Teesside International Airport in County Durham has partnered with KLM to offer premium passengers direct lounge to aircraft boarding. KLM SkyPriority customers flying from the airport can now be escorted by a lounge host directly from the Rockliffe Lounge onto their aircraft. According to this page on KLM’s website SkyPriority is available to customers flying…
KLM has updated its uniform policy to allow cabin crew and pilots to wear trainers as an alternative to the traditional court shoes. The Dutch carrier said that from 6 May employees will be able to either choose their own trainers (providing they meet certain criteria), or they can opt to purchase ones designed specifically…
Air France and KLM have opened a fully refurbished Air-Rail Terminal at Brussels-South (also known as Bruxelles-Midi or Brussel-Zuid). The revamped facility is open daily between 0530 and 1830, and comes ahead of a seventh daily high-speed rail service being added between Brussels-South and Paris CDG this summer. The group’s Air&Rail offering enables customers to…
KLM has launched a new transatlantic trial enabling passengers to have their personal information checked by border officials before they arrive into Amsterdam Schiphol. The Digital Travel Credential (DTC) trial sees eligible passengers on flights from Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal invited to upload their passport information and facial photo at home using an…
KLM has outlined plans for its summer 2024 schedules, with seat capacity up around 7 per cent on 2023 and “almost matching pre-Covid levels”. The carrier will operate flights to a total of 92 European and 63 intercontinental destinations this summer, with increased frequencies to a number of destinations including Edinburgh, Newcastle, Glasgow and Southampton….
KLM is set to take delivery of its first A321neo later this year, and the carrier has provided an update on the aircraft’s livery and interiors. The line separating the airline’s blue and white swoops further down than on current aircraft, resulting in a completely blue nosedome, and a black outline has been added to…
KLM has begun using artificial intelligence as a tool to combat inflight food waste. The AI technology is being employed to help determine the number of meals that need to be loaded for any particular flight, based on the fact that not everyone who has booked actually ends up flying. The Dutch carrier said that…
Southampton airport has confirmed KLM will operate a daily evening flight to Amsterdam Schiphol this summer. The service will depart Schiphol at 1900, arriving into Southampton at 1910, with the return leg leaving the Hampshire airport at 1940 and arriving in Amsterdam at 2150. The additional frequency will complement KLM’s existing daily 0750 (0925 on…
KLM has announced plans to cooperate with bodies including the Dutch government and Royal Schiphol Group to tackle the growing issue of unacceptable passenger behaviour. The carrier said that it had a seen a 100 per cent increase in unruly passenger numbers compared to 2019, with an average of 30 unruly passengers per month recorded…
The Dutch government has suspended controversial plans to cap the number of flights at Amsterdam Schiphol airport next year. The so-called Experimental Rule would have seen a cap of 460,000 flights imposed at the airport for 2024 (down from around 500,000), in a bid to reduce noise pollution. Earlier this year several airlines including KLM,…
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