Air France-KLM (AF.FR) and British Airways Tuesday said they plan to operate normal services to and from the U.K. on Wednesday despite planned strikes at airports. Public-sector workers in the U.K., including border-control officers, are striking over pension changes, likely causing disruptions to passenger flow at airports. The three airlines are offering passengers the option [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
KLM has signed a new partnership agreement to boost the MICE market in Amsterdam. The Dutch airline penned a multi-year contract with Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands’ largest exhibition centre, which will see the two parties work together on bids for around 25 large international events every year. KLM will provide flights to conference organisers, as [...]
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and WestJet report they will operate their first code share flights on September 26, 2011. The code share agreement between the two airlines will allow KLM to market and distribute WestJet operated flights under KLM flight numbers. This will enhance the travel possibilities for customers and give them access to 30 [...]
European aviation giant Air France-KLM has split a $12 billion long-rage jet order between Airbus and Boeing following months of politically fraught negotiations. Pressure from French politicians had been seen to encourage the carrier to order from Airbus in order to protect jobs in Europe. However, differences with Airbus over what caused the 2009 mid-Atlantic [...]
Air France KLM today (September 7) reported a 7.6% rise in traffic for August compared with the same month last year. The airline said capacity rose during the month by 6.1% which also saw a 1.2% increase in its load factor to 85.7%. During the month, the airline said it carried 6.8m passengers, an increase [...]
Aruba has seen a dramatic increase in the number of UK visitors in the last two years, with numbers up by 60 per cent and that figure is likely to rise again with more flights now available. The island, which is situated less than 20 miles off the coast of South America, is bathed in [...]
KLM has launched a new service which allows passengers to create their own city guide ahead of departure. The new KLM CityGuide website allows passengers to create their own personalized travel guide to one of the cities on its network. After choosing the city they wish to feature, users can select three chapters which will [...]
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched an above-the-line creative developed by 3fish in a tree. The campaign, advertising KLM’s one way fare promotions in the UK, was launched on 11 July and will run for eight weeks. The campaign will take the form of outdoor, print and online media. Advertisements show an airline food tray [...]