Maastricht Airlines was a Dutch

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which had announced plans to start operating routes from Maastricht Aachen Airport using two

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aircraft leased from the Italian cargo airline

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. The aircraft were to receive registrations PH-KVA and PH-KVB, since both aircraft once belonged to

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. It was planned to extend the fleet to six aircraft. The airline was backed by the Municipality of

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

and the Province of Limburg. Operations were scheduled to begin on 25 March 2013, but were postponed when late delivery of the first aircraft delayed granting of its air operator's certificate. This date was later pushed back to 1 May citing problems with the delivery of their aircraft. On the 16 April 2013 the airline announced that further delays in the delivery of the aircraft had postponed the start of their operations once again. On the 29 May the airline filed for bankruptcy, and on 4 June 2013 the court in Maastricht declared the bankruptcy. In early July, the staff of Maastricht Airlines started crowdfunding campaign in order to save the airline. This was not successful, however.

Proposed destinations

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- Maastricht Aachen Airport ''Base'' The airline aimed to add

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, London-Southend and Paris-Charles de Gaulle to its network in 2014.Maastricht-Airlines.com - Destinations
, page retrieved 18 February 2013.

External links

Official website

References

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