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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%) | |||
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NLM CityHopper full name Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij, was a Dutch commuter airline, founded in 1966.
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The carrier was formed as Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (NLM) in 1966.[1] Starting operations on 29 August 1966 using leased Fokker F27 equipment 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.[1] The airline saw the incorporation of the Fokker F28 in 1978.[2]:1790[3]
Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Enschede, Groningen, Maastricht, and Rotterdam comprised the airline's network at the beginning.[1] The Eindhoven–Hamburg route was the first international service flown by the airline; it was initally aimed at providing an scheduled executive service for Philips, and was made public in April 1974.[4] London-Gatwick was added to the network in early 1975.[5]
It operated under its own name until it changed it to NLM CityHopper/Netherlines, following the acquisition of Netherlines by its parent company KLM in April 1988; operations of both subsidiaries were subsequently merged.[6] Despite sharing its operational structure, both companies were separate entities until 1 April 1991, when they were absorbed into the newly created KLM Cityhopper.[7]
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.[11]