TCW - VLM Airlines

:airplane: Airline Name
VLM Airlines/FlyVLM :belgium:

VLM Airlines

IATA: HQ / ICAO: TCW / Callsign: PHOENIX

FlyVLM

IATA: VG / ICAO: VLM / Callsign: RUBENS

:globe_showing_europe_africa: Country of Origin
Belgium :belgium:

:airplane_departure: Aircraft Types Used (from those available in WoA)
A320 (A320-200) (2 operated),

FlyVLM (Different but basically the same airline. I’ve put them together as the Fokker 50 livery is the same as it was changed at some point between 2009 and 2014 yet VLM Airlines only came about in 2016 and it retained the same livery),

B463 (BAE 146-300/RJ100) (1 operated),

Not in-game,

F50 (Fokker 50) (6 operated),

Also operated an A321 at the end but it was plain white so I’ve left it.

FlyVLM,

Previous livery,

F50,

Bonus older special liveris (Yes all the above should be regular if it ever comes lol),

The Green machine,

Hup Holland Hup!,

:pushpin: Why should this airline be added?
An airline for Flanders that operated from 1992 to 2016 out of Antwerp. It was mainly a commuter airline but when it collapsed in 2016 and was relaunched as VLM Airlines under new owners where it tried to branch into the hole left by the failure of Thomas Cook Belgium in 2017, taking their ICAO, IATA and Callsign, by acquiring 2 of their A320s but this venture also failed in 2018. It relaunched as Air Antwerp, owned 75% by CityJet and 25% by KLM, with an F50 but died in 2021 due to covid.

Do miss seeing the VLM, Then Cityjet finally Air Antwerp Fokker 50s out of LCY, be good if LCY gets added as a generic airport.

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