NetherlandsDutch airlines

KLM with its Amsterdam Schiphol hub, plus Transavia in leisure and low-cost traffic.

6 airlines

Network airlines

Scheduled airlines with a hub and connecting flights – usually on short-, medium- and long-haul routes.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

KL / KLM

The Dutch network airline with the light blue fuselage: founded in 1919, hub at Amsterdam Schiphol, part of Air France-KLM and a SkyTeam member – in the middle of a switch from Boeing to Airbus.

Low-cost carriers

Cheap point-to-point flights, often with a single-type fleet, many bases and short turnaround times.

Transavia

HV / TRA

KLM’s low-cost subsidiary from the Netherlands: bases in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eindhoven and Brussels, a fleet in transition from the Boeing 737-800 to the Airbus A321neo and a French sister under the same name.

Leisure airlines

Airlines focused on vacation destinations – in scheduled service and for tour operators.

Air Holland

HLN

Historic Dutch charter airline based at Amsterdam Schiphol (operations from 1985, ended in 2004): Air Holland flew vacationers in orange and blue with an all-Boeing fleet – mainly 757-200s and 767s – to the Mediterranean, Africa and Asia. A line leads via HollandExel and Arkefly to today’s TUI fly Netherlands.

TUI fly Netherlands

OR / TFL

The Dutch leisure airline of the TUI Group: formerly Arkefly, based at Amsterdam Schiphol, a small fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 787-8s – and a callsign you recognize on the radio right away.

Regional airlines

Short routes with turboprops and regional jets, often as feeders to the big hubs.

KLM Cityhopper

WA / KLC

KLM’s regional subsidiary flies an all-Embraer fleet across Europe from Amsterdam Schiphol – in full KLM livery and under KL flight numbers. To spot it, look at the type and the registration.

Cargo airlines

All-cargo airlines, cargo subsidiaries and express services with their own freighters.

Martinair

MP / MPH

The cargo airline of Air France-KLM: founded in 1958 as Martin’s Air Charter, all-cargo since 2011 out of Amsterdam Schiphol, now with a small fleet of Boeing 747-400 freighters – some in Martinair, some in KLM Cargo colors.

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