Martinair
Encyclopedia
For the American cargo airline, see Martinaire
.
Martinair Holland N.V., operating as Martinair, is an airline
headquartered in the TransPort Building on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer
, Netherlands
. It operates cargo services to over 50 destinations worldwide. Services are largely on a scheduled basis, but charter services are also operated. Its main base is Schiphol Airport.
and John Block
, with one aircraft, a de Havilland Dove
and five employees. 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.
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 it 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. 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.
In November 2007, Martinair ceased its short haul operations to concentrate on its cargo activities and intercontinental flights. In September 2010, a restructuring was announced: this will involve dropping all passenger services from November 2011, which will be operated by KLM, and leaving only cargo services. In November 2010, the European Commission fined Martinair €29.5 million, following an investigation into price-fixing.
On 31 October 2011, Martinair flew its last passenger flight, leaving it as a freight carrier only.
, Netherlands
. Martinair moved to its current head office on Friday 4 June 2010. The TransPort Building, developed by Schiphol Real Estate, houses both Martinair and Transavia.com
, which moved into TransPort on 3 May 2010.
Construction on the building, which has 10800 sqm 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. 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. In 2011 the United States Green Building Council
awarded TransPort the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) certification. A parking facility is located beneath the TransPort building, with parking available by payment.
The airline previously occupied the Schiphol Center at Schiphol Airport. After Martinair moved into the new building, Martinair sold its old head office back to the airport.
Martinair Cargo continues operating freighter services
s (known as 747-400SFs or -400BCFs) to the Middle East, Far East and McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Fs to destinations in Europe, the Americas, and Africa.
Martinair Cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of November 2011):
At 22 January 2010, Martinair Cargo average fleet age is 16 years.
Martinaire
For the Dutch airline, see Martinair.Martinaire Aviation, L.L.C. is an American cargo airline based on the grounds of Addison Airport in Addison, Texas, USA, near Dallas. It operates feeder flights for overnight package delivery services, including UPS and DHL...
.
Martinair Holland N.V., operating as Martinair, is an airline
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
headquartered in the TransPort Building on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer
Haarlemmermeer
Haarlemmermeer is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water, and the name Haarlemmermeer means Haarlem's Lake, still referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th century.Its main...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It operates cargo services to over 50 destinations worldwide. Services are largely on a scheduled basis, but charter services are also operated. Its main base is Schiphol Airport.
History
The airline was founded on 24 May 1958 as Martin's Air Charter (MAC), by Martin SchröderMartin Schröder
Johan Martin Schröder is a Dutch pilot and founder of Martinair, the second Dutch airline and the first Dutch air charter company. At the founding in 1958 the company was known as Martin's Air Charter ....
and John Block
John Nicolaas Block
Johan Nicolaas Block was a Dutch aviation pioneer. He was the co-founder of Martinair, founder of Transavia and Air Holland....
, with one aircraft, a de Havilland Dove
De Havilland Dove
The de Havilland DH.104 Dove was a British monoplane short-haul airliner from de Havilland, the successor to the biplane de Havilland Dragon Rapide and was one of Britain's most successful post-war civil designs...
and five employees. In 1963 Mr. Schröder sold 49% of the company to four equal shipping company shareholders (12.25% each, these eventually combining as Nedlloyd
Nedlloyd
Nedlloyd was a Dutch shipping company, formed in 1970 as the Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Unie in a merger of several shipping lines:*Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland *Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd...
). 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
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Martinair became all jet-powered in 1971.
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
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n cargo carrier TAMPA Cargo
Tampa Cargo
Transportes Aéreos Mercantiles Panamericanos S.A., operating as Tampa Cargo, is a cargo airline based at José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia. It is a specialized all-cargo airline transporting flowers from Latin America to Miami, as well as general cargo throughout the...
, based in Medellín
Medellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
, which it increased to 58% in 2003. The share in TAMPA was sold in February 2008 to Avianca
Avianca
Avianca S.A. is the flag carrier airline of Colombia since December 5, 1919 when it was initially registered under the name SCADTA. It is headquartered in Bogotá, D.C. with its hub at the El Dorado International Airport...
, a Colombian company.
Martinair President and CEO Martin Schröder, who received the Tony Jannus Award
Tony Jannus Award
The Tony Jannus Award recognizes outstanding individual achievement in scheduled commercial aviation by airline executives, inventors and manufacturers, and government leaders. The award is conferred annually by the Tony Jannus Distinguished Aviation Society and was first bestowed in 1964 in Tampa,...
in 1995 for his contributions to commercial aviation, retired in 1998 from day-to-day activities.
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
in Brussels refused KLM's offer to purchase Nedlloyd's shares, which would have made KLM the sole owner. 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.
In November 2007, Martinair ceased its short haul operations to concentrate on its cargo activities and intercontinental flights. In September 2010, a restructuring was announced: this will involve dropping all passenger services from November 2011, which will be operated by KLM, and leaving only cargo services. In November 2010, the European Commission fined Martinair €29.5 million, following an investigation into price-fixing.
On 31 October 2011, Martinair flew its last passenger flight, leaving it as a freight carrier only.
Head office
Martinair has its head office in the TransPort Building, Schiphol East, on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, HaarlemmermeerHaarlemmermeer
Haarlemmermeer is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water, and the name Haarlemmermeer means Haarlem's Lake, still referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th century.Its main...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Martinair moved to its current head office on Friday 4 June 2010. The TransPort Building, developed by Schiphol Real Estate, houses both Martinair and Transavia.com
Transavia.com
Transavia.com is a Dutch based low-cost airline operating as an independent part of the Air France-KLM group. Its main base is at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol while Rotterdam The Hague Airport , and Eindhoven Airport are its secondary hubs...
, which moved into TransPort on 3 May 2010.
Construction on the building, which has 10800 sqm of lettable space, began on 17 March 2009. Schiphol Group
Schiphol Group
Schiphol Group is a Dutch company with its head office on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.It is 100% shareholder of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Rotterdam The Hague Airport, and Lelystad Airport. It also owns 51% of Eindhoven Airport, 19% of Brisbane Airport...
and the architect firm Paul de Ruiter designed the building, while De Vries and Verburg, a firm of Stolwijk
Stolwijk
Stolwijk is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Vlist, and lies about 6 km southeast of Gouda.In 2005, the town of Stolwijk had 4980 inhabitants...
, constructed the building. 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. In 2011 the United States Green Building Council
United States Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council , co-founded by Mike Italiano, David Gottfried and Rick Fedrizzi in 1993, is a non-profit trade organization that promotes sustainability in how buildings are designed, built, and operated...
awarded TransPort the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods....
(LEED) certification. A parking facility is located beneath the TransPort building, with parking available by payment.
The airline previously occupied the Schiphol Center at Schiphol Airport. After Martinair moved into the new building, Martinair sold its old head office back to the airport.
Subsidiaries
- Martinair Flight Academy (Martinair Vliegschool) is a Flight Academy Based at Lelystad Airport for both Private Pilot training and Airline Transport Pilot training. Currently MFA operates four Socata TB-10Socata TB|-Specifications :-Specifications :-See also:...
s, two Socata TB-20Socata TB|-Specifications :-Specifications :-See also:...
s and a Piper PA-44 SeminolePiper PA-44 Seminole|-Related content:Related development* Piper CherokeeComparable aircraft* Beechcraft Duchess* Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar-External links:*...
.
Destinations
Martinair ended passenger operations in October 2011 after a 53 year run, for destinations served during the period at different stages see:Martinair Cargo continues operating freighter services
Cargo
Martinair Cargo has extensive operations in most parts of the world. It flies converted Boeing 747-400Boeing 747-400
The Boeing 747-400 is a major development and the best-selling model of the Boeing 747 family of jet airliners. While retaining the four-engine wide-body layout of its predecessors, the 747-400 embodies numerous technological and structural changes to produce a more efficient airframe...
s (known as 747-400SFs or -400BCFs) to the Middle East, Far East and McDonnell Douglas MD-11
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is a three-engine medium- to long-range widebody jet airliner, manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and, later, by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Based on the DC-10, it features a stretched fuselage, increased wingspan with winglets, refined airfoils on the wing and smaller...
Fs to destinations in Europe, the Americas, and Africa.
Fleet
- 4 Boeing 747-400BCF (2 in use, 2 leased to Air Cargo GermanyAir Cargo GermanyAir Cargo Germany GmbH is a German cargo airline based at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. The company was granted its Air Operator's Certificate on 14 July 2009, which was followed by the first revenue flight on 28 July...
) - 4 Boeing 747-400ERF (all leased from KLM)
- 7 McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
At 22 January 2010, Martinair Cargo average fleet age is 16 years.
Incidents and accidents
- On 4 December 1974, Martinair Flight 138Martinair Flight 138Martinair Flight 138 was a chartered flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Colombo, Sri Lanka. The aircraft was operated on behalf of Garuda Indonesia...
, a Douglas DC-8Douglas DC-8The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined narrow-body passenger commercial jet airliner, manufactured from 1958 to 1972 by the Douglas Aircraft Company...
flew into the side of a mountain while on landing approach in ColomboColomboColombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. All 191 passengers and crew on board were killed. - On 21 December 1992, Martinair Flight 495, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10McDonnell Douglas DC-10The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engine widebody jet airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 has range for medium- to long-haul flights, capable of carrying a maximum 380 passengers. Its most distinguishing feature is the two turbofan engines mounted on underwing pylons and a...
, crashed during landing at Faro AirportFaro Airport-Incidents and accidents:*On 21 December 1992, Martinair Flight 495 skidded off the runway in bad weather at Faro Airport killing 54 passengers and two crew out of a total of 340 people on board....
, PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
; killing 56 people (including two crew members) out of 340 on board. The cause of the accident was due to MicroburstMicroburstA microburst is a very localized column of sinking air, producing damaging divergent and straight-line winds at the surface that are similar to, but distinguishable from, tornadoes, which generally have convergent damage. There are two types of microbursts: wet microbursts and dry microbursts...
-induced wind shearWind shearWind shear, sometimes referred to as windshear or wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere...
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