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                    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:21:11 +0100</pubDate>
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                        <title>KLM launches direct service to Costa Rica</title>
                        <link>https://news.klm.com/klm-launches-direct-service-to-costa-rica/</link>
                        <guid>https://news.klm.com/klm-launches-direct-service-to-costa-rica/</guid><pp:caseid>244094</pp:caseid><pp:summary><![CDATA[<p>KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is launching a direct service to Costa Rica on 31 October 2017. KLM will operate a twice weekly return service to the Costa Rican capital, San Jose, throughout the winter season. A third weekly service will be added at the end of January through to the end of March.</p>
]]></pp:summary><description><![CDATA[<p>KLM last operated a direct service to San Jose in 1998. Thereafter, passengers could fly to Panama City and take a codeshare flight to San Jose with Copa Airlines. In opening this new direct service to San Jose, KLM is responding to growing passenger demand.</p>

<p><strong>Dreamliner</strong></p>

<p>The San Jose service will be operated using Boeing 787-900 equipment. This Boeing Dreamliner has 294 seats and offers plenty of travel comfort. Higher air pressure in the cabin ensures that passengers arrive at their destination feeling rested. WiFi is also available onboard for passengers who would like be online during their flight. The Dreamliner is quieter than other aircraft, consumes less fuel and, therefore, emits less CO2.</p>]]></description><pp:quotes><pp:quote>
                    <pp:quotename><![CDATA[Boet Kreiken, EVP Customer Experience]]></pp:quotename>
                    <pp:quotetext><![CDATA[A pioneering spirit is intrinsic to KLM&rsquo;s DNA. This is what enables us to continuously invest in sustainable and innovative products and processes, and to open up new destinations for our customers. Our primary aim is to offer our passengers access to unique experiences. We are therefore very proud to be able to operate flights to this wonderful destination once more. Costa Rica is renowned for its breathtaking nature and attracts many tourists every year. For our business passengers, Costa Rica is interesting as market full of possibilities.]]></pp:quotetext>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:21:11 +0100</pubDate>
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                        <title>KLM to start direct flights to San José</title>
                        <link>https://news.klm.com/klm-to-start-direct-flights-to-san-jose/</link>
                        <guid>https://news.klm.com/klm-to-start-direct-flights-to-san-jose/</guid><pp:caseid>185352</pp:caseid><pp:summary><![CDATA[<p><strong>KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will start a direct flight to San Jos&eacute;, Costa Rica (Amsterdam &ndash; San Jos&eacute; &ndash; Amsterdam) twice a week (Tuesdays and Fridays). The operation will start October 31<sup>st</sup>, 2017, during the winter season in Europe (November to March). The flight can be booked as of tomorrow via klm.com.</strong></p>
]]></pp:summary><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Flight schedule: Amsterdam - San Jos&eacute; - Amsterdam</strong></p>

<p>KLM will fly twice a week to Costa Rica, Tuesdays and Fridays. The other days, travellers can use the KLM flight to Panama, which connects to San Jos&eacute; thanks to a code share with Copa airlines.</p>

<p>The flight will leave Amsterdam-Schiphol at 15:25 hr and will arrive at San Jos&eacute; at 20:05hr of Costa Rica. The return flight will leave San Jos&eacute; at 22:05 hr and will arrive at Amsterdam-Schiphol the next day at 15:10 hr.</p>

<p>KLM&rsquo;s San Jos&eacute; flight will be operated with the most modern airplane of its fleet, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, with a capacity of 294 seats: 30 seats in World Business Class, 219 in economy Class and 45 in Economy Comfort Zone. In addition to being the most modern plane of the airline, this aircraft is designed to offer the maximum comfort to travellers and to protect the environment as it consumes 20% less fuel and produces 20% less CO2 emissions.</p>

<p><strong>About San Jos&eacute; and Costa Rica</strong></p>

<p>San Jos&eacute; is the capital city of Costa Rica. It is located in the Central Valley, in the Western province of the country and is the home of 350.000 people. Bordered by the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica is a destination with an incredible abundance of protected natural parks, fine sandy beaches, active volcanoes and mountainous landscapes. At the forefront of ecotourism, Costa Rica received almost 3 million visitors in 2016, eager for nature and adventure. A wild and sunny paradise to discover in the middle of the European winter.</p>]]></description><pp:quotes><pp:quote>
                    <pp:quotename><![CDATA[Pieter Elbers - KLM President &amp; CEO]]></pp:quotename>
                    <pp:quotetext><![CDATA[KLM currently brings many passengers to Costa Rica via Panama. The increasing interest of the European market in this beautiful country convinced us to start a direct flight to San Jos&eacute;]]></pp:quotetext>
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                    <pp:quotename><![CDATA[ Luis Guillermo Sol&iacute;s - President of Costa Rica]]></pp:quotename>
                    <pp:quotetext><![CDATA[This new flight, not only will facilitate visits to our country, but also thanks to KLM&acute;s global network, this route will serve as a liaison for Costa Rica to open its doors to tourists from all Europe. This will for sure strengthen tourism in our country, generating benefits to the more than 600,000 persons who work in this activity in direct and indirect manner, and to the communities that find in tourism their opportunity to grow]]></pp:quotetext>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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                        <title>KLM and Corendon cooperate on direct flights to Sri Lanka</title>
                        <link>https://news.klm.com/klm-and-corendon-cooperate-on-direct-flights-to-sri-lanka/</link>
                        <guid>https://news.klm.com/klm-and-corendon-cooperate-on-direct-flights-to-sri-lanka/</guid><pp:caseid>129892</pp:caseid><pp:summary><![CDATA[<p>KLM and Corendon have agreed that KLM will, twice a week, reserve seat capacity for Corendon customers on its flights to Colombo, Sri Lanka. KLM will begin operating twice-weekly direct service to Colombo at the end of October, using a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.</p>
]]></pp:summary><description><![CDATA[<p>Until now, Colombo was not served directly from the Netherlands. This new agreement gives Corendon guaranteed capacity with KLM, which will be used for passengers booking package trips to Sri Lanka.</p>]]></description><pp:quotes><pp:quote>
                    <pp:quotename><![CDATA[Harm Kreulen,  Air France-KLM Senior Vice President Benelux]]></pp:quotename>
                    <pp:quotetext><![CDATA[KLM continually invests in its network to offer customers an ever-broader range of destinations. Having introduced a record number of new destinations in the summer of 2016, KLM will add two further destinations to its network this winter: Colombo and Miami]]></pp:quotetext>
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                    <pp:quotename><![CDATA[ Atilay Uslu from Corendon]]></pp:quotename>
                    <pp:quotetext><![CDATA[Sri Lanka is a perfect addition to our range of distant destinations. It is the ideal place for a tour in combination with a beach holiday, with its impressive landscape, culture and magnificent beaches. Through our partnership with KLM, we can now offer our customers direct flights to this beautiful island. That makes our latest Corendon destination unique!]]></pp:quotetext>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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