Air Holland

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Air Holland
Air holland logo.svg
IATA ICAO Call sign
GGHLNORANGE
Founded1984 (1984)
Ceased operations25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)
Operating bases Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Fleet size21
DestinationsCharters & Scheduled
Headquarters Oude Meer, Netherlands
Key peopleA.R. Marx (CEO, 1991–2004)
Founder John Nicolaas Block (First CEO, 1984–1991)
Website airholland.nl

Air Holland Charter B.V. was an airline based in the Netherlands. It operated passenger and cargo charters to Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean, as well as dry and wet leasing of aircraft to other airlines. It ceased operations on 25 March 2004. [1] The airline was headquartered in Oude Meer, Haarlemmermeer. [2] [3]

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History

Air Holland was founded in 1984 by John Block. It took a while for the airline to gain its operating certificate after KLM and Transavia Airlines attempted to stop the airline from getting it. In the early 1990s, Transavia Airlines attempted to purchase Air Holland but they were unsuccessful.

In 1991, Air Holland had to temporarily suspend all operations due to financial difficulties and a loss of DFL 30 million for the end of 1990. On 20 December 1991 Air Holland took to the skies again under A.R. Marx's management.

On 20 February 2004 Air Holland suspended its operations again. [4] Its operations, flights, and aircraft were taken over by HollandExel from the Amsterdam businessman Erik de Vlieger. On 25 March 2004 the airline ceased operations due to financial difficulties.

Fleet

An Air Holland Boeing 757-200 taxiing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in 2002 Boeing 757-204, Air Holland AN0273152.jpg
An Air Holland Boeing 757-200 taxiing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in 2002

Air Holland only operated Boeing aircraft. Its fleet consisted of the following: [5]

Air Holland fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Boeing 727-200 319851988
Boeing 737-300 319972000
Boeing 757-200 1119882004
Boeing 767-200ER 119901991Leased from Britannia Airways
Boeing 767-300ER 320022004Transferred to HollandExel

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References

  1. Air Holland History
  2. World Airline Directory. Flight International. 26 March-1 April 1997. "44.
  3. "Contact." Air Holland. 8 April 2003. Retrieved on 22 September 2010.
  4. Onze redactie (2004-03-25). "Air Holland failliet verklaard". Luchtvaartnieuws. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  5. "Air Holland Fleet Details and History" . Retrieved July 16, 2017.