Originally Posted by
Kagamuga
ebt !
Do some homework first; what a turkey you are ...
The Fokker 70, 100, F28, has been the backbone of Air Niugini for 40 years now in one variation or another.
Robust, reliable, can take enourmus punishment and they even fly very short sectors of of 15 to 30 minutes.
Take a look at the time expired airframes at Port Moresby on the rubbish dump. No modern aircraft can match a Fokker.
And as an added bonus PX ignored the volcanic ash warnings of recent times and there is plenty of video on the internet of the Fokker's landing in the ash at Hoskins and Tokua. I did not see anu of the "Roller" engines being changed!
Maybe you shouldn't live in the past. The reason Alliance have so many F100s is because they are tired and break down, The oldest RJ in Australia is younger than the youngest F100, and that's saying something. They're great for FIFO as they aren't worked hard and obviously cheap, but aren't up to the tempo of RPT.