Johan Martin Schröder (born 13 May 1931 in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
) is a Dutch pilot and founder of
Martinair
Martinair (legally ''Martinair Holland N.V.'') is a Dutch cargo airline headquartered and based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and a subsidiary of Air France–KLM. The airline was founded in 1958 by Martin Schröder. Since 2011, Martinair has o ...
, the second Dutch airline (after
KLM
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amste ...
) and the first Dutch
air charter
Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline).
Regulation
Charter – also called air taxi or ad hoc – flights ...
company. At the founding in 1958 the company was known as Martin's Air Charter (MAC).
![Douglas C-47B PH-MAA Martins AC RWY 19](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Douglas_C-47B_PH-MAA_Martins_AC_RWY_19.03.61_edited-2.jpg)
In 1998 (40 years after the founding of Martinair) Schröder retired as president and CEO. He was succeeded by Aart van Bochove.
Between September 1975 and September 1976 Schröder was chairman of
AMREF Flying Doctors Nederland. In 1981 he became an honorary member of the organisation.
His son Marc Schröder founded the unmanned filling station chain Tango and Route Mobiel, a roadside assistance service.
External links
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Martin Schröder, lastige pionier met passie ''BN De Stem'', 24 May 2008
1931 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Amsterdam
Dutch aviators
Dutch corporate directors
Dutch chief executives in the airline industry
Dutch company founders
Dutch investors
Dutch nonprofit directors
Dutch nonprofit executives
Martinair
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