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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.

Air Exel

IATA ICAO Callsign XT AXL EXEL COMMUTER
Founded	26 April 1991; 31 years ago (1991-04-26) (as KLM Exel)
Ceased operations	31 January 2005; 17 years ago (2005-01-31)
Operating bases	Eindhoven Maastricht
Fleet size	8 (in 2005)
Destinations	10 (in 2005)
Headquarters	Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Key people	Harm Prins (CEO)

History

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The airline was established on 26 April 1991 as Air Exel Commuter on a co-operational base with Dutch national carrier KLM.[1] Scheduled flights were launched on 1 May of the same year. As part of the parent's move to integrate the services of its feeders, the company was renamed to KLM Exel in January 1998. On 6 November 2004, the co-operation with KLM ended, and the airline became Air Exel Netherlands. [2] 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.[3]

Destinations

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

France

• Nantes - Nantes Atlantique Airport
• Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport
• Saint-Étienne - Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport
• Strasbourg - Strasbourg International Airport

Italy

• Cuneo - Cuneo International Airport
• Milan - Malpensa Airport

Netherlands

• Amsterdam - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
• Eindhoven - Eindhoven Airport secondary base
• Maastricht - Maastricht Aachen Airport main base

Norway

• Kristiansand - Kjevik Airport

United Kingdom

• London - Stansted Airport

Germany

• Hamburg - Hamburg Airport

Fleet

Over the years, the KLM Exel/Air Exel fleet consisted of the following aircraft types:[4]

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

External links

• Air Exel (Archive)
• Air Exel (Archive) (in Dutch)

На других языках

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Air Exel war eine Regionalfluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Maastricht, Niederlande. Hauptbasis der Fluggesellschaft war der Flughafen Eindhoven sowie der Flughafen Maastricht Aachen. Air Exel unterhielt u. a. Verbindungen von Eindhoven nach Hamburg, London-Heathrow und Paris. Die Flotte bestand aus Flugzeugen der Typen Embraer EMB 120, Embraer ERJ 145, Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 42 und ATR 72. Der Flugbetrieb wurde am 31. Januar 2005 eingestellt.

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