Reading Time: < 1 minute Air France will increase its weekly capacity to 5 destinations in Latin America starting in September. It will add 40% to the number of weekly operations and seats available from Paris with flights to Buenos Aires, Lima, Panama City, Santiago de Chile and São Paulo. Steven van Wijk, Commercial Director of the Air France-KLM Group […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Air France-KLM has launched a 2.26-billion-euro ($2.41 billion) share sale to repay some French state aid as it seeks shareholder backing to invest in resurgent air travel. Chief Executive Ben Smith said the widely anticipated move was part of efforts to “strengthen our financial autonomy” and regain strategic and operational flexibility. “As the recovery continues […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Due to staff shortages, KLM airline has recently canceled another twelve flights within Europe. These are in addition to the 42 previously canceled flights for Sunday. Like other airlines, such as EasyJet and subsidiary Transavia, KLM suffers a lot from staff shortages and many employees being ill. As a result, not only are fewer aircraft […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute KLM has stated that it has planned flights to 167 destinations and is fully ready for summer. From March 27 to October 29, the airline will fly to 96 European and 71 intercontinental destinations. The development of the European KLM network is mainly determined by the significant relaxation of entry rules in the Netherlands and […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will add a fuel surcharge on long-haul tickets due to the substantial price increase of oil effective next Friday. Sister company Air France will do the same. The price increase depends on the destination and travel class. For example, a return flight between Amsterdam and New York will increase by 30 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Air France-KLM orders 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft – with purchase rights for an additional 60 aircraft to renew the fleets of KLM and Transavia. It has also signed a letter of intent to purchase 4 A350F with purchase rights for four additional aircraft to increase cargo capacity at Air France. The first order covers […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced that it secured a total amount of EUR 3.4 billion of financial state support. The KLM has already implemented a number of measures to maintain liquidity, however, these were not enough. “The financing package is necessary to secure the long and difficult road of recovery in the coming period. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute After a hard stop in April, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has revealed gradually increasing capacity for the summer months. In July the carrier expects to operate 5,000 European flights and in August – 11,000. Intercontinental numbers are around 1,900 in July and 2,100 in August. As to intercontinental flights, these are restored more slowly because […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is one of the most active airlines in the world in terms of sustainability. Apart from numerous initiatives to make aviation greener, the airline has recently joined testing of sustainable ways to taxi aircraft at Schiphol. The object of innovative tests is a Taxibot – “a hybrid towing vehicle which, unlike […]

Reading Time: 1 minute The crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic has hardly hit Air France-KLM Group. At present it is “navigating a storm of unprecedented severity” and during the second quarter operates only around 5% of the previously planned capacity. In a statement, the company revealed that after a slow resumption of flights throughout summer, in September it […]