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In Dit Nummer FASTEN SEATBELTS jaargang 17/1 - januari/februari 2014 IN DIT NUMMER 3 Maastricht Airlines 8 Nothrop B-2 20 jaar 10 HiFly 13 Embraer 450 Legacy 15 Mi-171 VIP 16 Museum Yorktown 18 Luchthavens Texas (deel 1) 20 Fact & Figures 35 Productielijsten Een Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw uitgave Uitgave van Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw Luchthaven Antwerpen Bus 38 B-2100 Antwerpen-Deurne tel 32-3-230.27.31 e-mail [email protected] voorzijde : HB-JJD B757-236 ECAir Brussel 11-12-2013 Yves Deliens Verantwoordelijk uitgever boven : YR-BAZ B737-405 Blue Air Brussel 16-12-2013 Yves Deliens Dirk Buytaert [email protected] onder : D-AEAM A300B4-622RF Maximus Air Cargo / DHL Brussel 13-01-2014 Yves Deliens Redactie Wim Venken [email protected] Eric Nuyens [email protected] Eddie Van Looy [email protected] Yves Deliens [email protected] Rudi Rasker [email protected] ASA online www.asa-be.com COPYRIGHT Alle informatie in deze uitgave is voor persoonlijk ge­ bruik. Gegevens mogen overgenomen worden mits schriftelijke toestemming van de redactie. De redactie is niet verantwoordelijk voor door derden aangebrachte informatie. Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw 2 Fasten Seatbelts 17/1 - januari/februari 2014 Eddie Van Looy Maastricht Airlines B.V. had Weert als hoofdkwartier. Daar bevond zich Het startkapitaal bedroeg 2,5 miljoen euro, waaronder subsidies van Zomer 2012. Geruchten steken de kop op dat er vanaf Maastricht het kantoor van Hamid Kerboua. In Algerije geboren, was de 56-jarige de gemeente Maastricht en de provincie Limburg. Deze laatste droeg Aachen Airport een nieuwe luchtvaartmaatschappij van start wil gaan. Kerboua al meer dan dertig jaar een trotse Limburger. In 1976 haalde 235.150 euro bij aan het realiseren van de verbindingen vanaf Maas- Een niet nader genoemde partij wou nog voor het eind van het jaar drie hij in Nederland zijn commerciële licentie, richtte de vliegschool Aero tricht Aachen Airport. Volgens gedeputeerde Twan Beurskens was de tot vier vluchten per dag uitvoeren van Maastricht naar Amsterdam. Limburg op, vloog bij Holland Aerolines, werd chefpiloot bij Dynamic komst van de maatschappij belangrijk voor de Limburgse economie. Er Dit werd bevestigd door bestuursvoorzitter Jan Tindemans van Maas- Air, vervolgens hoofd vliegdienst van Air Transport Schiphol en in 1986 zouden 66 nieuwe banen worden gerealiseerd en op termijn zouden tricht Aachen Airport. Op de route zou een Fokker 50 worden ingezet. captain en instructeur op de Fokker 50 bij BASE Business Airlines. daar volgens Maastricht Airlines nog eens 200 tot 250 banen bijkomen. Tevens richtte hij in Eindhoven een vliegschool op, de Aviation Group Met de subsidie van de provincie zouden onder meer de opleidingen De route kon volgens Tindemans interessant zijn voor KLM, dat met Eindhoven (AGE). Om leerlingen aan een baan te helpen – en geleid betaald worden voor piloten en cabinepersoneel. het opheffen van de lijndienst Maastricht – Amsterdam in 2008 de door het avontuur – richtte hij in 1996 Denim Air op. Na de verkoop toegang tot de zakelijke markt in Zuid-Limburg was verloren. Veel van die maatschappij in 1999, richtte Hamid Kerboua de leasing/ De gemeente Maastricht gaf een eenmalige subsidie van 100.000 euro. zakelijke reizigers uit dat deel van Nederland waren uitgeweken naar managementmaatschappij K-Air op. In 2002 richtte hij in Soedan Mid Voorwaarden voor de financiële steun waren dat het bedrijf honderd nabijgelegen luchthavens als Brussel en Düsseldorf. Eerder in 2012 Airlines op en in 2005 Nova Airlines. Hij was tevens een belangrijk arbeidsplaatsen ging creëren voor mensen uit de regio Maastricht en strandde nog een poging om de luchtlijn van Maastricht naar Schiphol investeerder in Amsterdam Airlines. Een ondernemer in hart en ziel, dat de naam ‘Maastricht Airlines’ zou worden gevoerd. In het eerste nieuw leven in te blazen, omdat de provincie Limburg geen ontwik- hield hij in 2012 Maastricht Airlines boven de doopvont. ( jaar diende het bedrijf minimaal vijftig arbeidsplaatsen te realiseren. In kelingssubsidie wou verlenen. Daarmee kwam Wings of Maastricht, De keuze viel op de Fokker 50, volgens Kerboua ook wel de ‘Rolls Royce 2014 moesten daar nog eens vijftig werkplekken bijkomen. Maastricht zoals het initiatief bekend stond, niet van de grond. onder de turbopropvliegtuigen’ genoemd. Voornaamste redenen Airlines ging al haar personeel – piloten, cabine- en grondpersoneel hiervoor waren het comfort, de betrouwbaarheid en de uitstekende – lokaal werven, ofwel verplichten om in de regio Maastricht te gaan De nieuwe maatschappij waar in de zomer van 2012 sprake van veiligheidsreputatie, met bovendien een lage huurprijs. Eind 2014 zou wonen. Het bedrijf verwachtte binnen het jaar uit te breiden naar hon- was, maakte zich enkele maanden later, op 24 oktober, bekend. Het het aantal toestellen gegroeid moeten zijn tot zes. derd werknemers en drie vliegtuigen. Maastricht Airlines verwachtte ging om Maastricht Airlines, dat begin 2013 met lijndiensten vanaf voor circa tweehonderd mensen nog eens indirecte werkgelegenheid Maastricht Aachen Airport van start wou gaan. Tot de eerste beoogde Via de leasingmaatschappij MiniLiner/Claris Leasing Spa, gebaseerd te verschaffen. bestemmingen waren Amsterdam, Berlijn en München, zo meldde het op de luchthaven van Milaan Orio al Serio (Bergamo), zouden in eerste bedrijf op haar eenvoudige website. In 2014 zouden Londen Southend, instantie twee Fokker 50’s aangetrokken worden. Om de operaties De andere helft van de subsidie ging worden ingezet voor gerichte Parijs Charles de Gaulle en Kopenhagen volgen. De doelgroep was in op te kunnen starten was Maastricht Airlines de zoektocht begonnen marketingactiviteiten. In alle communicatieduidingen van Maastricht hoofdzaak de zakelijke reiziger. “Wij zullen in 2013 gaan vliegen vanaf naar medewerkers. Er was behoefte aan cabinepersoneel en piloten. Airlines en in de logo’s op de vliegtuigen moest de naam van de stad te Maastricht Aachen Airport en de hele regio voorzien van lijnvluchten zien zijn. Door het voeren van de bedrijfsnaam zou de naambekendheid naar Amsterdam Schiphol en andere belangrijke Europese bestem- Donderdag 20 december 2012 presenteerde de nieuwe maatschap- van Maastricht als stad en toeristische bestemming vergroot worden. mingen”, zo stond nog te lezen op de website van de nieuwe carrier. pij zich. In de Collegekamer van het stadhuis van Maastricht werd ’s En daar had de stad enkele euro’s voor over. Om de subsidie voor de Achter het initiatief stond Hamid Kerboua. middags een persconferentie ingelegd door burgemeester Onno Hoes stadspromotie maximaal te benutten werkten het toerismebureau en Hamid Kerboua, de CEO van Maastricht Airlines. Zelden was het VVV Maastricht, Maastricht Aachen Airport en Maastricht Airlines zo druk op een persconferentie op het stadhuis van Maastricht. De nauw samen bij het opzetten van deze activiteiten. Burgemeester Collegekamer was te klein om iedereen een zitplaats te geven. Het Hoes: “Dat een luchtvaartmaatschappij haar naam aan Maastricht wil gebeurde dan ook niet elke dag dat een Limburgse luchtvaartmaat- verbinden, toont nog maar eens de unieke kwaliteiten van onze stad. schappij boven de doopvond werd gehouden. Burgervader Hoes stelde Voor de promotie van Maastricht als internationale stad is dit initiatief met zichtbaar genoegen Hamid Kerboua voor aan de talrijk opgekomen van grote waarde. Onze stadsnaam in het logo zorgt voor enorme lokale en landelijke media. ‘exposure’. De start van een Maastrichtse luchtvaartmaatschappij is daarnaast van belang voor de economische ontwikkeling van de Het plan was opgevat om op 25 maart 2013 van start gaan met lijn- stad. Maastricht Airlines levert op korte termijn honderd arbeidsplaat- vluchten. Vanaf thuisbasis Maastricht Aachen Airport zou de maat- sen op voor mensen woonachtig in onze regio. Een hoogwaardige schappij met de twee Fokker 50’s rechtstreekse vluchten uitvoeren luchtverbinding is bovendien een belangrijke randvoorwaarde voor naar Amsterdam (vier maal per dag), München (twee maal per dag) versterking van het congrestoerisme en betekent een impuls voor het en Berlijn (een maal per dag), goed voor 35 vluchten per week. Door vestigingsklimaat. Als stadsbestuur pleegden we al enige tijd flinke middel van samenwerking met andere luchtvaartmaatschappijen inzet voor een nieuwe lijnverbinding tussen Schiphol-Maastricht. Die zei Hamid Kerboua doorverbindingen naar meer bestemmingen te inzet zien we nu beloond.” kunnen maken. Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw 3 Fasten Seatbelts 17/1 - januari/februari 2014 Achter de schermen van Maastricht Airlines bevonden zich veelal de- De oprichting van Maastricht Airlines betekende opnieuw goed nieuws Maar wel met koffie heen en terug.” zelfde mensen die ook bij Denim Air en Amsterdam Airlines betrokken voor de Limburgse luchthaven, nadat Ryanair er begin oktober een Prijzen vanaf 149 euro voor een retour, inclusief toeslagen. waren. Zoals zakenman Lex Versteeg, die 35% van de aandelen van kleine operationele basis opende. Directeur Sander Heijmans van Maastricht Airlines bezat. De andere grootaandeelhouder was Hamid Maastricht Aachen Airport was opgetogen over de start Kerboua met 57% van de aandelen. De lijst werd vervolledigd met van Maastricht Airlines: “Het starten van de drie nieuwe Maastricht – München Bas van Giesel (manager operations) en Edwin Poldermans (manager verbindingen betekent in eerste instantie een toename Dagen Vertrek Aankomst Vluchtnummer Ma – vrij 07u00 08u45 W2 6133 onderhoud). Alles samen
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