Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM reported Tuesday increases in passenger traffic, capacity and load factor for the month of March and its first quarter. The company saw favorable comparisons in March, absent events such as the Japanese tsunami and the political crisis in Ivory Coast that hit last year’s traffic. Passenger traffic for the month grew [...]
Franco-Dutch Air France-KLM said Wednesday its passenger traffic in February rose 6.2% compared with the same month last year, despite strike action at Air France, as the extra day in the month this year represented an additional 3.5% of activity. In February, capacity rose by 2.5%, leading to a 2.8 point improvement in the airline’s [...]
Air France-KLM has announced that it will reduce investment and impose €1 billion of cost savings, effective immediately. The austerity measures will include a wage and recruitment freeze in an attempt to turn around its revenues. The decision comes as the company says it’s seeking to reduce net debt from €6.5 billion to €4.5 billion [...]
Air France-KLM on Tuesday confirmed it is to buy 25 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, part of a major order for 50 long-haul carriers split with European rival Airbus announced last year. “Air France-KLM confirms the signing with Boeing of a firm order contract to acquire 25 Boeing 787-9s and 25 options to buy,” a spokesman told [...]
Air France-KLM’s powerful network, serving 254 destinations in 124 countries from Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol, is a major strategic, competitive asset, according to Air France. The company reinforced its position in 2011 in key growth markets, opening a number of long-haul routes to destinations that include Kigali, Freetown, Monrovia , Phnom Penh and Xiamen. [...]
Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM Wednesday reported increases in traffic, capacity and load factor for the month of November. Meanwhile, cargo traffic declined 8.1 percent for a 2.3 percent drop in capacity. Cargo load factor decreased 4.3 point to 68.2 percent. Passenger traffic in the month improved 2.5 percent to 16.85 billion revenue pax kilometrres, or [...]
On 15 May 2012 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will make its first flight to Lusaka, Zambia, the airline’s 72nd intercontinental destination. KLM will serve Lusaka three times a week using an Airbus A330-200. The aircraft has space for 243 passengers, 30 in World Business Class and 213 in Economy Class. Starting 15 May 2012, flight [...]
KLM expanded its African network on 14 November by launching two weekly flights to Luanda (LAD) from its Amsterdam (AMS) hub. KLM will be operating to the Angolan capital airport, which its sister airline Air France already also serves twice a week from Paris, with 318-seat 777-200ER aircraft. Air France and KLM will be serving [...]
KLM relaunched flights to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) on 1 November. The airline now flies three times weekly – on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays – to the Brazilian city from its Amsterdam (AMS) hub, using 318-seat 777-200ER aircraft. KLM Dutch airline, which already serves São Paulo, previously operated the route to Rio between 1986 and [...]
Dutch flag carrier KLM will begin to offer three-times-a-week flights to Cuba starting Oct. 31, the Cuban tourism ministry announced. The flights, on 285-seat MD11 aircraft, will connect Amsterdam and Havana on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Havana flights are part of a “marked expansion” of the airline in the Caribbean, KLM President and CEO [...]