Editing Martinair (section)

===Early years===
[[File:Martin's Air Charter De Havilland DH-104 Dove 1B Groningen Airport.jpg|thumb|Martin's Air Charter [[de Havilland Dove]] in the early 1960s]]
[[File:Martinair Convair 640.jpg|thumb|Martinair [[Convair 640]] in 1967]]
[[File:Martinair B763 PH-MCH.jpg|right|thumb|A Martinair [[Boeing 767-300ER]] passenger aircraft]]
The airline was founded on 24 May 1958 as '''Martin's Air Charter''' (MAC), by [[Martin Schröder (aviator)|Martin Schröder]] and [[John Nicolaas Block|John Block]], with one aircraft, a [[de Havilland Dove]], and five employees.<ref name="Sheep p122-3">''Air International'' March 1973, pp. 122–123.</ref> In 1963, Mr. Schröder sold 49% of the company to four equal shipping company shareholders (12.25% each, these eventually combining as [[Nedlloyd]]). KLM would later purchase the 50+% that Mr. Schröder owned, buying him out.

The name was changed to '''Martinair Holland''' in 1966. A healthy boost came in 1967 with the opening of business to the United States. Martinair became all jet-powered in 1971.<ref>[http://www.martinair.com/nl_en/about/history.aspx Short history of Martinair] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927024801/http://www.martinair.com/nl_en/about/history.aspx |date=2011-09-27 }} at Martinair.com</ref>

In 1991, the first aircraft with the ''Martinair Cargo'' name was introduced, and ''Holland'' was dropped from all aircraft. In 1996, Martinair bought a 40% stake in [[Colombia]]n cargo carrier [[TAMPA Cargo]], based in [[Medellín]], which was increased to 58% in 2003. The share in TAMPA was sold in February 2008 to [[Avianca]], a Colombian company.

Martinair president and CEO Martin Schröder, who received the ''[[Tony Jannus Award]]'' in 1995 for his contributions to commercial aviation, retired in 1998 from day-to-day activities. Also that year, the [[European Commission]] in Brussels refused KLM's offer to purchase Nedlloyd's shares, which would have made KLM the sole owner.

The first [[McDonnell Douglas MD-11]] was delivered in December 1994. Throughout the next three years, six other brand-new MD-11s were delivered to Martinair. In total, four [[Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11#Variants|McDonnell Douglas MD-11CF]]s (convertible freighter) and two full freighters were delivered.<ref name=steffen>{{cite book |last=Steffen |first=Arthur A C |title=McDonnell Douglas MD-11: A Long Beach Swansong |url=https://archive.org/details/pdfcoffee.com_aerofax-mcdonnel-douglas-md-11-a-long-beach-swansong-pdf-pdf-free/page/69/mode/2up |page=70 |date=2001 |publisher=Ian Allan |isbn=9781857801170}}</ref> Martinair was the launch customer of the convertible freighter.<ref name=steffen/> In 2004, another MD-11F was added to the fleet, this one was previously owned by [[Swissair]], and then converted to full freighter.{{cn|date=October 2024}} From 1995 to 2006, some of the convertible MD-11 were reconfigured to transport passengers in the high passenger peaks during the summer period. The passenger configuration was fitted with 390 seats.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmGsROsR12c&t=4m Martinair's Corporate Video 2003] Starts at 4:00 information about the reconfiguration of the MD-11.</ref> After 2006, the demand lowered and Martinair no longer needed extra seats.{{cn|date=October 2024}}