KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

By Victoria Moores
The carrier signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with hydrogen propulsion specialist Conscious Aerospace at the Paris Air Show.
On Location

By Aaron Karp
In advance of its return to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Canada’s WestJet unveiled an expanded codeshare agreement with Air France-KLM.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM says premium transatlantic demand is holding up but that it is having to adjust to a slowdown in economy sales by “cautiously” lowering prices.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
KLM will resume service to Bridgetown, Barbados, for the 2025 winter season, marking a return to the Caribbean island after a hiatus of more than two years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Three years after the Dutch government first proposed a flight cap, plans for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol are still up in the air.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Aviation industry players have filed summary proceedings against the Dutch government’s decision to implement a controversial cap at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
To ensure steps to reduce noise at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport are fair, airlines are looking into legal avenues.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
It may be a new year, but Air France-KLM is not immune to the same old challenges affecting the Franco-Dutch group and the European airline sector at large.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, David Casey
Amsterdam Schiphol and the airlines that serve it are still awaiting clarity on government plans to impose a flight cap at the airport.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport hopes a decision will finally be made in 2025 on whether nearby Lelystad Airport can be brought into use as a relief landing ground.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The plan has been met with “incomprehension” by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, whose hub is at the airport.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has used a Taxibot towing vehicle to tow a Boeing 737 from the gate, reducing emissions of CO2, NOx and ultra-fine particles.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
KLM Royal Dutch Airline’s CEO has written an open letter to the infrastructure minister urging a rethink of plans for a new flight cap at Amsterdam Schiphol.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
KLM’s summer 2025 network will include new flights to Georgetown, Hyderabad and San Diego.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM expects full-year costs to increase more than predicted as it presented results showing the Olympic Games hit profits in the third quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
KLM has raised strong concerns over Amsterdam Schiphol Airport’s decision to increase its airline charges by 41% in 2025, calling it “unreasonable and unwise.”
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
KLM is pushing ahead with its fleet renewal plans a few days after announcing a cost-cutting and investment-postponing plan aimed at boosting its profitability.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines intends to postpone investments, cut costs and take measures to increase productivity as part of a bid to improve operating profit.
Airlines & Lessors

By William Moore
This week’s Carbon Analysis revisits the European “Second Four,” namely Iberia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, TAP Air Portugal and Alitalia/ITA Airways.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines cautiously welcomed the less drastic plans, which foresee a reduction in aircraft movements to 475,000-485,000.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
European airlines are pulling out capacity or even leaving some routes completely while Chinese carriers are expanding their capacity to Europe substantially.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has agreed to perform a flight demonstration of ZeroAvia’s ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines in 2026.
Farnborough Airshow

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A Dutch court has ruled that the Netherlands must follow a European Union procedure for reducing noise at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation