Martinair

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Martinair

IATA MP	ICAO MPH	Callsign MARTINAIR
Founded		1958
Hubs		Schiphol International Airport
Fleet size		17
Destinations		55
Headquarters		Amsterdam, The Netherlands Miami, Florida, USA
Key people		Paul Gregorowitsch (President & CEO) Tatyana Seselja (General Manager Martinair Cargo & Tampa Cargo) ^[1]
Website: http://www.martinair.com/

Martinair is an airline based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It operates passenger and cargo services to over 50 destinations worldwide, of which more than 20 are in the Mediterranean area. Services are largely on a scheduled basis, but charter and air taxi services are also operated. Its main base is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, with hubs at Hong Kong International Airport and Miami International Airport.

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 and Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.^{[citation needed]}

1 History
2 Incidents and accidents
3 Subsidiaries
4 Destinations
5 Cargo
6 Fleet
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

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 became all jet-powered in 1971. ^[2]

In 1991, the first aircraft with the "Martinair Cargo" name was introduced, and "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 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 to 58%, becoming Tampa's majority shareholder.

On June 22, 2007, Martinair announced that it wanted one shareholder, preferably KLM. An announcement was also made that Martinair would drop its European destinations beginning November 1, 2007 and will strengthen its cargo activities and intercontinental flights. As of November 2007, Martinair ceased their short haul operations.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

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

[edit] Subsidiaries

Martinair Flying School
Martinair Food (Marfo - airline meal service provider)
Martinair Partyservice (special events catering services) ( Sold to the Koninklijke van den Boer Groep (2006), renamed OSeven (2007/08) )
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).

[edit] Destinations

Further information: Martinair destinations

Martinair no longer converts any of its McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft to carry extra passengers. All MD-11 and B-747 are utilized for cargo only.

[edit] Cargo

Martinair Cargo has extensive operations in most parts of the world. They fly B-747-400BCF's to the Middle-East, Far-East and Australia. MD-11F's to destinations in Europe, North-, Central- and South-America, as well as Africa.