New Belgian start-up Air Antwerp hopes to find profitable niche
KLM and CityJet are the two main shareholders behind a Belgian start-up—Air Antwerp—being created to operate both scheduled services and provide capacity for others. Air Antwerp has applied for an AOC from Belgian authorities. Its two directors are Johan Maertens, former CE of defunct Belgian regional carrier VLM, who is CE of the new airline; and Willem Hondius, former CE of African LCC Jambojet Kenya and a long-time manager at KLM. The airline plans to start operating with a single Fokker 50, the type formerly operated by VLM. The startup says it decided to use the type as it was well-known to its staff and would therefore allow for a smooth introduction and start of operations. A spokesman said that, since the demise of VLM in August 2018, there had been something of a vacuum for passengers at Antwerp. <br/>
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New Belgian start-up Air Antwerp hopes to find profitable niche
KLM and CityJet are the two main shareholders behind a Belgian start-up—Air Antwerp—being created to operate both scheduled services and provide capacity for others. Air Antwerp has applied for an AOC from Belgian authorities. Its two directors are Johan Maertens, former CE of defunct Belgian regional carrier VLM, who is CE of the new airline; and Willem Hondius, former CE of African LCC Jambojet Kenya and a long-time manager at KLM. The airline plans to start operating with a single Fokker 50, the type formerly operated by VLM. The startup says it decided to use the type as it was well-known to its staff and would therefore allow for a smooth introduction and start of operations. A spokesman said that, since the demise of VLM in August 2018, there had been something of a vacuum for passengers at Antwerp. <br/>
