This was the nineth of ten aircraft ordered new by Ansett - February 13, 1985

Ansett was the launch customer for this aircraft type

The temporary export registration 'E-929 / PH-EXZ' was reserved by Fokker Aircraft B.V. - January 20, 1988

First flown as 'PH-EXZ' - February 11, 1988

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNI - February 23, 1988

Registered to JL Leasing Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan

Leased to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd as the registered operartor

The aircraft was cleared for export to Australia - February 24, 1988

Accepted by Ansett at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - February 25, 1988

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to Australia as AN50 - February 25, 1988

It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) aon completion of the delivery flight - March 02, 1988

Delivery route: Amsterdam - Athens - Cairo - Bahrain - Karachi - Calcutta - Bangkok - Seletar - Denpasar -

Darwin - Alice Springs- Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains J. A. McEnlly, A. Ram, A. Westman; LAMEs P. Vince, R. Bishop, L. Murray

Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Canberra (Captain J. Bleakley) - April 01, 1988

Operated the final F-50 Melbourne - Devenport - Melbourne service (Captain Harrold) as AN887/888 - March 01, 1989

Operated its last Ansett revenue service Canberra - Melbourne (Tullamarine) - June 24, 1991

Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport

It had flown 3,421 hours with 3,832 cycles - June 30, 1991

Returned to service with Ansett Express - November 16, 1991

Used mainly on the Sydney - Canberra - Melbourne shuttle services

Transferred to Ansett Australia when Ansett Express operations were merged - October 31, 1993

Leased to Flight West Airlines - August 01 - 06, 1995

Leased to Flight West Airlines - August 09 and August 11, 1995

Leased to Skywest Airlines Pty Ltd

Registered to Skywest Airlines Pty Ltd - May 23, 1996

Operated its final Skywest service - June 28, 1996

Ferried Perth - Melbourne (Tullamarine) on return to Ansett Australia - June 28, 1996

Registered to Ansett Australia, Melbourne - July 18, 1996

Operated the final Ansett Australia Sydney - Coffs Harbour - Sydney service as AN540/541 - August 30, 1996

Operated the final Ansett Australia Ballina - Sydney service (Captain A. Bates) as AN539 - August 30, 1996

This was the final Ansett Australia service operated by a propeller driven aircraft

It was also the final Ansett Australia service operated by a Fokker 50 aircraft

Ferried Sydney - Adelaide - Perth on delivery to Skywest Airlines - September 07, 1996

Operated its first Skywest revenue service Perth - Geraldton - Carnarvon as YT/AN6571 - September 09, 1996

Operated its final Skywest revenue service Esperance - Perth as AN6510 - September 13, 2001

Ansett suspended all operations due to bankruptcy - September 13, 2001

Returned to service under administration Perth - Albany as AN7611 - September 24, 2001

Skywest Airlines was sold to Airline Investments Ltd - February 21, 2002

Aircraft was named 'City of Geraldton' - June 07, 2005

Registered to Skywest Airlines (Australia) Pty Ltd - March 14, 2006

Virgin Australia announced its intention to acquire Skywest Airlines - October 30, 2012

Virgin Australia finalised the acquisition of Skywest Airlines - April 11, 2013

Skywest Airlines was officially renamed Virgin Australia Regional Airlines - May 03, 2013

Operated the first Virgin Regional service under the 'VA' designator Perth - Geraldton as VA9990 - August 02, 2013

Operated its final revenue service Perth - Esperance - Perth as VA2636/2639 - February 26, 2016

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Perth

Ferried Perth (10:38 local) - Alice Springs for storage - May 04, 2016

Ownership was transferred to Aero-Pioneer Group - September 23, 2016

Departed Alice Springs (12:39 local) on the ferry flight to Kenya as SYU1609 - December 10, 2016

It was offered for sale via SkyQuest International LLC, NC, USA - December 20, 2016

Quoted sales price: $US 1,200,000.00

It arrived at Kenya (Nairobi) on completion of the ferry flight - December 30, 2016

Ferry route: Alice Springs - Darwin - Kupang - Singapore (Seletar) - Colombo - Male - Zanzibar - Nairobi

The aircraft had flown 46,028 hours with 39,623 cycles

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 04, 2017

Advertised for sale via SkyQuest International LLC. NC, USA - March 23, 2018

Quoted sales price: $US 1,500,000.00

The aircraft was removed from sale by SkyQuest - September 05, 2018

Entered onto the Kenyan Aircraft Register as 5Y-CHK - ?

Registered to Silverstone Air Services, Nairobi, Kenya

It was observed at Nairobi (Wilson) undergoing maintenance - October 31, 2019

Silverstone Air Services was renamed Jetlite Air Limited - March 2021

Reported to still being operated by Aero Pioneer Group - November 03, 2021

It was observed at Mogadishu in an 'all-white' livery - December 05, 2021

Current status - ?