Air Exel

Air Exel was a regional airline based in Maastricht, Netherlands. Main base of the airline was Eindhoven. Air Exel maintained ties from Eindhoven to Hamburg, London - Heathrow and Paris. The fleet consisted of aircraft of the Embraer EMB 120, Embraer ERJ 145, Aerospatiale / Alenia ATR 42 and ATR 72 flight operations ended on 31 January 2005.

The company was part of the Exel Group, a worldwide operating group of airlines. These include Alsace Exel, Dutch Caribbean Exel, Exel Holland, Belgium Exel, Exel Aruba, Bonair Exel Exel and Curacao. There was a regular exchange of fleets within the Exel Group - companies instead, so it was hardly possible to pass on the exact fleet size of the individual airlines information. These airlines also presented 31 January 2005, a flight operations.

Between 1998 and 2004, Air Exel flew under a franchise agreement under the name KLM Exel. KLM was indeed involved in the regional airline, but Air Exel has never been a 100 % subsidiary of the flag carrier. Although Air Exel regained its own identity, cooperation with KLM remained. So you could collect on the Air Exel routes miles for the KLM frequent flyer program "Flying Dutchman " for example continue.

The exact background of Exel collapse remained unknown, it is clear only that was the Exel Group has long been in financial difficulties. The CEO Erik de Vlieger was remanded in custody in January 2005 on suspicion of extortion in connection with the acquisition of an Amsterdam coffee shops. He is brought in connection with the bankruptcies of two other Dutch Airlines, Dutch Bird and Bird V, .