NEW AIRLINE - Rayaan Air (Somalia) Welcomes Fokker 50 for Market Entry

Country -  Somalia
Started Operations  - 20 Feb 2026
Group / Part of  - Maandeeq Air
Headquarters  - Mogadishu
Main Hub Mogadishu - (MGQ / HCMM)
Fleet Size - 1 Aircraft
Average Fleet Age - 35.7 Years

Newly established Somali carrier Rayaan Air is set to launch operations after its sole aircraft, a 35-year-old Fokker 50 turboprop, arrived in Mogadishu on Friday, marking the latest entrant into the Horn of Africa nation’s expanding but fragmented

aviation market.

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Buff Air Services (Kenya) has expanded its fleet with the addition of its first ATR42F, serial 378, joining its sole operating F50, serial 20243.

 Photo: Buffair

FLEET - Freedom Airline Express / Fokker 50 / 5Y-FAS - Nairobi is the paradise of Fk 50s Many of them flying to and from Somalia

The Fokker 50 is a turboprop-powered airliner, designed, manufactured and supported by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. The Fokker 50 has a capacity of 46 passengers and flight crew of 2. Freedom airline has a fleet of 2.

Photo: Sander in West-Africa

AIR ANTWERP - Fokker 50 - OO-VLS

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AMAPOLA - FK50 - SE-MFB

Ton Jochems - OLS

INSEL AIR - FK50 - PJ-KVK

Ton Jochems - CUR

AVIOR AIRLINES - Fokker F50 - cn 20193 - YV2917

Ton Jochems - CUR

AVIOR REGIONAL - FK50 - YV2936 - First flight to Hato Airport for Avior Regional : Caracas-Curazao

Johan Knijn Aviation Photography - Willemstad / Curacao

AIR PANAMA - FK50 / FK100

Panama City - PAC - Albrook Marcos Gelabert Airport

Bocas del Toro - BOC - Isla Colón Airport

Panama City - PAC - Albrook Marcos Gelabert Airport

Panama City - PAC - Albrook Marcos Gelabert Airport

Photos: Dra Teresa Bairrão
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Greece's Minoan Air to open Salerno base in mid-April

Minoan Air is to base one of its four Fokker 50s out of Salerno for flights to Split and Cagliari.
Photo:Minoan Air

BALEAR CARGO - FK50, I-MLHT

José Ramon Valero - PMI

GOOD FLY - FK50, SX-BRM

José Ramon Valero - PMI

Pacific Royale Airways receives its AOC, ready to start operations with two Fokker 50s on June 11

Pacific Royale Airways  is Indonesia’s first private full-service airline.
The airline is planning to launch operations on June 11 with the first two Fokker F.27 Mk

Photo:Pacific Royale Airways

TRAVEL AIR - FK 50, P2-TAH

Ton Jochems - MST