KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines , code IATA: KL; code ICAO: KLM, is an airline company, in Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij , company created in 1919 with Amsterdam with the Netherlands. Since 85 years (in 2004), this airline company Dutchwoman, based on the airport Schiphol in Amsterdam, which is one of the platform of the most powerful correspondences of Europe. Its unceasingly renewed modern fleet, flies towards 131 destinations in 65 different countries. In 2004, KLM and Air France amalgamated in order to create the Groupe Air France-KLM, 1st European air group serving 326 destinations throughout the world via important platforms of correspondence like the Aéroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle or the Aéroport Schiphol.

Member of SkyTeam since September 2004. It divides, since the June 6th 2005, its program of development of consumer loyalty Flying Blue with Air France.

At the end of November 2004, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, chairman of the group, and Léo Van Wijk, vice-president of the group and chairman of KLM, presented semi-annual benefit (from March to September) to make fade of desire their competitors: 296 million Euro S, in rise of 56,6%.

the company KLM City Hopper is a subsidiary company of KLM .

KLM has 100% of Transavia Airlines, 50% of Martinair and 26% of Kenya Airways.

The directory of KLM was composed with dated September 1st, 2005 of Léo van Wijk, Peter Hartmann and of French Frederic Gagey.

Float

Middle-distance carrier Long-distance carrier
  • 22 Boeing 747-400 including 17 " Combis"
  • 3 Boeing 747-400ER Freighter
  • 15 Boeing 777-200ER and soon 2 Boeing 777-300ER (March 2008)
  • 10 Douglas MacDonnel MD11
  • 9 Airbus A330-200
Regional

The Boeing 747-400 Combi are equipped to accommodate passengers on half before plane and freight on the back half. The limit between these two compartments being adjustable, this plane brings a greater flexibility to the operations.

External bonds

  • Official site KLM
  • KLM Air France Finances

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