KLM and/or AMS Amsterdam Schiphol Airport - Latest news 2021

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[Passenger]

Collision on an AMS taxiway this morning between 'Kievit 1' (= a bird watch pickup-truck) and a maintenance van. Two people injured.

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See also:
https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/278637/t ... n-schiphol

[rwandan-flyer]

Dutch KLM halts long-haul flights due to new COVID-19 rule

KLM, the Dutch subsidiary of Air France KLM, will halt all its 270 weekly long-haul flights to the Netherlands from Friday after new COVID-19 rules were imposed by the Dutch government, a spokeswoman for the airline said.

Among a series of new regulations announced on Wednesday was a requirement for passengers and crew to show evidence of a second negative rapid coronavirus test taken just before departure.

https://www.reuters.com/article/health- ... SS8N2GP01V

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KLM is set to launch its own holiday package deal brand in the Netherlands, as it has bought a significant share in Airtrade, a Dutch specialist in tourist package deals and airline ticket consolidation.

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[Samuel Zerilli]

[rwandan-flyer]

Porobably the first covax flight operated by KLM in Africa, yesterday evening.

2nd batch of the day for covid vaccines arrivng at Kigali, onboard of the weekly Amsterdam-Kigali service. You can see in the background the Qatar Airways B777-300ER taking off (QR1386 Kigali-Entebbe-Doha), which brought the first bacth of vaccines yesterday morning, via the covax global. The next vaccines will arrive via the African Union initiative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_76RQZaywNo

Rwanda aims to vaccine 60% of its population by end of 2022 https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/3 ... anda-today



You can see in the background the new arrival access. The 2nd phase of the expansion of Kigali Airport is now finished. Works started before covid19 crisis (suspended in March 2020 and resumed in May 2020) and was necessary due to the growth of traffic but also to fully comply with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. It includes new apron and many others things.



KLM crew and officials