Martinair
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Martinair (legally Martinair Holland N.V.) is a Dutch cargo and former passenger airline headquartered and based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The airline was founded in 1958 by Martin Schröder, and is currently a subsidiary of Air France–KLM. Since 1 November 2011, Martinair has operated entirely as a cargo airline with scheduled services to 20 destinations<ref name="officialnetworkmap"/> worldwide and additional charter flights. Prior to that date, passenger flights were also operated.
History
[edit]Early years
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The airline was founded on 24 May 1958 as Martin's Air Charter (MAC), by Martin Schröder and 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>Short history of Martinair Template:Webarchive 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 Colombian 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-11CFs (convertible freighter) and two full freighters were delivered.<ref name=steffen>Template:Cite book</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.Template:Cn 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>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.Template:Cn
Development since the 2000s
[edit]In 2006, Martinair purchased four Boeing 747-400s from Singapore Airlines. These passenger planes were converted to freighters to replace the older Boeing 747-200Fs.
In June 2007, Martinair announced that it wanted one shareholder, preferably KLM, and in 2008, permission was obtained from the European Commission. The transfer of remaining shares took place on 31 December 2008.<ref>"KLM to become Martinair's sole shareholder", Martinair Media Releases page. Template:Webarchive Accessed: 18 December 2008</ref> In November 2007, Martinair ceased its short-haul operations to concentrate on its cargo activities and intercontinental flights.
In 2009, three out of the four 747s were stored because of the economic crisis. In September 2010, a restructuring was announced which would involve dropping all passenger services from November 2011, which will be partly taken over by KLM, and leaving only cargo services.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In November 2010, the European Commission fined Martinair €29.5 million, following an investigation into price-fixing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
At the end of 2010, two of the 747-400s were leased to Air Cargo Germany.<ref>History of the PH-MPQ Two Boeing 747s were leased to Air Cargo Germany</ref><ref>History of the PH-MPP Two Boeing 747s were leased to Air Cargo Germany</ref> The remaining 747 (PH-MPS) returned into service in May 2011 with an untitled colour scheme, because Martinair wasn't sure yet if the plane would remain operating for them.<ref>The Last 747 returns to service Template:Webarchive Luchtvaartnieuws.nl – Written in Dutch</ref>
On 31 October 2011, Martinair ceased passenger service, which it had operated since its founding in 1958. Martinair had passenger service throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa from Amsterdam. The last passenger flight took place on 31 October 2011, leaving it as a freight carrier only until today.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In March 2015, Air France-KLM announced an intention to shrink their dedicated cargo operations. Therefore, all of Martinair's McDonnell Douglas MD-11Fs were phased out by 2016 without replacement. Additionally, 330 jobs might be cut due to the downsizing.<ref name="ch-aviation.com">Template:Cite web</ref>
Corporate affairs
[edit]Offices
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Martinair has its head office in the TransPort Building, Schiphol East,<ref name="newvis">"New visiting address Martinair HeadquartersTemplate:Dead link." Martinair. Retrieved 16 February 2011. "Martinair’s head office will relocate to the new TransPort building at Schiphol East on Friday, June 4, 2010." and "Visiting address Martinair Holland N.V. Piet Guilonardweg 17 1117 EE Schiphol"</ref> on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.<ref>"Worldwide Offices Template:Webarchive." Martinair. Retrieved 16 February 2011. "Martinair HQ Postbus 7507 1118 ZG Schiphol Airport "</ref> Martinair moved to its current head office on Friday 4 June 2010.<ref name="newvis"/> The TransPort Building, developed by Schiphol Real Estate, houses both Martinair and Transavia,<ref name="Newbuild">"New building Martinair HeadquartersTemplate:Dead link." Martinair. Retrieved 16 February 2011.</ref> which moved into TransPort on 3 May 2010.<ref>"Proud of our new energy-saving head office." Public Report 2009/2010 Template:Webarchive. Transavia.com. 8 (8/13). Retrieved 16 February 2011.</ref>
Construction on the building, which has Template:Convert of lettable space, began on 17 March 2009. Schiphol Group and the architect firm Paul de Ruiter designed the building, while De Vries and Verburg, a firm of Stolwijk, constructed the building.<ref>"Schiphol Real Estate delivers "TransPort" sustainable office building Template:Webarchive." (PDF) Schiphol Group. Retrieved Wednesday February 16, 2011.</ref> The Dutch Green Building Council awarded its first Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM-NL) certificate to Schiphol Real Estate for building the TransPort Building.<ref name="Newbuild"/> In 2011, the United States Green Building Council awarded TransPort the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.<ref>"Schiphol awarded first LEED Platinum certification for sustainable construction in the Netherlands Template:Webarchive." Schiphol Group. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.</ref> A parking facility is located beneath the TransPort building, with parking available by payment.<ref name="Transaviavisiting">"Visiting address and directions." Transavia. Retrieved 7 February 2011. "Piet Guilonardweg 15: TransPort Building 1117 EE Schiphol Airport PO Box 7777, 1118 ZM Schiphol Airport (NL)."</ref>
The airline previously occupied the Schiphol Center (Template:Langx) at Schiphol Airport.<ref name="Martinhist">"History Template:Webarchive." Martinair. Retrieved 16 February 2011.</ref><ref>"Geschiedenis Template:Webarchive." Martinair. Retrieved 16 February 2011.</ref><ref>"Martinair Customer Contact Center Template:Webarchive." Martinair. Retrieved 16 February 2011. "Martinair Holland N.V. Havenmeesterweg 201 1118 CD Schiphol Centrum The Netherlands"</ref><ref>"Colofon." Jaar Verslag 2006 Annual Report 2007 Template:Webarchive." Martinair. Retrieved 16 February 2011. "Martinair Holland N.V. Havenmeesterweg 201 Postbus 7507 1118 ZG Luchthaven Schip"</ref> After Martinair moved into the new building, Martinair sold its old head office back to the airport.<ref name="Martinhist"/>
In addition to its headquarters at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Martinair operates offices around the globe. The first international office has been opened in Hong Kong in 1975. Martinair USA, later Martinair Americas, originally operated in New York City, but the United States operations office moved to Boca Raton, Florida, in the Miami Metropolitan Area in 1993. This office moved againTemplate:Citation needed and is currently located in Doral, Florida, in the Miami area.<ref>"Martinair Customer Contact Center" (). Martinair. February 17, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2014. Martinair, the Americas Americas Headquarters 8750 NW 36th Street, Suite 300 Doral, FL 33178"</ref> This office is located in the Doral Corporate Center One.<ref>"Worldwide Offices" (). Martinair. Retrieved March 8, 2009. "Martinair, the Americas Americas Headquarters 8750 NW 36th Street, Suite 300 Doral, FL 33178"</ref><ref>"Doral Corporate Center Template:Webarchive." Hines Interests Limited Partnership. Retrieved September 6, 2009.</ref><ref>Bowden, Marilyn. "Hines buys Doral Corporate Center for $55.75 million." Miami Today. Week of December 7, 2006. Retrieved September 6, 2009.</ref>
Subsidiaries
[edit]The Martinair Flight Academy<ref name="Martinair">Template:Cite web</ref> was a flight academy that was based at Lelystad Airport for both private pilot training and airline transport pilot training. It was moved to Groningen Airport in the spring of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic to be integrated with the KLM Flight Academy. At the time when they moved to Groningen, MFA operated a fleet of four Socata TB-10s (registered PH-MLO, PH-MLQ, PH-MLR and PH-MLS), two Socata TB-20s (registered PH-MLK and PH-MLL)<ref name="Martinair"/> and a single Diamond DA-42NG Twin Star Platinum (registered PH-MFA), which was added to the fleet in 2011.<ref>Photo of delivery-flight. airliners.net. October 7, 2011.</ref> Additional training was provided by an Alsim 200 FNPT-II MCC simulator.
Additionally, Martinair operates the Regional Jet Center, a technical service center for aircraft maintenance.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Destinations
[edit]As of November 2022, Martinair operates scheduled freight services within the Air France-KLM cargo network from Amsterdam-Schiphol to 12 destinations in Africa, North and South America,<ref name="officialnetworkmap">afklcargo.com - Network Template:Webarchive retrieved 13 November 2022</ref> as well as additional charters. The company ended its additional passenger operations on 31 October 2011 after 53 years of service.
Fleet
[edit]Current fleet
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Template:As of, Martinair Holland operates the following aircraft:<ref name="ilent.nl">Template:Cite web</ref>
| Aircraft | In service | On order | Cargo capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Nowrap | — | 3 | TBA | Deliveries from 2026. To replace Boeing 747-400s.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Nowrap | 1 | — | 113,489 kg | Sole aircraft wearing Martinair livery. To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350F. |
| Template:Nowrap | 3 | — | 124,012 kg | Wearing KLM Cargo livery with 'Operated by Martinair' decals. To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350F. |
| Total | 4 | 3 | ||
Additional freight aircraft are jointly operated under the Air France-KLM Cargo brand, in which Martinair participates.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Former fleet
[edit]Martinair previously operated the following aircraft:Template:Citation needed
| Aircraft | Fleet | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A310-200 | 2 | 1984 | 1995 | Both sold to FedEx Express. |
| Airbus A320-200 | 7 | 2003 | 2008 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 3 | 2004 | 2007 | Leased from Miami Air International. |
| Boeing 747-200F | 1 | 1991 | 2008 | |
| Boeing 747-200C | 2 | 1987 | 2008 | |
| Boeing 747-200SF | 1 | 2003 | 2006 | Leased from Southern Air. |
| Boeing 747-300M | 1 | 2000 | 2000 | Leased from KLM. |
| Boeing 747-300SF | 1 | 2003 | 2007 | Transferred from KLM Cargo. Former Boeing 747-200M/SUD aircraft. |
| Boeing 747-400BCF | 4 | 2007 | 2017 | |
| Boeing 757-200 | 2 | 1999 | 2004 | |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 8 | 1990 | 2011 | |
| Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship | 1 | 1969 | 1980 | |
| Douglas DC-8-30 | 3 | 1967 | 1975 | |
| Douglas DC-8-50 | 2 | 1972 | 1978 | |
| 1 | 1974 | PH-MBH crashed as Flight 138. | ||
| McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 | 4 | 1968 | 1993 | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF | 2 | 1980 | 1995 | |
| 2 | Sold to Royal Netherlands Air Force. | |||
| 1 | 1992 | PH-MBN crashed as Flight 495. | ||
| McDonnell Douglas MD-11CF | 4 | 1994 | 2016 | Two aircraft are currently stored |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-11F | 3 | 1996 | 2014 | Two aircraft are currently stored. One aircraft was sold to FedEx Express. |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 3 | 1981 | 1992 |
Incidents and accidents
[edit]- On 4 December 1974, Martinair Flight 138, a Douglas DC-8, operating on behalf of Garuda Indonesian Airways (present day Garuda Indonesia), flew into the side of a mountain while on landing approach in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All 191 passengers and crew on board were killed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- On 21 December 1992, Martinair Flight 495, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, crashed during landing at Faro Airport, Portugal, killing 56 people (including two crew members) out of 340 on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The cause of the accident was microburst-induced wind shear in combination with crew errors which included the continuation of an un-stabilized approach and the relative passivity of the captain.
- On 30 August 2013, a Martinair MD-11 Freighter on an international flight from Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, to London Stansted Airport in London, England, suffered substantial damage after a fire broke out on engine number one during its takeoff roll. While there were no injuries among the aircraft's crew, the airplane suffered damage on one engine, nacelles and structure. The takeoff was cancelled.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- On 8 July 2019, Martinair PH-CKA, a Boeing 747-400 operating as Flight 8372 from O. R. Tambo International Airport to Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe lost part of a flap while on final approach for landing at the airport. The plane landed safely, and was eventually repaired on the ground.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- On 14 January 2020, Martinair Flight 6912, a Boeing 747-400, was raided by customs officials at Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina, who found Template:Convert of cocaine hidden between cargo pallets.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
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