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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]
This would effectively mean an intercontinental operation to include only the wide-body fleet of KLM and a European fleet operating the short to medium-haul routes as a separate entity, including the current KLM Boeing 737 fleet and the entire KLM Cityhopper fleet. The plan proved unpopular with unions and the CEO at the time and was parked.
KLM's fleet expanded with the addition of new versions of the Lockheed Constellation and Lockheed Electra, of which KLM was the first European airline to fly. [10] KLM Vickers Viscount 803. On 31 December 1953, the founder and president of KLM, Albert Plesman, died at the age of 64. [3] [4] He was succeeded as president by Fons Aler. [26]
KLM serves over 170 destinations across the world, as of July 2022 [14] [15] and 163 destinations during the winter 2022 season. [16] Following is a list of destinations the airline and its subsidiaries KLM Cargo and KLM Cityhopper fly to according to their scheduled services.
The authorities reopened Gran Canaria airport once the bomb threat had been contained. The Pan Am plane was ready to depart from Tenerife, but access to the runway was obstructed by the KLM plane and a refueling vehicle; the KLM captain had decided to fully refuel at Los Rodeos instead of Las Palmas, apparently to save time.
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is part of Skyteam, an air cargo alliance, along with 11 other airlines. On February 23, 2009, Air France KLM Cargo took delivery of its first Boeing 777F and was the launch customer for this aircraft. On December 16, 2021, Air France KLM Cargo signed a letter of intent for the acquisition of four Airbus A350F ...
KLM UK (styled as KLM uk) was the brand name of a British airline subsidiary of the Dutch KLM, which operated services within the UK and between the UK and the Netherlands using ATR-72, Fokker 50 and Fokker 100 aircraft. KLM UK had its headquarters in the Stansted House on the grounds of London Stansted Airport in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. [1]
This article lists the orders made by airlines and other buyers for the Boeing 737 MAX family of aircraft, which is a product of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, a division of the Boeing Company. For a discussion of these orders and deliveries, in particular, the effect of the groundings in 2019, see Boeing 737 MAX, Orders and deliveries.