”Fokker was the first one to do that,” said David Shipley, a spokesman for USAir. ”They came to us with the Fokker 100 and we liked what we saw. It`s very fuel-efficient and very durable.” ...

The parent of Airbus is EADS . Brasil-based TAM Airlines said its F-100, made by the now-defunct Fokker Aircraft Industries, had been used for flights inside Brazil and in South America.

The original Fokker 70/100 assembly line was located at the company's plant at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. Van Eeghen says that two sites in the Netherlands are being evaluated to house the new ...