Tag: KLM
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KLM Presents Its New Delft Blue House – Number 105
Every airline works hard to make itself unique in some way. Particularly in business class and first class where they want to have passengers return on future trips. What KLM does, and is now a long-standing tradition, is offer at the end of long-haul flights one Delft Blue House to each business class passenger. The…
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KLM Receives Its First Airbus A321neo
KLM has long used solely Boeing produced planes in its main narrow body fleet. The Dutch national carrier has been a loyal Boeing 737 customer. However, it never bought into the MAX family of the American made narrow body jet, the airline only ordered as far as the NGs. The status quo is about change…
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KLM Replaces Delta on Portland to Amsterdam Route
KLM is all set to start a new service in North America. In just a few months’ time the Dutch airline will be adding the 21st North American destination to its route network. Late 2024 will see KLM commence services from Amsterdam to Portland, Oregon. However more than starting a route from scratch the airline…
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Air France KLM Group Announces Positive 2023 Results
I’ve covered time and time again here on FMP how civil aviation and air travel have thankfully recovered all lost ground caused by covid. Airlines are more consistently reaching better operating margins and are also generating profits at the end of the financial year. That is exactly the case of the Air France-KLM Group and…
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Amsterdam Schiphol Wraps Up 2023 With a Huge Recovery
The year that just came to a closing was an important one for the aviation sector as a whole. Airlines and airports alike benefited by huge numbers of passengers traveling in numbers similar or above to those of 2019. A huge achievement if we just stop and think about where aviation stood in late 2020.…
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Transavia’s New Fleet Chapter, The Airline Receives First A321neo
Transavia Airlines, a Dutch low-cost carrier and part of the Air France-KLM group, has recently taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo. This new addition, leased from Air Lease Corporation, signifies a significant step in Transavia’s transition towards an all-Airbus, latest-generation fleet. So let’s take a closer look at the news and why this is…
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Etihad and Air France-KLM Enter a Frequent Flyer Programme Partnership
Etihad in its 20 years of existence has changed direction many times in its intentions and growth plan. However, this time around the path traced is a more sustainable one. To ensure future growth and attract feeding passengers from the strategic and key European market, the airline has signed a frequent flyer program partnership. Specifically,…
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Amsterdam Schiphol Flight Cap Suspended
While all the aviation attention is on the Dubai Air Show, some important news came in relating to one of Europe’s biggest and busiest airports. Amsterdam Schiphol has been a discussion topic among airlines and aviation enthusiasts for quite some time now. That is since the Dutch government started its crusade against any airport expansion…
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KLM Will Upgrade Its Boeing 777 Business Class Product
The way people travel is changing and what is also massively changing is what people expect from the onboard experience. Therefore, it’s not surprising to see many airlines revamping their plane’s cabins. Airlines are seriously upping their game in the post covid era. This even more the case with airline’s business class products. KLM is…
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Runway 18C/36C Zwanenburgbaan Reopens at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
For those less familiar with the giant Dutch aviation hub that is Amsterdam Schiphol, the airport operates a stunning 6 runway system. The 6 runways allow planes to take off and land at any hour of the day and night. However for the past months the European mega-hub has been operating with one of its…