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 [...]
Year-round access to Aruba is becoming easier for UK visitors as of this month, with the introduction of new KLM Royal Dutch Airlines‘ flights on 30 October 2011. Due to take effect when the airline’s winter schedule is launched, KLM’s service to Aruba will increase from 2 to 5 times per week. UK travellers planning [...]
Air France KLM Monday reported increases in traffic, capacity and load factor for the month of September. Traffic in the month improved 9.3 percent to 19.31 billion revenue pax kilometrres, or RPKs, from 17.66 billion RPKs in the same month last year. Capacity measured as available seat-kilometers, or ASK, was up 7.5 percent to 22.66 [...]
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 [...]
Air France-KLM has split a $12 billion order for long-range jets following a year-long competition, announcing plans to buy 25 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 25 Airbus A350s. The move is part of a plan to renew the fleet of Europe’s largest airline and the order could rise to 110 of the next-generation aircraft including 60 [...]
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 [...]
NEW DELHI: Days after Lufthansa-led Star Alliance rejected Air India’s membership of the alliance, the Air France-KLM headed SkyTeam is scouting for alliance partners in India. While aviation ministry sources said they were in talks with SkyTeam for taking AI on board after the Star fiasco, the Air France-KLMcombine said it is open for partnership [...]
Next month will see fine dining options become available to economy class passengers on Dutch airline KLM. Gourmet cuisine has long been available to premium class passengers, but soon KLM economy class long-haul travellers can select and order one four fine-dining meal choices 48 hours before any flight departing from the carrier’s hub in Amsterdam. [...]
Passenger Traffic up 6.9% for capacity up by 5.4% Load factor of 87.3%, up 1.2 points Cargo Traffic down 2.7% for capacity up 0.6% Load factor of 64.0%, down 2.1 points Passenger business Traffic rose 6.9% for capacity up by 5.4%, leading to a 1.2 point rise in load factor to 87.3%. The group [...]
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 [...]