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Air Exel tried it in competition with City Hopper, and then as a franchise of KLM. They disappeared. Denim? Did that not amalgamate with VLM and was that not swallowed by KLM as well. So just what market does Air MST think is there for it; with F50's?

Air Exel did not operate in competition with KLM Cityhopper. Air Exel had great load factors, specially to Amsterdam and London.
The purchase/lease of Embraer 145's killed them.

Anyway to get back on subject, Maastricht Airport will be de-privatised on May 16th. The Province of Limburg will take over and a lot of lobbying is going on to re-instate the Amsterdam service. Mainly pressure from local businesses.

The airline's CEO is around a lot to talk to the province, I guess hawkeyeing possible subsidies to give a local airline another try.
I don't know how serious he is taken, let's just wait and see !