Air France KLM’s takeover of VLM was approved by the United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading. The approval was conditioned not only on the airline giving up slots on the London City-Amsterdam route, but on a new entrant being identified to use them. As a result, Eastern Airways will begin […]
Belgian airline VLM has ended its lease of Flightline BAe 146-300 G-BPNT (msn E3126) on 29 February. VLM leased the 146 beginning in April 2007, to assess the feasibility of introducing jet services on their routes from London City Airport. Named Spirit of Rotterdam, she operated primarily between London City […]
Air France-KLM have announced that they have agreed to acquire VLM. The move will solidify Air France’s position at London City, where CityJet already has a major presence. Together, VLM and CityJet will hold almost half the slots at London City. VLM’s fleet is composed of eighteen Fokker 50s, but […]
Belgian airline VLM introduced BAe 146-300 G-BPNT (msn E3126) on lease from Flightline on its busy London City to Rotterdam route on 18 April. The 92-seat 146 will operate four of the airline’s ten daily services between the two cities. G-BPNT was painted in full VLM colors at Norwich on […]
Belgian airline VLM is planning to introduce a BAe 146. The airline will wet-lease series 300 G-BPNT (msn E3126) from Flightline to operate four of its ten daily services between London City and Rotterdam. With its operations centered on London City, VLM has long been thought a likely candidate to […]
Italian Avro RJ operator Azzurra Air began a codeshare service from Milano Malpensa to Rotterdam on 12 January, in cooperation with Dutch airline VLM. The daily (except Saturday) flight will be operated with an Avro RJ85. VLM considered acquiring Avro RJs to supplement its Fokker 50s a few years ago, […]
Flight International is reporting that Belgian airline VLM is planning to acquire two Avro RJ85s to initiate jet services. Antwerp-based VLM currently flies Fokker 50s on services from London City to Antwerp, Rotterdam, Münich (Munchengladbach), and Luxembourg, and from Rotterdam to Manchester, Jersey, and Guernsey. VLM had hoped to acquire […]
