VLM paints a plane orange
08.06.08
To celebrate the record passenger numbers between London City Airport and the Netherlands, VLM Airlines has repainted one of its aircraft orange (the colour of the Netherlands - and its football team - not to be confused with the colour of easyJet!). The Fokker 50, which was unveiled at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, will operate mainly between London City - Amsterdam.
VLM, which focuses on providing regular and convenient services for business travellers, began flying between London City and Amsterdam 3 years ago. The route has been so successful, that now 21% of passengers on the VLM network travel on this route.
The airline is also enjoying high passenger levels on its services to from Rotterdam. In total, its routes from London City to the Netherlands - 21 flights every weekday - now represent more than 45% of the carrier's total passenger traffic.
Johan Vanneste, Managing Director of VLM Airlines, says: ‘We are marking the success of our services to and from Holland by repainting one of our aircraft orange - the country's national colour. We also wanted to take this opportunity to express our support to the Dutch team because unfortunately the Belgian team did not qualify for the European football championship.'
'VLM Airlines not only operates aircraft that were built in Holland, but many of our staff are also Dutch. The ‘orange madness’ has also struck our airline.’
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