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| Founded | 1966 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 29 August 1966 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 31 March 1991 (rebranded as KLM Cityhopper) | ||||||
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| Parent company | KLM (100%) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Amsterdam Airport Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands | ||||||
NLM CityHopper, full name Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Dutch Aviation Company), was a Dutch commuter airline, founded in 1966. Its head office was in Building 70 in Schiphol Airport East in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.[1]
The carrier was formed as NLM Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij in 1966.[2] Starting operations on 29 August 1966 using leased Fokker F27 aircraft from the Royal Dutch Air Force, it was set up as a KLM subsidiary under a two-year contract to operate domestic services within the Netherlands.[2] The airline saw the incorporation of the Fokker F28 in 1978.[3]: 1790 [4]
Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Enschede, Groningen, Maastricht, and Rotterdam comprised the airline's network at the beginning.[2] The Eindhoven–Hamburg route was the first international service flown by the airline; it was initially aimed at providing a scheduled executive service for Philips, and was made public in April 1974.[5] London-Gatwick was added to the network in early 1975.[6]
The airline changed its name to NLM CityHopper, following the acquisition of Netherlines by its parent company KLM in April 1988; operations of both subsidiaries were subsequently merged.[7] Despite sharing their operational structure, both companies were separate entities until 1 April 1991, when they were absorbed into the newly created KLM Cityhopper.[8]
The airline served the following destinations throughout its history:
Following is a list of aircraft flown by the airline throughout its history.
According to Aviation Safety Network, NLM CityHopper records a single accident/incident event.[13]
