ALM Antillean Airlines

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Antilliaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij
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IATA ICAO Callsign
LM ALM ANTILLEAN
Founded 1964
Ceased operations 2001
Hubs Hato International Airport
Company slogan Brightening the Caribbean Sky[citation needed]
Headquarters Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Website Airalm.com

ALM Antillean Airlines (Dutch: Antilliaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij) was the main airline of the Netherlands Antilles between its foundation in 1964 and its shut-down in 2001,[citation needed] operating out of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.

Its headquarters were located in Willemstad, Curaçao.[1] Before its shutdown its headquarters were on the grounds of Hato International Airport.[2]

Destinations

An ALM McDonnell Douglas DC-9 in St. Maarten, December 1986.

ALM used to serve the following destinations when it operated:

Caribbean

North America

South America

Fleet

Over the years, ALM operated the following aircraft types:[3]

ALM fleet development
Aircraft Registration Name Introduced Retired
Convair 340-48 PJ-CVA Aruba 1964 1970
Convair 340-48 PJ-CVB Bonaire 1964 1968
Convair 340-48 PJ-CVC Curaçao/Corsow 1964 1970
Beechcraft 65-A80 Queen Air PJ-ALM 1965 1980
Fokker F27 Mark 500 Friendship PJ-FRE St. Eustatius 1968 1970
Fokker F27 Mark 500 Friendship PJ-FRM St. Maarten 1968 1970
Douglas DC-9-15 PJ-DNA Aruba 1969 1975
Douglas DC-9-15 PJ-DNB Bonaire 1969 1975
Douglas DC-9-15 PJ-DNC Curaçao 1970 1975
Douglas DC-9-32 PJ-SNA Aruba 1975 1987
Douglas DC-9-32 PJ-SNB Bonaire 1975 1988
Douglas DC-9-32 PJ-SNC Curaçao 1975 1982
Douglas DC-9-32 PJ-SND 1977 1980
Boeing 727-173C PJ-BOA St. Maarten 1977 1979
Douglas DC-8-33 N903CL St. Eustatius 06/1978 10/1978
Douglas DC-8-53 PH-DCO Saba 1978 1979
Douglas DC-9-32 PJ-SNE St. Maarten 1980 1983
Short SD3-30 PJ-DDA Klein Curaçao 1978 1980
Short SD3-30 PJ-DDB Klein Bonaire 1978 1980
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 PJ-DHC

PJ-DHD
PJ-DHA
PJ-DHB
PJ-DHE
PJ-DHI

1990

1990
1992
1992
1995
1995

1992

1992
2001
2001
2001
2001

McDonnell Douglas MD-82 PJ-SEF

PJ-SEG
PJ-SEH

1982

1982
1991

2001

2001
2001

Incidents and accidents

References

  1. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March 1970. 472. "Head Office: M. F. da Costa Gomezplein 5, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles."
  2. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 21–27 March 2000. 56. "Hato International Airport, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles."
  3. ALM fleet at planespotters.net
  4. ALM Flight 980 at the Aviation Safety Network

5. http://landewers.net/PJ.txt (fleet info)

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