The Netherlands marks 100 years of aviation
Towards a sustainable future Aviation pioneers KLM, GKN Fokker and the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) today jointly marked their centenary at the EYE Film Museum...
KLM suspends duty-free sales on board
From July 2019, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will no longer offer tax-free articles for sale on its European flights. In January of 2020, it...
Air France, KLM and Virgin Atlantic launch extensive codeshare partnership
KLM and Air France customers have access to 24 new North America routes operated by Virgin Atlantic/Delta departing the UK including connections via...
[Valentine’s Day] British Airways schedules a Buenos Aires flight staffed only with couples
Valentine’s Day has just taken a new dimension: today, British Airways is showing that love is really in the air by staffing an entire...
Two KLM aircraft (a 747 and a 787) clip wings at Amsterdam Schiphol
On 13 February, two KLM Royal Dutch Airlines aircraft - a Boeing 747-400 (PH-BFV) and a Boeing 787 (PH-BHA) - were involved in a...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747-400 returns to Toronto, Canada: landing gear didn’t fully retract
On 12 February, a KLM Boeing 747-400 (PH-BFN) was departing Toronto, Canada for flight KL692 to Amsterdam Schiphol. The pilots, however, reported a landing...
King Willem-Alexander will be present at the celebration of 100 years of aviation in the Netherlands
KLM, NLR (Dutch Aerospace Centre) and GKN Fokker celebrate their one-hundredth anniversary in 2019. In honour of their respective anniversaries, they organise the event '100...
Former KLM Boeing 747 ‘City of Bangkok” is moving towards the backyard of Corendon Village Hotel
This week, "City of Bangkok", the oldest KLM Boeing 747-400 (PH-BFB) will be moved from Amsterdam Schiphol to nearby Corendon Village Hotel. In 1989,...
KLM traffic figures January 2019: +1.6%
KLM Passage welcomed 1.6% more passengers in the month of January compared to the same month last year. With a slightly higher transport of 0.3%...
KLM signs codeshare agreement with Atlantic Airways from the Faroe Islands
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and flag carrier of the Faroe Islands, Atlantic Airways, announced that they have signed a codeshare agreement. This will expand...
KLM safest and most punctual airline in 2018
In 2018, KLM once again achieve high ratings for safety and punctuality, two key assets for any airline Flight Stats, an aviation data information company,...
Record passenger numbers for KLM in 2018: 4.5% more than in 2017
KLM welcomed a record 34.2 million passengers on board in 2018. That is a 4.5% increase compared to 2017. The growth was greatest in...
KLM cancels flights due to limited runway capacity at Amsterdam Schiphol
Due to the expected storm tomorrow, Tuesday 8 January 2019, there is very limited runway capacity at Schiphol. Only one runway can be taken into...
No danger for KLM aircraft in incident above India where three planes came close to each other
An accident involving three aeroplanes could be prevented by automatically sent warnings (TCAS) and by the intervention of air traffic control. The Indian Aircraft...
Naples is KLM’s latest Italian destination, served from April 2019
In the spring of 2019, KLM will expand its network with service to the Italian port of Naples. KLM’s 10th destination in Italy will...
KLM opens first part of new Crown Lounge today
Ultimate customer experience key to KLM’s non-Schengen Crown Lounge KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today opened the first part of the new KLM non-Schengen Crown Lounge...
Air France-KLM and China Eastern sign extension of their joint venture
On Monday, November 26, Air France-KLM and China Eastern Airlines signed an agreement to extend their joint venture partnership. Among those present were Liu Shaoyong,...
Polish cultural city Wrocław is the new KLM destination
From 6 May 2019, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will expand its network to include the Polish city of Wrocław. The service will be operated...
KLM October traffic increased slightly despite restricted capacity growth at Amsterdam airport Schiphol
KLM’s October traffic figures mark a positive start to the fourth and final quarter of 2018. The airline welcomed 2.8% more passengers on board...
KLM launches new business class meal service on KLM Cityhopper flights (from winter 2019)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launches a new meal service for Business Class passengers on its KLM Cityhopper (KLC) flights from the forthcoming winter schedule...