Fokker official photo 69.5 4128. Original caption reads: "Where the F.28 Feels at Home". Fokker F.28 Fellowship taking off from Skardu airfield, Pakistan, in the Indus valley in the Himalaya. Airfield elevation: 7,600 feet. Runway: sand, 5,100 feet long and 100 feet wide. The aircraft, A-8, PH-MAT of Martinair Holland, was the first jet to visit Skardu". First flown 24 July 1969. MMA VH-FKF 1980, renamed Airlines of Western Australia 1981 and Ansett WA 1984. Jointly operated by Ansett NT and Ansett WA from 1985, merged into Ansett Australia 1991. Withdrawn Melbourne 1995 and scrapped.