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DutchBird was a
The DutchBird fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
charter airline
Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a airline ticket, ticket through a traditional airline).
Regulation
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based in Amsterdam
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, Netherlands
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. It operated charter services to the Mediterranean
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, Egypt
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and the Canary Islands
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for a number of holiday companies. Its main base was Schiphol Airport
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History
The airline was established in 2000 and started operations on November 22, 2000. It was founded by Hans Mosselman, CEO of Sudtours travel, and began operations with aBoeing 757
The Boeing 757 is an American narrow-body airliner designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
The then-named 7N7, a twinjet successor for the 727 (a trijet), received its first orders in August 1978.
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aircraft leased from Condor
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From 2001 to 2003, DutchBird was awarded “The best Dutch charter airline”. DutchBird’s special family oriented service included attractive extras for parents who travel with children. Frequent passengers included conference members, symphony orchestras and footballers of AFC Ajax
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...
. DutchBird was the “Official Carrier of Ajax” since September 2002.
On November 25, 2004, ExelAviation Group attempted to purchase DutchBird, but was later cancelled.
All flights were stopped by December 2004 and the airline went under Dutch bankruptcy protection
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on January 27, 2005.
Fleet
The DutchBird fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
See also
* List of defunct airlines of the NetherlandsReferences
External links
{{Airlines of the Netherlands Defunct airlines of the Netherlands Airlines established in 2000 Airlines disestablished in 2004 2000 establishments in the Netherlands