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![]() Name of the airline: KLM Website: www.klm.com Headquarters: Amsterdam Schiphol The Netherlands General Information: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is an airline subsidiary of Air France-KLM based in Amsterdam. Before being taken over by Air France, KLM was the national airline of the Netherlands. KLM is the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. KLM was founded in October 1919. The first flight was a year later with a flight from London Northolt to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport carrying two English journalists and a number of newspapers. Air France-KLM is the largest airline company in the world in terms of operating revenues, and the third largest in the world (largest in Europe) in terms of revenue-passenger-kilometers. Both Air France and KLM continue to fly under their distinct brand names. KLM has a stake in several other airlines: KLM UK/Cityhopper (100%), Transavia.com (100%), Martinair Holland (50%) en Kenya Airways (26%). At March 31st 2006 KLM employed 30.164 people, 26.191 in The Netherlands and 3.973 outside. Aircraft and fleet information: KLM operates an impressive fleet of Aircraft. In 2006, this included: 22x Boeing 747-400 3x Boeing 747-400ER Freighter 14x Boeing 777-200ER 10x McDonnell Douglas MD 11 8x Airbus A330-200 5x Boeing 737-900 13x Boeing 737-400 18x Fokker 100 14x Fokker 50 Destinations: KLM operates domestic and worldwide scheduled passenger ad cargo services to over 90 destinations. For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM. Last edited by offersflight.net : 12-11-2007 at 01:20 PM. |
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