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'''Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij''' ('''KNILM''', in [[English language|English]]: Royal Dutch East Indies Airways) is the former [[airline]] of the [[Dutch East Indies]]. |
'''Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij''' ('''KNILM''', in [[English language|English]]: Royal Dutch East Indies Airways) is the former [[airline]] of the [[Dutch East Indies]]. |
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The company was formed on [[16 July]] [[1928]] as an independent corporation and offered scheduled services across the East Indies, and to other parts of [[South East Asia]] and [[Australia]], including [[Sydney]] (via [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], [[Cloncurry, Queensland|Cloncurry]] and [[Charleville, Queensland|Charleville]]). |
The company was formed on [[16 July]] [[1928]] as an independent corporation and offered scheduled services across the East Indies, and to other parts of [[South East Asia]] and [[Australia]], including [[Sydney]] (via [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], [[Cloncurry, Queensland|Cloncurry]] and [[Charleville, Queensland|Charleville]]). |
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Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KNILM, in English: Royal Dutch East Indies Airways) is the former airline of the Dutch East Indies.
The company was formed on 16 July 1928 as an independent corporation and offered scheduled services across the East Indies, and to other parts of South East Asia and Australia, including Sydney (via Darwin, Cloncurry and Charleville).
With the outbreak of war in the Pacific, and with Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies imminent, the remaining aircraft in the KNILM fleet were evacuated to Australia where they were acquired by the US military. They included the rare Douglas DC-5, of which only five were made for civilian use.
After the war, it resumed operations but was liquidated per 1 August, 1947.
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