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Interstate Airlines

Dutch charter airline

Interstate Airlines was a charter airline based in Maastricht, Netherlands. It operated wet lease services within Europe. Its main base was Maastricht Aachen Airport.2 It ceased to exist in 2010.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2005Founded1
  • HeadquartersMaastricht1
Interstate Airlines Douglas DC-8-62AF (N729PL 322 45921) (9431942955)
Photo: FotoNoir, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Interstate Airlines was a charter airline based in Maastricht, Netherlands. It operated wet lease services within Europe. Its main base was Maastricht Aachen Airport.2

The story

The airline based the Netherlands was founded by Nico Hemmer and Roberto Stinga - former founder and CEO of Air Exel and V Bird - and started operations in July 2005. It has 25 employees (at March 2007). It went bankrupt in 2010.

From Wikipedia’s article on Interstate Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

Scheduled destinations

Germany

Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport

Morocco

Nador - Nador International Airport

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Netherlands

Amsterdam - Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Fleet

The Interstate Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of 8 January 2009)

16 ATR 42-500

From Wikipedia’s article on Interstate Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2010Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2005Founded Founded1

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