Transavia.com (formerly Transavia Airlines CV and styled as transavia.com) is a Netherlands based low-cost airline operating as an independent part of the Air France-KLM group. Its main base is at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol while Rotterdam Airport (RTM), Eindhoven Airport (EIN) and Copenhagen Airport (CPH) are its secondary bases. Transavia.com chiefly operates scheduled and charter services to leisure destinations. It is headquartered at Schipho...
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Transavia.com (formerly Transavia Airlines CV and styled as transavia.com) is a Netherlands based low-cost airline operating as an independent part of the Air France-KLM group. Its main base is at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol while Rotterdam Airport (RTM), Eindhoven Airport (EIN) and Copenhagen Airport (CPH) are its secondary bases. Transavia.com chiefly operates scheduled and charter services to leisure destinations. It is headquartered at Schiphol Airport in Haarlemmermeer.
The airline was established in the end of 1965 as Transavia Limburg. The name was changed in 1966 to Transavia Holland and it began operations on 17 November 1966. In 1986, the name was changed to Transavia Airlines. It was the first airline to take advantage of the first open skies agreement signed between the UK and Dutch governments. Transavia started operating its first scheduled service on the Amsterdam to London Gatwick route on 26 October, 1986.
During 1991, the airline's major shareholder, Nedlloyd, sold...
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