KLM facts for kids
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| Founded | 7 October 1919 |
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| Commenced operations | 17 May 1920 |
| Hubs | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol |
| Frequent-flyer program | Flying Blue |
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| Alliance | SkyTeam |
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| Fleet size | 118 (excl. subsidaries) |
| Destinations | 136 |
| Company slogan | Een reis vol inspiratie ("Journeys of inspiration") |
| Parent company | Air France-KLM |
| Headquarters | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
| Key people | Albert Plesman (Founder) Camiel Eurlings (President & CEO) |
| Website | www.klm.com |
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is an airline that is a part of Air France-KLM. It is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It has flights that stay in Netherlands and other flights that go world-wide. KLM goes to 90 different places and its main airport or hub is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Before KLM combined with Air France, KLM was the main airline of the Netherlands. KLM is the world's oldest airline with its original name.
KLM and its partners serve 133 destinations in 70 countries on five continents from their hub at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. In September 2014, KLM had around 32,000 people working for it.
Cabin features
KLM has three cabin classes for international long-haul routes; World Business Class, Economy Comfort and Economy. Personal screens with audio-video on demand, satellite telephone, SMS, and e-mail services are available in all cabins on all long-haul aircraft . European short-haul and medium-haul flights have Economy seats in the rear cabin, and Economy Comfort and Europe Business in the forward cabin.
KLM's in-flight entertainment system is available in all classes on all wide-body aircraft; it provides all passengers with Audio/Video on Demand (AVOD). The system includes interactive entertainment including movies, television programs, music, games, and language courses. The in-flight entertainment system can be used to send SMS text messages and emails to the ground. Panasonic's 3000i system is installed on all Boeing 747-400, Boeing 777-200ER, and on most of the Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
World Business Class passengers are served a three-course meal. Each year KLM partners with a leading Dutch chef to develop the dishes that are served on board. Passengers in Europe Business Class are served either a cold meal, a hot main course, or a three-course meal depending on the duration of the flight. KLM partnered with Dutch designer Marcel Wanders to design the tableware of World and European Business Class.
Economy Class passengers on long-haul flights are served a hot meal and a snack, and second hot meal or breakfast, depending on the duration of the flight. On short-haul flights, passengers are served sandwiches or a choice of sweet or savory snack, depending on the duration and time of the day. Most alcoholic beverages are free of-charge for all passengers. After a successful trial period, KLM introduced à la carte meals in Economy Class on 14 September 2011; Dutch, Japanese, Italian, cold delicacies, and Indonesian meals are offered.
Special meals, include children's, vegetarian, medical, and religious meals, can be requested in each class up to 24 or 36 hours before departure. On flights to India, China, South Korea, and Japan, KLM offers authentic Asian meals in all classes. Meals served on KLM flights departing from Amsterdam are provided by KLM Catering Services.
In September 2016, KLM launched world's first in-flight draft beer under the partnership with Heineken.
Ground services
KLM offers various check-in methods to its passengers, who can check in for their flights at self-service check-in kiosks at the airport, via the Internet, or via a mobile telephone or tablet. At destinations where these facilities are not available, check-in is by an airline representative at the counter. Electronic boarding passes can be received on a mobile device while boarding passes can be printed at airport kiosks.
Since 4 July 2008 KLM, in cooperation with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, has been offering self-service baggage drop-off to its passengers. KLM passengers can now drop off their bags themselves. Before they are allowed to do that they are checked by a KLM employee.
Delft Blue houses
Since the 1950s, KLM presents its World Business Class passengers with a Delft blue, miniature, traditional, Dutch house. These miniatures are reproductions of real Dutch houses and are filled with Dutch genever (Dutch gin).
In 1952, KLM started to give the houses to its First Class passengers. With the elimination of First Class in 1993, the houses were handed out to all Business Class passengers. KLM did not give the Delft Blue houses as a gift, but as a last drink on the house, which was served in the house.
Every year, a new house is presented on 7 October, the anniversary of KLM's founding in 1919. The number on the last-presented house thus represents the number of years KLM has been in operation. Special edition houses—the Dutch Royal Palace and the 17th century Cheese Weighing House De Waag in Gouda—are offered to special guests, such as VIPs and honeymoon couples.
Images for kids
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KLM poster featuring the airline's first commercial slogan. It is likely dated around the late 1920s, after it started service to Batavia.
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KLM Fokker F-XVIII departing from the Dutch East Indies, 1932
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KLM Douglas DC-2 aircraft Uiver in transit at Rambang airfield on the east coast of Lombok island following the aircraft being placed second in the MacRobertson Air Race from RAF Mildenhall, England, to Melbourne in 1934
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KLM Douglas DC-3 at Manchester Airport in 1947
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Lockheed L-749A Constellation of KLM in 1953
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KLM Vickers Viscount 803
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KLM Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop airliner in 1965
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KLM Boeing 747-206B in 1971.
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KLM Douglas DC-8-63 at London Heathrow Airport in 1982. The DC-8 was the mainstay of the KLM narrowbody jet fleet.
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A KLM Boeing 737-700 with a "100 year" livery taking off from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
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KLM head office in Amstelveen
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A Boeing 747-400 Combi in KLM Asia livery. Pictured is PH-BFC, the aircraft involved in the KLM Flight 867 incident. This aircraft served the subsidiary from 1995 to 2012 before being transferred to KLM and repainted in the mainline KLM livery, where it remained in service until its retirement on 14 March 2018.
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Evolution of the KLM logo
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A current KLM pilot wing
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One of KLM's Douglas DC-6s in 1953
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A KLM Lockheed L-188 Electra in the airline's 1950s livery
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PH-BKA in a special 100 Years livery
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PH-BVA painted in a special "Orange Pride" livery
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A Business Class seat on board a former refurbished KLM Boeing 747-400
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Economy Comfort and Economy Class seats on board a KLM Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
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At the time of the accident, the Boeing 747 named Rhine was only six years old.
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