ALM Antillean Airlines
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| Founded | 1964 | |||
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| Ceased operations | 2001 | |||
| Hubs | Hato International Airport | |||
| 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]
Destinations
An ALM McDonnell Douglas DC-9 in St. Maarten, December 1986.
ALM used to serve the following destinations when it operated:
Caribbean
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Barbados
- Bonaire
- Curaçao
- Willemstad - Hato International Airport Hub
- Dominican Republic
- Santo Domingo - Las Americas International Airport
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Port-au-Prince - Port-au-Prince International Airport
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Puerto Rico
- St. Lucia
- Hewanorra - Hewanorra International Airport
- St. Maarten
- Trinidad and Tobago
North America
- United States
South America
- Colombia
- Barranquilla - Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport
- Medellín - Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport
- Guyana
- Suriname
- Venezuela
Fleet
Over the years, ALM operated the following aircraft types:[3]
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| Aircraft | Registration | Name | Introduced | Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convair 340-48 | PJ-CVA | Aruba | 1953 | 1970 |
| Convair 340-48 | PJ-CVB | Bonaire | 1953 | 1968 |
| Convair 340-48 | PJ-CVC | Curaçao/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 | Curaçao | 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 | Curaçao | 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 Curaçao | 1978 | 1980 |
| Short SD3-30 Islander | PJ-DDB | Klein Bonaire | 1978 | 1980 |
| Dash 8-300 | PJ-DHC PJ-DHD |
1990 1990 |
1992 1992 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | PJ-SEF PJ-SEG |
1982 1982 |
2001 2001 | |
Incidents and accidents
- ALM Flight 980, a wet lease from Overseas National Airways, was a scheduled flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York to Princess Juliana International Airport on St. Maarten. On May 2, 1970, the DC-9-30 reg. N935F “Carib Queen”, operating on the flight ran out of fuel after several unsuccessful landing attempts, resulting in a water landing in the Caribbean Sea 48 km (30 mi) off St. Croix and the death of 23 of the 63 people on board.[4]
References
- ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March 1970. 472. "Head Office: M. F. da Costa Gomezplein 5, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles."
- ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 21–27 March 2000. 56. "Hato International Airport, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles."
- ↑ ALM fleet at planespotters.net
- ↑ ALM Flight 980 at the Aviation Safety Network
5. http://landewers.net/PJ.txt (fleet info)
External links
- Air ALM (Archive)
- (ALM in Dutch)