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Following the launch of the innovative Meet & Seat service on three pilot routes, today sees the introduction of ten new destinations: Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Toronto, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Nairobi. KLM launched Meet & Seat on 3 February, making it the first airline to integrate social networking in its regular flight process. Passengers with a reservation can easily see who else will be on board via their Facebook or LinkedIn...
“KLM constantly adapts its sales assortment on board to the wishes of its passengers,” says Paul Elich, Executive Vice President of KLM Inflight Services. “By buying alcohol and cigarettes on board, passengers no longer have to carry heavy bags around the airport. It makes no difference to the weight on board.” The assortment will include Courvoisier XO and Johnny Walker Black. The bottles will be delivered on board in sealed plastic bags. The cigarettes in the assortment are Marlboro Red and...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will serve meals by the Flemish chef Peter Goossens of restaurant Hof van Cleve in World Business Class from 1 December. In working with this top chef, KLM is once again offering its passengers the highest quality, following on from meals by Sergio Herman, Jonnie Boer and Mario Ridder. Peter Goossens’ restaurant Hof van Cleve has three Michelin stars. Goossens was also ranked 15th in the world’s top 50 restaurants in 2011. “KLM is continuing to work with top chefs and...
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 KL561 will depart from Schiphol on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 12:30 hrs, arriving in Lusaka the same day at 22:10 hrs. The return flight, KL562, will depart Lusaka at 23:55 hrs on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights and arrive in Amsterdam at 09:55 hrs the next morning. Zambia is experiencing...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched service to four new destinations in Latin America this week: Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Havana and Punta Cana. KLM now operates 24 flights to and from destinations in Central America, and 28 flights to and from destinations in South America. Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Havana/Punta Cana are also served by Air France. With our dual-hub strategy through Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Paris Charles de Gaulle, the schedules of Air France and KLM are...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and WestJet 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 our customers, giving them access to 30 domestic Canadian routes. KLM considers code sharing with WestJet as an important step in increasing the portfolio of flights and destinations it can offer via its...
The à la carte menu includes Healthy Japanese, a light Japanese meal; Bella Italia, featuring popular Italian dishes; an Indonesian rice table, featuring various traditional dishes and an exclusive vegetarian meal. The meals are prepared with fresh and healthy ingredients, at prices ranging from EUR 12 to EUR 15. Passengers get to say what they want. They can choose the standard catering or one of the four gourmet meals from the à la carte menu. “KLM ran a successful trial with à la carte...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has taken another important step in aviation sustainability. In September KLM will launch more than 200 flights being operated on biokerosene between Amsterdam and Paris. The flights will be operated on biofuel made from Used Cooking Oil. KLM is open to using different raw materials for the end product, as long as they meet a range of sustainability criteria, including substantial reductions in CO2 emissions and minimum negative impact on biodiversity and food supply....
After a period of 12 years, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume scheduled service between Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro with effect from 1 November 2011. Rio will then become KLM’s 70th intercontinental destination. KLM President & CEO Peter Hartman: “Latin America is an emerging market. By adding Rio de Janeiro as KLM’s 9th destination in Latin America, we intend to greatly strengthen our position in this rapidly expanding region. Because Brazil is experiencing such strong economic growth...
Through its new scheduled service, KLM now offers 53 weekly flights to Greater China. With eight destinations in Greater China and in cooperation with SkyTeam and our partners in China, KLM continues to cater to the ever‑increasing demand for flights between Europe and China. The flight to Guangzhou will be operated thrice weekly by China Southern Airlines. The codeshare flight (KL4299) to Guangzhou will depart from Amsterdam on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 13:20 hours and arrive the next...
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