HollandExel (legally ''Exel Airlines B.V.'') was an

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based in

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, the

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. It operated charter services for tour operators.

History

The airline was established in 2003, from the remains of the defunct

Air Holland Air Holland Charter B.V. was an airline based in the Netherlands. It operated passenger and cargo charters to Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean, as well as dry and wet leasing of aircraft to other airlines. It ceased operations on March 25, 200 ...

, taking over its fleet of Boeing 767s. It was formerly legally known as ATR Leasing VI and was established as a subsidiary of the Dutch holding company ExelAviation Group. The charter carrier started operations in January 2004 and operated mainly on behalf of

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and

Thomas Cook AG Thomas Cook AG was an Anglo-German, global travel group. The group had its headquarters in Rochdale, and sold products such as package holidays and flights through its 3 in-house airlines. On 19 June 2007, the group merged with MyTravel Group p ...

. Sister airlines were set up in Belgium under the name of

BelgiumExel BelgiumExel was an airline based in Brussels, Belgium. It operated charter flights to Africa, Asia and the Caribbean as part of holiday packages for Thomas Cook AG. The airline was the sister airline of HollandExel. History The airline was est ...

to operate long haul flights on behalf of Thomas Cook, and DutchCaribbeanExel in the

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for scheduled flights to

. However, after the latter pulled out of all contracts, HollandExel was on the verge of bankruptcy. It had been operating under bankruptcy protection together with the entire ExelAviation Group since January 2005. While EAG had gone bankrupt, HollandExel was purchased by TUI which renamed it Arkefly, making it the Dutch inhouse charter airline for Arke, Holland International and Kras Vakanties.

Destinations

HollandExel operated an international scheduled service to Curaçao and charter services from Amsterdam to the following destinations:

Fleet

HollandExel operated the following aircraft:

References

Airline Codes Website
* ''Flight International'', 5–11 April 2005

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