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KLM Launches New Scheduled Service to Turin

Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:40:56 +0100

Adding Turin as a destination will strengthen KLM’s position in Italy. Turin will be KLM’s sixth Italian destination after Rome, Milan, Florence, Bologna and Venice. The new route will be served in cooperation with Alitalia.

The daily flights to Turin will be operated by KLM Cityhopper using Fokker 70 equipment, seating 74 passengers in Business, Economy Comfort and Economy Class. Flight KL1555 from Amsterdam to Turin will depart at 09:20 hours and arrive at 11:05 hours local time. Flight KL1556 will depart at 11:45 hours, arriving back at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at 13:40 hours.

The evening flight (KL1559) will leave Amsterdam at 20:30 hours and arrive at 22:15 hours. The return flight (KL1554) will depart the following morning at 06:45 hours, touching down in Amsterdam at 08:40 hours.

The city of Turin is located in northwest Italy, close to the Alps and the border with France. Turin is the capital of the Piemonte region and is well known for hosting the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. The city is also known as the hub of Italy’s car industry, housing numerous FIAT establishments. Of course, the city also has a rich history.

(*) For the complete itinerary please check our booking site: wwww.klm.com.

KLM to launch scheduled service to Ålesund

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:00:00 +0100

With the addition of Ålesund the total number of Norwegian KLM destinations comes to seven. “KLM started flying to Norway 73 years ago. Today we are the number 1 foreign carrier. Adding Ålesund to our Norwegian network, is KLM’s logical next step for this region”, says Peter Hartman, KLM’s President & CEO.

Ålesund has a strong and growing (offshore) business market, but is also a very interesting tourist destination with its famous Jugendstil city centre and nearby Geiranger Fjord. Other highlights are the “Hurtigruten” ferry service and panoramic Atlanterhavsveien “Atlantic road”. The region also offers many winter sports opportunities.

The daily flights will be operated with a Fokker 70 with 72 seats available. The flight will depart at 14:25 in Amsterdam as KL1325 to arrive in Ålesund at 16:30. At 17:05 the return flight (KL1326) will leave to arrive in Amsterdam again at 19:15.
In the evening at 20:40 the KL1327 will depart from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to arrive in Norway at 22:45. The next morning the KL1322 will leave Ålesund at 6:30 AM to go back to Amsterdam again at 8:45 AM.

At Amsterdam Schiphol Airport passengers can easily transfer to over 160 destinations including cities that are important for the large off shore industry in Ålesund like Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Luanda, Manila and Dubai.

KLM resumes scheduled service to Rio de Janeiro

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:00:00 +0200

Rio is also an attractive destination for European tourists especially because of famously popular beaches like Copacabana and Ipanema. Brazil will host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games will take place in Rio in 2016.

From the start of the winter season, KLM will operate direct service three times a week to and from Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro.

Flight KL705 will depart from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 10:40 hours, arriving in Brazil the same day at 19:30 hours. The return flight (KL706) will depart from Rio de Janeiro on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 21:40 hours, arriving in Amsterdam the following day at 11:55 hours.

The flights will be operated using Boeing 777-200ER equipment, offering capacity for 318 passengers: 35 in World Business Class and 283 in Economy Class. Flights to Rio de Janeiro can be booked from 15 June 2011 using the reservations systems or online via www.klm.com.

Air France KLM’s codeshare partner GOL offers connecting flights from Rio to an extensive, expanding number of destinations in Brazil.

KLM resumes scheduled services to Buenos Aires

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:00:00 +0100

KLM President & CEO Peter Hartman: “With Buenos Aires as the 7th destination for KLM in Latin America, we reinforce our position in this strongly growing region.

Latin America is of key importance to the extensive Air France-KLM network.

Buenos Aires, with 14 million inhabitants, is one of the most important destinations in this fast growing market. Argentina is a very popular tourist destination for European travellers. Furthermore Argentina has a large business market as well, with the Netherlands as an important import/export trading partner”.

The new direct service to Buenos Aires Ezeiza airport will be operated three times per week upcoming winter season, where a frequency increase to four times per week per March 2012 is foreseen. Flight KL707 will depart in the morning from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at 10.10 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays arriving in Buenos Aires in the evening on the same day at 8.20 PM. The return flight KL708 will depart from Buenos Aires also on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10.20 PM, arriving in Amsterdam the following day at 3.35 PM. Flights will be operated with a Boeing 777-200ER, which can carry 318 passengers: 35 in World Business Class and 283 in Economy Class. Flights to Buenos Aires can be booked from 18 February 2011 using the reservations systems or online via www.klm.com.

KLMs’ SkyTeam partner Aerolineas Argentinas offers connecting flights from Buenos Aires to a growing number of destinations in Argentina.