NLM Cityhopper
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| Founded | 1966 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 29 August 1966 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 31 March 1991 (rebranded as KLM CityHopper) | ||||||
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| Parent company | KLM (100%) | ||||||
| Headquarters |
Amsterdam Airport Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands |
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NLM CityHopper full name Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Dutch Aviation Company), was a Dutch commuter airline, founded in 1966. Its head office was in Building 70 in Schiphol Airport East in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.
The carrier was formed as Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (NLM) in 1966. Starting operations on 29 August 1966 using leased Fokker F27 aircraft from the Royal Dutch Air Force, it was set up as a KLM subsidiary under a two-year contract to operate domestic services within the Netherlands. The airline saw the incorporation of the Fokker F28 in 1978.
Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Enschede, Groningen, Maastricht, and Rotterdam comprised the airline's network at the beginning. The Eindhoven–Hamburg route was the first international service flown by the airline; it was initially aimed at providing an scheduled executive service for Philips, and was made public in April 1974.London-Gatwick was added to the network in early 1975.
The airline changed its name to NLM CityHopper/Netherlines, following the acquisition of Netherlines by its parent company KLM in April 1988; operations of both subsidiaries were subsequently merged. Despite sharing their operational structure, both companies were separate entities until 1 April 1991, when they were absorbed into the newly created KLM Cityhopper.
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