On 2 October 2024, on the age of 93, Martin Schröder handed away – a person whose influential imaginative and prescient and leadership enjoy left a lasting affect on the aviation trade.
His legacy began in 1958 with the founding of Martin’s Air Constitution, a modest constitution airline that rapidly grew into the long-lasting Martinair. Beneath his leadership, the firm turned a key participant in both passenger and cargo transport, a testomony to his spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Schröder firmly believed that air shuttle should be accessible to all, and this belief lay on the heart of his lifestyles’s work. His decision and foresight no longer finest shaped the attain of Martinair, nonetheless additionally cleared the path for its stop cooperation with KLM and, sooner or later for Air France KLM Martinair Cargo. Ensuing from his dedication and imaginative and prescient, we now lend a hand as a frontrunner within the worldwide air cargo market. And we tranquil rob pleasure in his success day-to-day.
“Martin Schröder will more than probably be remembered as a one who pursued his dreams with ardour and perseverance. His name will remain closely linked to aviation within the Netherlands and former. His imaginative and prescient, braveness and innovative spirit will proceed to inspire us all”, states Adriaan den Heijer, EVP Air France KLM Cargo and managing director Martinair.
“Our ideas are alongside with his wife Tineke, their kids and grandchildren, and the remainder of his family. We provide them our heartfelt condolences and would favor to need them strength at some stage on this no longer easy time”.
