From 28 September 2020, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will adjust the schedule for flights between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and the Gulf States in the Middle East. KLM will also expand its network with the opening of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh is an entirely new destination for Schiphol.
KLM is slowly and carefully expanding its European and intercontinental network. In doing so, KLM aims to offer its customers as much choice of destinations as possible. Adding Riyadh as a new destination will strengthen KLM’s network in the Middle East and help keep it robust. The opening of Riyadh means an increase in the number of destinations, but not in the number of flights to the Middle East, because Riyadh will be combined with an existing destination. The total number of flights KLM operates from Schiphol is far from the pre-corona crisis level.
KLM will fly directly from Amsterdam to Riyadh 4 times a week. On the way back, this flight will make a short stopover in Dammam in Saudi Arabia, a destination that was already included in the KLM network before the corona crisis. The flights will be operated with the Airbus A330-200 with 18 seats in World Business Class and 246 seats in Economy Class.
| Flight number | From | To | Departure (local time) | Arrival (local time) | Days of the week |
| KL0425 and KL0423 | Amsterdam | Riyadh | 15.35 hours | 22.40 hours | Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat |
| KL0425 and KL0423 | Riyadh | Dammam | 23.45 hours | 01.10 hours | Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat |
| KL0425 and KL0423 | Dammam | Amsterdam | 02.25 hours | 08.05 hours | Tue, Wed, Fri, Sun |
The flights to Muscat will be operated with a short stopover in Abu Dhabi from 3 August. There will be 3 flights per week. The Amsterdam-Abu Dhabi-Muscat-Abu Dhabi-Amsterdam route will be operated using the Boeing 787-9 with 30 seats in World Business Class and 264 seats in Economy Class.
| Flight number | From | To | Departure (local time) | Arrival (local time) | Days of the week |
| KL0453 | Amsterdam | Abu Dhabi | 11.30 hours | 20.05 hours | Mon, Thu, Sat |
| KL0453 | Abu Dhabi | Muscat | 21.20 hours | 22.40 hours | Mon, Thu, Sat |
| KL0454 | Muscat | Abu Dhabi | 23.45 hours | 01.00 hours | Tue, Fri, Sun |
| KL0454 | Abu Dhabi | Amsterdam | 02.10 hours | 07.00 hours | Mon, Wed, Sat |
As part of the slow expansion of the KLM network, flights via Kuwait to Bahrain will also be restarted on 29 September 2020. It concerns 3 flights per week.
| Flight number | From | To | Departure (local time) | Arrival (local time) | Days of the week |
| KL0445 | Amsterdam | Kuwait | 14.15 hours | 21.00 hours | Tue, Thu, Sat |
| KL0445 | Kuwait | Bahrein | 22.10 hours | 23.20 hours | Tue, Thu, Sat |
| KL0446 | Bahrein | Kuwait | 00.30 hours | 01.45 hours | Mon, Thu, Sat |
| KL0446 | Kuwait | Amsterdam | 03.05 hours | 08.15 hours | Mon, Thu, Sat |
The flights from Amsterdam to Dubai will remain unchanged. KLM operates daily flights on this route with a Boeing 777-200 with 34 seats in World Business Class and 286 seats in Economy Class.
| Flight number | From | To | Departure (local time) | Arrival (local time) | Days of the week |
| KL0427 | Amsterdam | Dubai | 14.30 hours | 23.10 hours | Daily |
| KL0428 | Dubai | Amsterdam | 00.50 hours | 05.55 hours | Daily |
As of 28 September, KLM offers a total of 7 destinations in the Gulf States from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: Dubai and Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Dammam and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Muscat (Oman), Manama (Bahrain) and Kuwait City (Kuwait).
Please note that flight times may be subject to change
Amstelveen, 21 July 2020
This post was published on 21 July 2020 17:46
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