New built Fokker 100s looming on the horizon

It seems there might be a new lease of life for a reliable old workhorse! The Dutch company NG Aircraft plans to build an updated Fokker 100 with possible service entry around the year 2015. NG is the successor to Rekkof ("Fokker written reversed"), which already tried to manufacture a new Fokker 100 variant for several years. The company has secured a loan for € 20 Mio to convert one of the Fokker 100 prototypes, which is currently in storage, into the prototype of the new version, which is called the XF series. Furthermore there seems to be some substantial interest from established F100 operators to retrofit older aircraft with the new technical systems, for example new avionics, new engines (have yet to be determined which model exactly) or winglets. This blogger wishes them the best of luck, as he likes the old Fokker design very much.

Here is a link to an article in flight global:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/03/10/339286/fokker-100-revival-team-claims-interest-in-retrofit.html