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The narrow-body fleet is composed of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft which will be replaced by the Airbus A320neo family aircraft in 2024. Airbus A330, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft are used on medium and long-haul flights. In September 2023, Air France-KLM announced an order for 50 Airbus A350s.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen , with its hub at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol . It is part of the Air France–KLM group and a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance.
Named Fridtjof Nansen, the aircraft involved in the accident was a Douglas DC-8-53, registration PH-DCL, owned by KLM and operated on Viasa's behalf. [2] With constructor's number 45615/131, the airframe was the newest one of the type in KLM's fleet at the time the accident took place; it had accumulated 209 flight hours.
The plan proved unpopular with unions and the CEO at the time and was parked. KLM then began the process of streamlining its operation, reducing costs and negotiating increased productivity from staff. In 2013, KLM Cityhopper installed brand new slim-line leather seats from British company Acro on its Fokker 70 fleet.
The 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash refers to the crash of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm via Copenhagen on 26 January. It occurred shortly after the Douglas DC-3 took off from Kastrup Airport in Denmark. All 16 passengers and 6 crew members on board were killed. [1]
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]
Delta orders up to 40 Airbus A350-1000 wide-body planes. [27] 11 October 2023: Egyptair: 10 10 14 February 2019: Emirates: 2024 65 65 2 2 Order revised in November 2019 from an initial number of 30 aircraft ordered in February. [28] 15 November 2009: Ethiopian Airlines: 2017 29 4 33 18 3 21 Orders for 4 -900s converted to A350-1000. [29]
KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 was a Saab 340B, registered as PH-KSH, which crashed during an emergency landing on 4 April 1994 and killing 3 occupants, including the captain. Flight 433 was a routine scheduled flight from Amsterdam , the Netherlands , to Cardiff , Wales , United Kingdom.