Queen of the skies! Martinair Cargo 747-400, a beautiful aircraft!
I took this picture on June 1st, 2020.
Martinair is a Dutch airline that was founded on 24 May 1958 by Martin Schröder and John Block under the name Martin's Air Charter. In 1966, the name was changed to "Martinair Holland". Since 31 December 2008, Martinair has been part of the KLM group and, as such, is also part of the Air France-KLM holding. Since November 2011, Martinair has been solely a cargo airline. The passenger services and the related staff were transferred to the parent company, KLM.
The fleet of Martinair consists of 4 Boeing 747s, 3 in KLM livery and 1 (see picture) in Martinair livery.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…