DutchCaribbeanExel

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DutchCaribbeanExel was an airline with its head office in Amsterdam.[1] The airline connected from the Netherlands to the Netherlands Antilles and was based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

History

The airline was established in 2004 and started operations on 15 July 2004. It was wholly owned by ExelAviation Group. The airline folded in early February 2005 when the group declared bankruptcy.

The ExelAviation Group started to disintegrate in late 2004, soon after the takeover of DutchBird; when failed Air Holland (declared bankrupt with €30M in debt) was investigated for alleged laundering of drug money and arrests were made, it put HollandExel in negative publicity as well.

In February 2005, HollandExel filed for the Dutch equivalent of Chapter 11 and its main client, tour operator TUI Netherlands invested millions to keep the airline flying. Two months later, TUI Netherlands continued HollandExel under new management, operating as ArkeFly and the fleet of aircraft plus some 400 employees moved to the new company.

DutchCaribbeanExel would later, together with its sister airline, HollandExel, be taken over by TUI AG and renamed Arkefly Curaçao.[2]

Destinations

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The DutchCaribbeanExel Boeing 767-300ER being towed at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 2005

When it ceased operations in January 2005, DutchCaribbeanExel operated the following services:

Country City Airport Notes
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Fleet

The DutchCaribbeanExel fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at April 2005):[3]

DutchCaribbeanExel fleet
Aircraft In
service
Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 767-300ER 1 12 248 260 Operated by HollandExel
Total 1

See also

References

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  1. "Contact." DutchCaribbeanExel. 23 June 2004. Retrieved on 14 February 2011. "Bezoekers adres Hoofdkantoor Jan Rebelstraat 20 1069 CC Amsterdam"
  2. Flight International 27 March 2007
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External links

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