Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane International) has confirmed it has sold two of its seventeen Fokker 100 twinjets for AUD15.1 million (USD11.64 million). Of the funds raised, USD7 million will be used to ease its US Dollar debt facility with the balance to be used for general corporate activities.
The aircraft were deemed "surplus" by the carrier following fluctuations in the mining and energy sectors - its primary source of clientele.
Once the transaction is completed later next month, Alliance will operate an all-Fokker Aircraft (Woensdrecht) fleet of twenty-eight planes in total including fifteen Fokker 100s, eight Fokker 70s, and five Fokker 50s.
The carrier specializes in charter and Fly-In/Fly-Out (FIFO) operations across Australia and Papua New Guinea maintaining bases at Brisbane International, Melbourne Tullamarine, Cairns, Townsville, Perth International and Adelaide International.
