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Denim Air 
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DENIMFounded February 1996 Operating bases Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Fleet size 5 Destinations (charters for other airlines) Parent company Panta Holdings B.V. Headquarters Mijdrecht, Netherlands Key people Roy de Ligt(MD) Website www.denimair.nl Denim Air B.V. is a charter airline based in Mijdrecht, the Netherlands.[1] It provides ACMI wet lease services to other airlines. Its main base is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.[2]
It is wholly owned by Panta Holdings and had 242 employees (at February 2010).[2]
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History
This airline was established in 1996 and started operations on 26 April 1996. In January 1999 the Spanish airline Air Nostrum wholly acquired Denim Air. In October 2002 the management team of Denim Air bought back the shares in a management buy-out. In June 2003 it started operating domestic flights in Germany from Augsburg to Düsseldorf and Berlin. In 2005 scheduled operations ceased after the airline was acquired by Panta Holdings which used to own VLM Airlines. It has since concentrated exclusively on providing ACMI services and in 2006 operations were moved to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Denim Air mainly targeted African, Asian and other willing markets, operating for United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees in Sudan and Central Africa, for the Norwegian Army in Afghanistan, for Veba Oil in Libya. The airline also operated aircraft for airlines, mainly African airline, Arik Air and Spanish airline, Air Nostrum, they also operated one aircraft for African airline, Air Affaires Gabon.
On 18 February 2010, Denim Air ceased operations after all wet-lease contracts had ended within weeks. Dutch legal company De Vos & Partners has been appointed as curator of wet-lease specialist Denim Air after it was declared bankrupt.
A successful restart of the company was initiated. The company is currently operating with three Fokker 50 aircraft, including two based at the hub of Italian Airport-Fenosu Oristano.
Services
Denim Air solely operated under wetlease (ACMI) contracts on behalf of Airlines, United Nations, NGO's, Armed Forces.
Fleet
The Denim Air fleet included the following aircraft:[3]
Denim Air Fleet Aircraft Total Passengers
(Economy)Notes Fokker 50 4 50 Fokker 100 1 100 (PH-LNE) Operates from Slovakia Total 5 At 17 August 2011, the average age of the Denim Air fleet was 19.7 years ([1]).
References
- ^ "Contact." Denim Air. Retrieved on 29 January 2011. "Vermogenweg 3 | 3641 SR Mijdrecht | The Netherlands."
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 72. 2007-04-03.
- ^ Denim Air Fleet Information, Pilot Career Centre, last updated 24 March 2011
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