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KLM was set up by Albert Plesman on 7 October 1919 and started operations on 19 May 1920. [1] The first route served was the Amsterdam to London, flown with DH.9As that carried just two passengers on a charter basis. [2]: 13 Two Fokker F.IIs that were delivered in September 1920 () were later deployed on this very first route.
There was considerable speculation on the replacement of KLM’s aging 777 and A330 fleet, of which the oldest 777-200ERs date back to 2003. On the 23rd of August 2023, it was reported that contrary to prior speculation that KLM was considering Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X aircraft types, it would likely opt to further increase the number of ...
The aircraft fleet, the majority of which retained the Buzz livery, flew several of the original Buzz routes and some Ryanair routes that had been operated by 737-200s under the Ryanair call sign. However, the BAe 146 aircraft were returned to KLM in January 2004 and the 737s continued operating the remaining routes that were not dropped ...
In 1924, KLM launched a service from Amsterdam to Batavia (as Jakarta was then known), the world’s longest air route at the time. In 1946, it became the first European airline to begin scheduled ...
New destinations were added, and an ex Viasa DC-9 was also added to the fleet. The period of 1968 and 1969 was crucial for ALM. By January 1, 1969, the Antillean government took a 96% share from KLM and ALM became a state-owned company. An ex-KLM Douglas DC-8 was chartered to further use the booming tourist industry. Now ALM was able to fly ...
During World War II, most aircraft were used by the RAAF, however limited operations continued within Australia, to/from Singapore and on the Australia-England route. [5] The airline is the " Oldest continually operating under original name and ownership, unmerged ", world"" Third oldest airline by foundation date " and the " Oldest airline in ...
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]
The aircraft, PH-BFC, remained in service with KLM until its retirement from the fleet on 14 March 2018. [7] 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. [8]