KLM and the Dutch Airline Pilots Association (VNV) have reached an agreement in principle on a new collective labour agreement (CLA), effective 1 March 2022 through 1 March 2023, for pilots covered by the CLA for KLM cockpit crew. KLM is satisfied …

In the first six months of 2017, KLM intends to take on 400 new cabin attendants (incl. 100 for KLM Cityhopper) and 100 new pilots. KLM has managed to achieve a great deal in recent years in terms of cutting costs. Simultaneously, the network has …

After 9/11, air transport authorities introduced standard procedures for the opening and closing of cockpit doors. These apply for all airlines.

KLM looks critically at their own safety procedures in order to draw lessons from the accident. Adaptation of rules regarding the cockpit occupation will be considered. 

The Dutch research institute TNO tested the cabin air quality on 20 flights operated by nine different KLM Boeing 737’s, assessing the level of TCPs in the cockpit. TNO measurements, released today, confirm that there are only negligible …