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KLM's first of eight Boeing 787-10 aircraft was delivered on 28 June 2019; it featured centennial markings. [13] On 19 June 2013, KLM had ordered seven Airbus A350-900s. In June 2019, Air France–KLM announced that KLM will not take up any of the group's ordered A350s because of fleet rationalization purposes. [citation needed]
The DC-8 was the mainstay of the KLM narrowbody jet fleet. In 1980, KLM carried 9,715,069 passengers. In 1983, it reached an agreement with Boeing to upgrade ten of its Boeing 747-200 aircraft (Three 747-200Bs and seven 747-200Ms) with the stretched-upper-deck modification.
The airline was established on 1 April 1991; [1] it started operations the same year. It was formed from the merger of NLM CityHopper and Netherlines.Following the 1991 merger, KLM Cityhopper had Europe's largest fleet composition of Fokker-built aircraft: the Fokker 50, 70 and 100.
From KLM in the Netherlands to Delta in the United States, here are 10 airlines that have stood the test of time in a volatile industry. ... with a fleet of more than 130 aircraft and a network of ...
Delta and KLM aircraft at Schiphol. At the end of 2018, Air France-KLM will select its medium-haul fleet replacement for Air France, HOP!, KLM and Transavia, operating 120 Boeing 737 NG, 118 Airbus A320ceo family, 64 Embraer E-Jets, 25 Bombardier CRJ700 series and 13 Embraer 145.
The aircraft, PH-BFC, remained in service with KLM until its retirement from the fleet on 14 March 2018. [9] It became part of the KLM Asia fleet in 1995 when the subsidiary was established to allow KLM to fly to both Taiwan and mainland China. PH-BFC was later repainted in the standard KLM livery after a maintenance check. [10]
KLM West-Indisch Bedrijf fleet Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes Convair CV-340: 9 1953 1964 Douglas C-47 Skytrain: 10 1946 1960 Douglas C-54 Skymaster: 8 1946 1954 Douglas DC-5: 2 1950 1951 Douglas DC-6: 7 1957 1963 fokker F.VIII: 2 1937 1939 Fokker F.XVIII: 2 1935 1938 Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior: 1 1944 1945 Lockheed Model 14 ...
Air UK began to be traded as KLM UK in January 1998. The legal name changed from Air UK Limited to KLM UK Limited. [2] In 2000, KLM UK launched Buzz, a low-cost subsidiary that operated a fleet of BAe 146 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft. [citation needed] Buzz was sold to Ryanair in 2003, when the remainder of KLM UK operations were merged into KLM ...