INDEPENDENT BELGIAN COMMUTER AIRLINE VLM took delivery of its fourth Fokker 50 on 15 March - the day that Fokker went bankrupt. The airline, which operates daily scheduled services linking Antwerp and Rotterdam with London City Airport, will use the aircraft on its new Dusseldorf-London route, to be inaugurated on 1 April, using the new Dusseldorf Express Airport at Monchengladbach. A fifth Fokker 50 is due to join the fleet in June.
Source: Flight International
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