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| founded = 26 April 1991 <small>in co-operation with KLM</small>
| founded = 26 April 1991 <small>in co-operation with KLM</small>
| ceased = 31 January 2005
| ceased = 31 January 2005
| headquarters = [[Maastricht]], [[Limburg]], [[Netherlands]]
| headquarters = [[Maastricht]], [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], [[Netherlands]]
| key_people = Harm Prins ([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])
| key_people = Harm Prins ([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])
| hubs = [[Eindhoven Airport]]<br>'''[[Maastricht Aachen Airport]]'''
| hubs = [[Eindhoven Airport]]<br>'''[[Maastricht Aachen Airport]]'''

Revision as of 15:46, 3 March 2019

Air Exel
IATA ICAO Call sign
XT AXL EXEL COMMUTER
Founded26 April 1991 in co-operation with KLM
Ceased operations31 January 2005
HubsEindhoven Airport
Maastricht Aachen Airport
Fleet size8 (in 2005)
Destinations10 (in 2005)
HeadquartersMaastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Key peopleHarm Prins (CEO)

Air Exel was an airline based in Maastricht in the Netherlands, operating scheduled and chartered flights out of Eindhoven Airport and Maastricht Aachen Airport to several domestic and international destinations.

History

KLM Exel logo

The airline was established on 26 April 1991 as KLM exel on a co-operational base with Dutch national carrier KLM. Scheduled flights were launched on 1 May of the same year. On 6 November 2004, the co-operation with KLM was ended, and the airline became Air Exel. One month later, in December 2004, Air Exel's Chief Executive Officer, Harm Prins, was arrested on charges of fraud, blackmail, and money laundering. The investigation brought to light financial difficulties with Air Exel, which was subsequently shut down on 31 January 2005.[1]

Destinations

An ATR 42 of KLM exel approaches Maastricht Aachen Airport in 2002.

Upon closure, Air Exel operated scheduled flights to the following destinations:

France
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
United Kingdom
Germany

Fleet

Over the years, the KLM Exel/Air Exel fleet consisted of the following aircraft types:[2]

KLM Exel/Air Exel former fleet
Aircraft Introduced Retired Total
(at closure)
ATR 42 1998 2005
2
ATR 72F (cargo) 1999 2005
1
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia 1998 2005
2
Embraer ERJ 145 2000 2004
3

References

  1. ^ "Chief executive Air Exel arrested". 13 December 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ KLM Exel fleet list at airfleets.net