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| Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2009 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 16 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Maastricht | ||||||
| Key people | Roberto Stinga | ||||||
| Website | http://www.interstateairlines.com/ | ||||||
Interstate Airlines was a charter airline based in Maastricht, Netherlands. It operates wet lease services within Europe. Its main base was Maastricht Aachen Airport. [1]
There was also a U.S.-based Interstate Airlines which was a cargo air carrier operating Boeing 727-100, Douglas DC-8-62 and Lockheed L-188 Electra freighter aircraft.
The airline based the Netherlands was founded by Nico Hemmer and Roberto Stinga - former founder and CEO of Air Exel and V Bird - and started operations in July 2005. It has 25 employees (at March 2007). [1] It went bankrupt in 2010. [2]
The Interstate Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of 8 January 2009)
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