History
The airline was established on 1 April 1991, started operations the same year. It was formed from the merger of NLM CityHopper and Netherlines. As part of KLM restructuring plans, its regional subsidiaries (including KLM UK) merged in November 2002 under the KLM cityhopper name. It is wholly owned by KLM and has 910 employees (in March 2007).
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