generation regional jets. “They want solutions to their [operating] requirements without teething problems,” he told AIN.

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