Denim Air
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| Founded | February 1996 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | November 2016 | ||||||
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| Destinations | various | ||||||
| Parent company | Sky Greenland | ||||||
| Headquarters | Mijdrecht, Netherlands | ||||||
| Key people | Gert Brask, CEO | ||||||
| Website | denim.aero | ||||||
Denim Air ACMI B.V. was[1] a Dutch charter airline based in Mijdrecht.[2] It provided ACMI wet lease services to other airlines. Its main base was Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.[3] It was wholly owned by Sky Greenland and had 50 employees in January 2016.[3] Denim operated full charters and under wetlease (ACMI) contracts on behalf of other airlines as well as governments and corporations. Its operations licence was revoked on 24 November 2016.[1]
History
This airline was established in 1996 and started operations on 26 April 1996.
Denim Air mainly targeted African, Asian and other willing markets, operating for the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees in Sudan and Central Africa, for the Norwegian Army in Afghanistan, and for Veba Oil in Libya. The airline also operated aircraft for airlines, mainly African airline Arik Air and Spanish airline Air Nostrum. They also operated one aircraft for African airline Air Affaires Gabon.
On 18 February 2010, Denim Air ceased operations after all wet-lease contracts had ended within weeks and Dutch legal company De Vos & Partners was appointed as curator of wet-lease specialist Denim Air after it was declared bankrupt. A successful restart of the company was initiated as Denim Air ACMI or Denim in short.
In April 2015, Denim established FlyDenim as a new brand and corporate design for their charter operations.[4] During the summer of 2015, the airline operated several new charter flights - for example from Manchester to Murcia and Innsbruck.
From December 2015 to February 2016, Denim operated domestic flights in Italy thanks to an agreement with the Italian tour operator Air Sud.[5] flights from Reggio Calabria to Venice and Bergamo were operated with Fokker 100 and Fokker 50 of Denim's fleet.[6] As of March 2016, all Air Sud's flights were suspended.[7]
On 24 November 2016, the Dutch aviation authorities revoked Denim Air's operational license which subsequently led to the grounding of all of its flights.[1] At the time, Denim Air operated its sole aircraft on behalf of People's Viennaline and was immediately replaced by Helvetic Airways after Denim Air's grounding.[8]
Fleet
The Denim fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of November 2016:[9]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embraer ERJ 145 | 1 | 50 | operated for People's Viennaline |
| Total | 1 |
The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft:[8]
- 1 Fokker 50
- 1 Fokker 100
References
- ^ a b c austrianaviation.net - "People's ACMI-partner loses AOC" Archived 2016-11-26 at the Wayback Machine (German) 25 November 2016
- ^ "aero/contact Contact." Denim. Retrieved on 29 January 2011. "Vermogenweg 3 | 3641 SR Mijdrecht | The Netherlands."
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 72.
- ^ "An exclusive partner for Denim". Denim. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Air Sud". Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ "Air Sud apre la rotta Bergamo-Reggio Calabria: tariffe a partire da 39 euro". Il Sole 24 ORE. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ "L'odissea di un viaggio Orio-Reggio "Volo sparito e ritorno in automobile"". ecodibergamo.it. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ a b aero.de - "People's switches ACMI partner" Archived 2016-11-26 at the Wayback Machine (German) 25 November 2016
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 22.
External links
Media related to Denim Air at Wikimedia Commons
