KLM uk was the brand name of a British airline subsidiary of KLM, which operated services within the UK and between the UK and the Netherlands using ATR-72,

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and Fokker 100 aircraft. KLM uk had its headquarters in the Stansted House on the grounds of London Stansted Airport in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex."World Airline Directory." '' Flight International''. 18–24 March 1998
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History

KLM launched the brand name "KLM uk" in 1998, when KLM acquired majority ownership of AirUK, a commuter airline founded in 1980. Air UK began to be traded as KLM uk in January 1998. The legal name changed from Air UK Limited to KLM uk Limited. In 2000, KLM uk launched

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, a low-cost subsidiary which operated a fleet of BAe 146 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft. Buzz was sold to

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in 2003, at which point the remainder of KLM uk operations were merged into

KLM Cityhopper KLM Cityhopper is the regional airline subsidiary of KLM, headquartered in Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands. It is based at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. As a subsidiary of Air France–KLM, it is an affiliate of SkyTeam. The airli ...

Destinations

KLM uk served destinations within the United Kingdom as well as from there to

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Fleet

As of January 2003, the KLM uk fleet consisted of the following aircraft:http://airfleets.net/flottecie/KLM%20uk.htm Airfleets.net KLM uk page

References

External links

KLM UK
(Archive) Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom Airlines established in 1998 Airlines disestablished in 2003 Air France–KLM KLM Cityhopper {{Europe-airline-stub