ALM Antillean Airlines
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ALM Antillean Airlines
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| Founded | 1964 | |||
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| Ceased operations | 2001 | |||
| Hubs | Hato International Airport | |||
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| Company slogan | Brightening the Caribbean Sky[citation needed] | |||
| 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,[citation needed] 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]
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| Aircraft | Introduced | Retired |
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| 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 |
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| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | PJ-SEF 1982-2001 PJ-SEG 1982-2001 |
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)
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