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{{short description|Former Dutch commuter airline}}
{{Infobox Airline
| airline = NetherLines
| logo = Netherlines86logo.jpg
| logo_size = 280
| fleet_size = 
| destinations = 13
| IATA = WU
| ICAO = NET
| callsign = NETHERLINES
| parent = [[Royal Nedlloyd Group]] (until 1988), [[KLM]] (1988–1991, mergerd with [[KLM Cityhopper]])
| headquarters = [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]], [[Netherlands]]
| company_slogan = 
| founded = 1984
| ceased = 1991 (merged with [[NLM Cityhopper]] to form [[KLM Cityhopper]])
| key_people = 
| hubs = [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]]
| secondary_hubs = 
| focus_cities = 
| frequent_flyer = 
| lounge = 
| alliance = 
| website = 
}}

'''NetherLines B.V.''' was a commuter airline that was a subsidiary of the [[Royal Nedlloyd Group]].<ref>''[[Flight International]]''. 24 October 1987. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202195.html?search=NetherLines 49].</ref> It merged with [[NLM CityHopper]] in 1991 to form [[KLM Cityhopper]].

==Company history==
[[File:Netherlines Jetstream 31 PH-KJC at SOU (15649084523).jpg|thumb|right|Netherlines Jetstream 31]]

Netherlines was founded in April 1984 under the full name of Netherlines Airlines For European Commuter Services BV and began services using [[Handley Page Jetstream|Jetstream 31]] aircraft on a route between Amsterdam and [[Luxembourg]].  Other cities served throughout the years were [[Eindhoven]], [[Enschede]], [[Rotterdam]], [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]], [[Cologne]], [[Münster]], [[Lille]], [[Birmingham]], [[East Midlands]], [[Luton]] and Southampton.

Netherlines also used the [[Saab 340]] to open a route to [[Vienna]].

KLM acquired Netherlines in April 1988; the combined Netherlines-[[NLM Cityhopper]] operation was NLM CityHopper/Netherlines, and it had its head office in Building 70 at [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]].<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 14–20 March 1990. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200766.html?search=NetherLines 114]. "Head Office: Building 70, PO Box 7700, 1117 ZL Schiphol Airport (East), The Netherlands"</ref>

The operations of Netherlines were merged with [[NLM Cityhopper]], and the combined company became KLM CityHopper on 1 April 1991.<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 27 March-2 April 1991. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1991/1991%20-%200780.html?search=NetherLines 98].</ref>

==Fleet details==

*6 [[Handley Page Jetstream|Jetstream 31]]
*3 [[Saab 340]]

==External links==
*[http://rzjets.net/operators/operator.php?opid=3090/ Code information]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{KLM Royal Dutch Airlines}}
{{Airlines of the Netherlands}}

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[[Category:Defunct airlines of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1984]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 1991]]
[[Category:Air France–KLM]]
[[Category:Dutch companies established in 1984]]