ALM Antillean Airlines

Antilliaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij
IATA
LM
ICAO
ALM
Callsign
ANTILLEAN
Founded 1964
Hubs Hato International Airport
Destinations
Company slogan Brightening the Caribbean Sky
Headquarters Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Website Airalm.com

ALM Antillean Airlines (Dutch: Antilliaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij) was the main airline of the Netherlands Antilles between its foundation in 1964 and its shut-down in 2001, operating out of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.

Its headquarters were located in Willemstad, Curaçao.[1] Before its shutdown its headquarters were on the grounds of Hato International Airport.[2]

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Fleet

Over the years, ALM operated the following aircraft types:[3]

ALM fleet development
Aircraft Introduced Retired
Convair 340-48 PJ-CVA "Aruba" 1953 1970
Convair 340-48 PJ-CVB "Bonaire" 1953 1968
Convair 340-48 PJ-CVC "Curacao/Corsow" 1953 1970
Beechcraft 65-A80 Queen Air PJ-ALM 1965 1980
Fokker F27 Mark 500 Friendship PJ-FRE "St. Eustatius" 1968 1970
Fokker F27 Mark 500 Friendship PJ-FRM "St. Maarten" 1968 1970
Douglas DC-9-15 PJ-DNA "Aruba" 1969 1975
Douglas DC-9-15 PJ-DNB "Bonaire" 1969 1975
Douglas DC-9-15 PJ-DNC "Curacao" 1970 1975
Douglas DC-9-32 PJ-SNA "Aruba" 1975 1987
Douglas DC-9-32 PJ-SNB "Bonaire" 1975 1988
Douglas DC-9-32 PJ-SNC "Curacao" 1975 1982
Douglas DC-9-32 PJ-SND " ? " 1977 1980
Boeing 727-173C PJ-BOA "St. Maarten" 1977 1979
Douglas DC-8-33 N903CL "St. Eustatius" 06/1978 10/1978
Douglas DC-8-53 PH-DCO "Saba" 1978 1979
Douglas DC-9-32 PJ-SNE "St. Maarten" 1980 1983
Short SD3-30 Islander PJ-DDA "Klein Curacao" 1978 1980
Short SD3-30 Islander PJ-DDB "Klein Bonaire" 1978 1980
Dash 8-300 PJ-DHC 1990-1992

PJ-DHD 1990-1992
PJ-DHA 1992-2001
PJ-DHB 1992-2001
PJ-DHE 1995-2001
PJ-DHI 1995-2001

McDonnell Douglas MD-82 PJ-SEF 1982-2001

PJ-SEG 1982-2001
PJ-SEH 1991-2001

Incidents and accidents

References

  1. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March 1970. 472. "Head Office: M. F. da Costa Gomezplein 5, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles."
  2. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 21-27 March 2000. 56. "Hato International Airport, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles."
  3. ^ ALM fleet at planespotters.net
  4. ^ ALM Flight 980 at the Aviation Safety Network

5. http://landewers.net/PJ.txt (fleet info)

External links

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