The VFW-Fokker 614 was a twin-engined jetliner designed and constructed by joint Dutch and West German aviation company VFW-Fokker. It is the first jet-powered passenger liner to be developed and produced in West Germany, as well as the first German-built civil aircraft to have been manufactured for a decade.
Overwing pylon-mounted Rolls-Royce/SNECMA M45H
VFW 614 inflight from above
Transport Aérien Transrégional was a French regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Tours Val de Loire Airport in Tours. It was formed in 1968 as Touraine Air Transport (TAT) by M. Marchais. Air France acquired a minority stake in the airline in 1989. Between 1993 and 1996 the company was gradually taken over by British Airways. It subsequently merged with Air Liberté.
TAT Beechcraft 99 Airliner operating a passenger service from Paris Orly in June 1971
VFW 614 acquired with the merger of Air Alsace in the former TAT aircraft livery
A Fokker F28 Fellowship of TAT European Airlines at Orly Airport in 1991
A TAT Fokker 100 on final approach at Zurich Airport in 1992