<![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://news.klm.com/ en Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:41:36 +0200 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:25:44 +0200 <![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_162.jpg https://news.klm.com/ 144 KLM introduces films with audio description for blind and visually impaired passengers https://news.klm.com/klm-introduces-films-with-audio-description-for-blind-and-visually-impaired-passengers/ https://news.klm.com/klm-introduces-films-with-audio-description-for-blind-and-visually-impaired-passengers/252374As of today, KLM will offer films with audio description via its inflight entertainment system aboard intercontinental* flights. This will ensure that blind and visually impaired passengers can also enjoy films during their flight. This reflects KLM’s ambition to offer passengers memorable experiences when travelling.

]]>The first films with audio description are: Home Again, Kingsman, The Golden Circle and Lego Ninjago Movie. More films will be added in the coming months.

Audio description is a means of making films and television programmes accessible to blind and visually impaired people. A narrator describes all the visual elements during breaks in dialogue. The narrator describes the characters, facial expressions, their location and plot developments.

*Available aboard all of KLM’s Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 aircraft.

 

]]> Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:00:00 +0100 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/500_print-114212b-2573-2.jpg?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/print-114212b-2573-2.jpg?10000 KLM welcomes latest Boeing 777-300 at Schiphol https://news.klm.com/klm-welcomes-latest-boeing-777-300-at-schiphol/ https://news.klm.com/klm-welcomes-latest-boeing-777-300-at-schiphol/173664KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today welcomed its 13th Boeing 777-300 at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The new arrival is named Darien National Park. 

]]>KLM’s Boeing 777 fleet now consists of 28 aircraft, 13 of which are type 300s. In June 2016, KLM welcomed its 12th Boeing 777-300, named Gunung Mulu National Park. KLM’s next Boeing 777-300, the last on order, is scheduled to arrive in September.

Located in Panama, Darien National Park is home to the Choco and Kuna peoples. The varied landscape includes sandy beaches, rocky cliffs, mangroves, swamps, lowlands and highlands with tropical rainforests. The park also boasts unusual wildlife such as giant anteaters, jaguars, tapirs and caimans.Darien National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which means it is officially recognised as unique, irreplaceable and important to the collective interest of humanity.

 

]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:11:32 +0100 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/500_patrickkopb777bvsaankomst230217-13447d-2.jpg?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/patrickkopb777bvsaankomst230217-13447d-2.jpg?10000 New cabin interior for KLM’s Boeing 777-200 fleet https://news.klm.com/new-cabin-interior-for-klms-boeing-777-200-fleet/ https://news.klm.com/new-cabin-interior-for-klms-boeing-777-200-fleet/109419KLM Royal Dutch Airlines this week took delivery of its last, fully-revamped Boeing 777-200. All of KLM Boeing 777-200s, a total of 15 aircraft, now have a new interior for World Business Class and Economy Class.

]]>The inflight entertainment system has be modernised in the whole cabin and new seats have been installed. There are full-flat seats in World Business Class and seats with extra legroom in Economy Class. A total of more than 4,700 seats were renewed. Furthermore, each Boeing 777-200 is now 500 kilograms lighter and therefore more economical.

Having completed its Boeing 777-200 renovation programme, which began in September 2014, KLM will now start on the metamorphosis of its Boeing 777-300 fleet, consisting of 10 aircraft. KLM previously renovated the World Business Class cabins aboard its Boeing 747-400s.

 

 

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