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Line 26: == History == ALM Antillean Airlines stood for '''"Antilliaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij"''' and was founded on the 1st of August 1964 by the conversion of the [[KLM]] ''West-Indisch Bedrijf'' (West Indies Division) into ALM. ALM operated as a part of [[KLM Royal Dutch Airlines]]. KLM wanted to make Curaçao the hub for their American operations, and to provide an American link between the Far East and Europe. KLM did this with the flight of the ''Snip.''ALM started out with three [[Convair CV-240 family\|Convair ~~340~~340s]]~~<nowiki/>s~~ and served seven destinations. In addition to the airline business, ALM also provided catering and airline servicing for other companies using the Curaçao and Aruba airports. Its main destinations were Aruba, Bonaire, St Maarten, St Kitts, Maracaibo, Barranquilla and Caracas. Due to the surge in tourism ALM quickly grew and the Convairs were replaced by two [[Douglas DC-9]]-15s jets (ex [[KLM]]) and two brand new turboprop [[Fokker F27-500]] series. New destinations were added and an ex [[Viasa]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9\|DC-9]] was also added into the fleet. The period between 1968 and 1969 was crucial for ALM. As off the 1st January 1969 the Antillean government took a 96% share over from the KLM and ALM became a state-owned company. To further make use of the booming tourist industry a [[Douglas DC-8]] jet (from KLM) was chartered. Now ALM was able to fly directly to New York and Miami. Later on Panama and Costa Rica was added as ALM destinations. The New York to St Maarten route (1970 to 1973) was flown with a chartered [[Boeing 727-100]] provided by [[Braniff International Airlines]] and also at one point with an [[Overseas National Airways]] (ONA) [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30]].

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