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Best Viewed With GFS!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 Skycitation 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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