KLM is satisfied that the Dutch government has decided to suspend the experimental rule for next year. It is an important step to prevent retaliation and to continue flying to the US. In addition, the European Commission has sent a clear signal to go...

Members of the trade unions FNV Cabine and VNC voted in favour of a new collective labour agreement (CLA) for cabin personnel. KLM is pleased that an intensive period of negotiations has produced new CLAs for pilots and cabin personnel. Four of the f...

Update: the IT malfunction has been resolved.KLM passengers are currently unable to check in at Schiphol Airport due to an IT malfunction. Online check-in is possible. We apologize to customers who are about to depart from Schiphol for the inconvenie...

On Thursday 2 November, storm Ciarán passes over the Netherlands. Safety always comes first at KLM, both on the ground and in the air. KLM's analyses show that the expected wind force 9 combined with wind gusts of 95 to 110 kilometres per hour could ...

KLM took note of the parliamentary letter. Without the government, KLM would not have survived the corona crisis. We are very grateful to the Netherlands for this. In unprecedented circumstances, we reached conditions aimed at preserving the connecti...

KLM is pleased that the Netherlands Ministry of Defense can arrange a military flight to repatriate Dutch citizens from Tel Aviv safely. Earlier, KLM regrettably had to decide not to operate a repatriation flight. We wanted to fulfill the request of ...

KLM and VNV reached an outline agreement on a new collective labor agreement for pilots on Sunday evening, September 24. With this agreement in outline, the announced work stoppage of Monday, September 25, has been cancelled.In the coming days, KLM a...

Today, KLM presented a final proposal to the ground unions for a new collective agreement (CLA) for ground personnel. The outcome represents substantial progress for all ground colleagues.FNV and CNV consider the proposal a negotiation result and wil...

Numerous airlines will institute cassation proceedings against the judgement of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal regarding the proposed implementation of a temporary experimentation rule. The group includes KLM Group (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, KLM Cityh...

The court has ruled on appeal that a temporary experimental scheme would not violate the Aviation Act, provided a number of conditions are met.We are disappointed about the ruling and are studying it. The court does not specify in concrete terms how ...

In 2020, KLM found itself facing a crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Dutch government came to our rescue by providing us with a support package that consisted of a €1 billion direct loan and a guarantee on a €2.4 billion credit facility. We...

KLM Cityhopper will make minor adjustments to its summer timetable. These adjustments will affect flights scheduled to depart several months from now, allowing customers to be rebooked onto alternative flights well in advance, if necessary.Due to tec...

KLM published the annual report for the 2022 financial year. What is new about this annual report is that it is more interactive in structure than previous reports. In doing so, the annual report has been created in an online environment. You can fin...

The court has ruled that the use of the experimental rule is not intended to reduce the number of aircraft movements at Schiphol, and is not in accordance to European rules. This means that the number of aircraft movements cannot be reduced to 460,00...

Like Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, we believe that our operations should be in balance with our surroundings and the climate. We would prefer to work with the rest of the aviation industry on developing further measures to reduce CO2 emissions and nois...

The fourth edition of the successful IATA Wings of Change Europe event will next year be held in Amsterdam with KLM as host carrier. This was announced in Istanbul today. The two-day event will take place around the beginning of November and is expec...

Effective 15 November, Maarten Koopmans is appointed Managing Director KLM Cityhopper (KLC). Koopmans succeeds Warner Rootliep, who becomes Vice President Internal Audit on 15 November.Koopmans joined KLM in 1998. He has held a range of positions dur...

The business world, logistics sector and, above all, travellers choose for KLM, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and the Netherlands partly on account of the many destinations served via the hub. This sprawling network is now under pressure due to the Dutc...

KLM is very disenchanted that Schiphol only indicated on Friday, 16 September that it would not be able to handle the number of passengers boarding in Amsterdam on Saturday 17, Sunday 18 and Monday, 19 September. The airport has requested KLM to redu...

Schiphol has again announced that it will be introducing further restrictions on the number of departing passengers until October 31. It’s disappointing to ascertain that Schiphol will again be adopting these measures at such short notice. The measur...

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 wi...

Wednesday saw a malfunction in the baggage systems at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Consequently, KLM was unable to process baggage for most of the day on Wednesday, which meant thousands of suitcases belonging to passengers were again left behind in A...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the ground personnel trade unions have concluded their negotiations for a new collective labour agreement (CLA) for ground staff, which will remain in effect from 1 March 2022 to 1 March 2023. KLM is pleased with the outc...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will take various measures (some supplementing existing measures) to ensure that customers who book a flight with KLM get their summer holidays off to a good start, despite persistent operational challenges at Amsterdam Airpo...

The third report issued by the state agent – who oversees compliance with the conditions attached by government to the loan package – was published on Thursday. The report states that KLM has so far comfortably met the conditions set by government. I...

As a result of staffing problems at Schiphol, all airlines will only be able to board a maximum number of passengers from Amsterdam in July and August. And KLM is no exception. The maximum number will vary from day to day. To remain within this limit...

Owing to a shortage of security staff at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, airport management have announced that additional measures will be required to keep the situation manageable and safe for passengers and staff during the summer peak (6 July through...

KLM was able to operate flights on Sunday according to the original schedule for this Whitsun holiday weekend. Furthermore, by the end of the afternoon, more than 90% of the passengers who had been unable to fly to Amsterdam on Saturday evening had a...

KLM was able to resume flight operations on Sunday as planned. Since this morning, passengers have once again been able to travel to and via Amsterdam from European destinations. KLM expects to be able to operate scheduled flights for the rest of the...

At the end of Saturday afternoon, 4 June, KLM was regrettably compelled to decide that passengers at European destinations would no longer be allowed to board flights to Amsterdam. Although a substantial package of measures was taken before the weeke...