TUIfly (Netherlands)

Air Holland (i) operated passenger and cargo charters to Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean. Renamed to Air Holland Regional in 1991, Air Holland Charter in 1992 and Air Holland (ii) in 1993. Ran into financial difficulties in 1999 and ceased operating in2004. After financial problems Air Holland was taken over by the Exel Aviation Group and took a new start as HollandExel in Mar2004
– [In May2005 the Exel Aviation Group was declared bankrupt. The German TUI Group took over the airline’s activities and renamed it ArkeFly on 10May2005. It is now wholly owned by the TUI Group. Its name was based on the biggest Dutch tour operator, Arke, which is also a subsidiary of the TUI Group. The newly reorganised airline operated its first flight in Sep2005]
– TUIfly (Netherlands) is the charter carrier of the Dutch arm of the German travel conglomerate TUI Group and its main base is Schiphol Airport
– regular and chartered flights, although most of the chartered flights are operated for the Dutch tour operator TUI Netherlands