NetherLines
| Netherlines Airlines For European Commuter Services BV | |
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| IATA code : | WU |
| ICAO code : | NET |
| Call sign : | NETHERLINES |
| Founding: | 1983 |
| Operation stopped: | 1989 |
| Merged with: | NLM Cityhopper (for KLM Cityhopper ) |
| Seat: |
Eindhoven , Netherlands
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| Home airport : | Amsterdam Schiphol Airport |
| Company form: | BV |
| Fleet size: | 5 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Netherlines Airlines For European Commuter Services BV merged with NLM Cityhopper (to KLM Cityhopper ) in 1989 . The information in italics relates to the last status before the takeover. | |
NetherLines , actually Netherlines Airlines For European Commuter Services BV , was a Dutch airline based in Eindhoven .
history
The NetherLines was founded in April 1983 by Leen P. Jansson. In January 1985 flight operations began with a Handley Page British Aerospace Jetstream 31 on the Amsterdam - Luxembourg route. This was followed by the Amsterdam - Groningen connection and a cooperation with NLM Cityhopper . NetherLines flew for these routes that were not economically viable to fly with the Fokker F-27 and Fokker F28 . Later a Dornier Do 228 was leased to be able to offer longer connections to Hamburg and Vienna. In the spring of 1988, NetherLines received two more Jetstreams for greater expansion. After KLM Royal Dutch Airlines had already taken over NLM Cityhopper in mid-1980, an additional offer for NetherLines followed. This was accepted and so on January 1st, 1989 NLM Cityhopper and NetherLines became KLM Cityhopper .
Destinations
Connections were offered from smaller Dutch airports to destinations in Germany ( Münster / Osnabrück , Cologne-Bonn , Hamburg ), France ( Lille , Strasbourg ), Austria ( Vienna ) and Great Britain ( Birmingham , East Midlands , Luton ).
fleet
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In 1985 the NetherLines fleet consisted of five British Aerospace Jetstream 31s .
Later Saab 340 aircraft were also operated .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b B.I. Hengi: past, forgotten, over . Former airlines worldwide - bankruptcies, mergers and sales since 1970. NARA-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-925671-27-7 .
- ↑ JP Airline Fleets 86; Excerpt for NetherLines can be viewed here, accessed on September 5, 2015
