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Martinair
IATA MP	ICAO MPH	Callsign MARTINAIR
Founded		1958
Hubs		Schiphol International Airport
Fleet size		21
Destinations		22
Headquarters		Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands
Key people		Arie Verberk (President and CEO)
Website: http://www.martinair.com/

Martinair is both a charter and scheduled airline based in the Netherlands, with daily passenger or cargo charter and regular flights to many destinations around the world from its main base of Schiphol International Airport (AMS) near Amsterdam.

Martinair occasionally flies certain flights instead of KLM. Martinair also flies some destinations full time with KLM code. The airline has hubs at Sharjah International Airport (SHJ), Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) and Miami International Airport (MIA).

Contents 1 History 1.1 Accidents 1.2 Structure 2 Subsidiaries 3 Services 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 References

The airline was founded on May 24, 1958 as Martin's Air Charter (MAC), by J. Martin Schröder, with one plane and 5 employees. In 1963 Mr. Schröder sold 49% of the company to four equal shipping company shareholders (12.25% each, Nedlloyd would wind up one of them). KLM would later purchase the 50+% that Mr. Schröder owned, buying him out.

The name was changed to Martinair Holland, from MAC in 1966. A healthy boost came in 1967 with the opening of business to the United States. Martinair becomes all jet-powered in 1971.

In 1991, the first aircraft with the "Martinair Cargo" name was introduced, and the "Holland" was dropped from all aircraft. In 1996, Martinair bought a 40% stake in Colombian cargo carrier TAMPA Cargo, based in Medellín. Martinair President & CEO Martin Schröder retired from day-to-day activities with the company in 1998. Also that year, the European Commission in Brussels refused KLM's offer to purchase Nedlloyd's shares, which would have made KLM the sole-owner. In 2003 the company increased its stake in TAMPA Cargo, becoming Tampa's majority shareholder.

• Tragedy struck when a Martinair DC-8 on landing approach to Colombo, Sri Lanka flew into the side of a mountain on 4 December 1974, killing 184 Indonesian passengers and 7 Dutch crew members.
• The company's second crash occurred at Faro Portugal when a DC10 crashed 21 December 1992, killing 56 people (including 2 crew members), out of 340 people on board .(see: Martinair MP 495)

Martinair is currently owned by Air France-KLM (50%) and Maersk (50%). The airline has a 58% ownership holding of TAMPA Cargo, and employs 3,812 people.

• Martinair Flying School
• Martinair Food (Marfo - airline meal service provider)
• Martinair Partyservice (special events catering services)
• Martinair Promotions (hostess product demonstrations/greeting @ seminars, conferences, business events, expositions, & VIP receptions)
• Skyjob (temporary employment agency, flying courses, occupational health & safety services, promotional activities).

Further information: Martinair destinations

Martinair also operates charter flights inside Europe and North Africa with single class Airbus A320 aircraft, and in peak times converts one or two of its McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft to carry extra passengers.

The largest scheduled block of flights is Martinair's freight operation. It utilises MD-11 and Boeing 747 aircraft operating scheduled freight flights worldwide.

The Martinair fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[1] :

• 3 Airbus A320-200
• 2 Boeing 747-200C
• 1 Boeing 747-200F
• 1 Boeing 747-200F SUD
• 2 Boeing 747-400BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter)
• 6 Boeing 767-300ER
• 4 McDonnell Douglas MD-11CF
• 3 McDonnell Douglas MD-11F

Martinair average fleet age is 12.2 years old in June 2006.

From November 2006 the first of four Boeing 747-400 BCF's (Boeing Converted Freighter) will be introduced to gradually replace the existing Jumbo's.

• Martinair
• Martinair Cargo
• Martinair Fleet
• Martinair Fleet Age
• Martinair Passenger Opinions

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006