The company was established in December 1926 by H. Adolph Burgerhout.

Aviolanda mainly produced licensed-built aircraft, such as the Curtiss P-6 Hawk, the Dornier Wal and Do 24 flying boats, and the Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter[1] and the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter jets.

Aviolanda was the parent company of Dutch helicopter manufacturer NHI.

It was eventually taken over by Fokker Aircraft in 1967 and was renamed Avio-Fokker.

The production facility in Papendrecht was later used by GKN Aerospace to produce fuselage sections of the NHIndustries NH90.