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http://wwwmartinaircom/
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is an
Airline based in
Amsterdam , the
Netherlands . It operates passenger and cargo services to over 50 destinations worldwide, of which more than 20 are in the
Mediterranean area. Services are largely on a scheduled basis, but charter and air taxi services are also operated. Its main base is
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport , with hubs at
Hong Kong International Airport and
Miami International Airport .
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Martinair occasionally flies certain flights instead of
KLM . Martinair also flies some destinations full time with KLM code. The airline has hubs at
Sharjah International Airport and Nairobi
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport .
The airline was founded on
May 24 ,
1958 as Martin's Air Charter (MAC), by J. Martin Schröder, with one plane and 5 employees. In
1963 Mr. Schröder sold 49% of the company to four equal shipping company shareholders (12.25% each, Nedlloyd would wind up one of them). KLM would later purchase the 50+% that Mr. Schröder owned, buying him out. The name was changed to Martinair Holland, from MAC in
1966 . A healthy boost came in
1967 with the opening of business to the
United States . Martinair becomes all jet-powered in
1971 .
In
1991 , the first aircraft with the ''"Martinair Cargo"'' name was introduced, and the ''"Holland"'' was dropped from all aircraft. In 1996, Martinair bought a 40% stake in
Colombia n cargo carrier
TAMPA Cargo , based in
Medellín . Martinair President & CEO Martin Schröder retired from day-to-day activities with the company in
1998 . Also that year, the European Commission in Brussels refused KLM's offer to purchase Nedlloyd's shares, which would have made KLM the sole-owner. In
2003 the company increased its stake in TAMPA Cargo to 58%, becoming Tampa's majority shareholder.
On June 22, 2007, Martinair became fully-owned by
KLM (100%).
An announcement was also made public that Martinair will drop its European destinations beginning November 1, 2007 and will strengthen its grip on cargo activities and intercontinental flights.
- Tragedy struck when a Martinair DC-8 on landing approach to Colombo , Sri Lanka flew into the side of a mountain on 4 December 1974 , killing 184 Indonesian passengers and 7 Dutch crew members.
- The company's second crash occurred at )
- Martinair Flying School
- Martinair Food (Marfo - airline meal service provider)
- Martinair Partyservice (special events catering services)
- Martinair Promotions (hostess product demonstrations/greeting @ seminars, conferences, business events, expositions, & VIP receptions)
- Skyjob (temporary employment agency, flying courses, occupational health & safety services, promotional activities).
Martinair also operates charter flights inside
Europe with single class
Airbus A320 aircraft, (''European operations will end from October 2007'') and in peak times converts one or two of its McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft to carry extra passengers. The largest scheduled block of flights is Martinair's freight operation. It utilises MD-11 and Boeing 747 aircraft operating scheduled freight flights worldwide.
Martinair Cargo have extensive operations in amost all parts of the world, they fly 747F and MD-11F to dewstinations in Asia, Europe, North and South America as well as Australia.
As off
August 2007 , the Martinair fleet includes the following aircraft ''
"Martinair @ CH-Aviation" '' :
Martinair average fleet age is 12.2 years old in June 2006.
Martinair Fleet Age
- From November 2006 the first of four Boeing 747-400 BCF's (Boeing Converted Freighter) will be introduced to gradually replace the existing Jumbo's. Delivery of the third and fourth aircraft are in October 2007 and February 2008.
