<![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://news.klm.com/ en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:55:46 +0200 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:01:44 +0200 <![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_162.jpg https://news.klm.com/ 144 KLM expands routes to Spain, adds direct flights to Alicante https://news.klm.com/klm-expands-routes-to-spain-adds-direct-flights-to-alicante/ https://news.klm.com/klm-expands-routes-to-spain-adds-direct-flights-to-alicante/117104KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will start direct scheduled service to Alicante this summer. Alicante is KLM’s sixth Spanish destination after Barcelona, Madrid and Bilbao, with direct flights from Amsterdam to Valencia and Ibiza already planned. KLM will offer sixteen flights to Spain each day.

 

]]>All KLM flights to Spain offer customers from other points of origin in Europe easy same-day transfer connections through Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, one of Europe’s most convenient transfer airports.

“By expanding its European network, KLM increases its share in the Dutch domestic market,” says Harm Kreulen, Senior Vice President Benelux Air France-KLM “As the largest airline at Schiphol, we will now offer our Dutch customers 78 destinations throughout Europe.”

With the addition of Alicante, KLM is now flying to nine new destinations this summer including Dresden, Inverness, Southampton, Genoa, Valencia, Ibiza, and now Alicante. KLM has also added intercontinental destinations Salt Lake City, USA, and Astana, Kazakhstan, to the network.

Alicante is located in the south of the Valencian Community on the Costa Blanca, close to a variety of popular tourist destinations such as Benidorm.

The new Amsterdam-Alicante service will operate daily using a Boeing 737 starting 2 July 2016 according to the following schedule in local times:

Sunday-Friday

Amsterdam 09:30 – Alicante 12:10

Alicante 12:55 – Amsterdam 15:40

Saturday

Amsterdam 13:50 – Alicante 16:30

Alicante 17:15 – Amsterdam 20:00

Seats will be on sale from EUR 119 for a return trip. Tickets are available on KLM.com as of Thursday 10 March.

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]]>Amsterdam - Salt Lake City, operated by KLM effective 5 May 2016.
The flights to Salt Lake City will start two times per week effective 5th of May, on Thursdays and Saturdays, and frequency will increase to three times per week, including Mondays, effective 4th of July. KLM will cater to customer requirements by offering three different passenger classes aboard the A330-200: 30 seats in World Business Class, 178 seats in Economy Class, and 35 seats in Economy Comfort, which offers 10 cm more legroom, double-reclining seats and priority de-boarding.

The new KLM flights to Salt Lake City will supplement the existing daily flight between Salt Lake City and Amsterdam operated by Air France KLM’s Transatlantic Joint Venture partner Delta Air Lines. Salt Lake City is one of Delta’s five hubs. Thanks to its code-sharing partnership with Delta, KLM is able to offer its passengers seamless connections to more than 50 North American destinations via Salt Lake City.

About Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Utah. The city was founded in 1847 by Mormons and its metropolitan area currently has a total population of 1.2 million. Salt Lake City has developed a strong tourist industry oriented towards outdoor recreation and, more specifically, skiing. Salt Lake City hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics and is the gateway to numerous impressive national parks. Salt Lake City is also the industrial banking capital of the United States.

Flight schedules Amsterdam – Salt Lake City (local times)
From 5 May through 18 June and from 8 September through 29 October, the flights will depart from Amsterdam at 10.20 CET, arriving in Salt Lake City at 12.40 local time. The return flights will depart from Salt Lake City at 14.50 local time, arriving in Amsterdam at 08.20 CET the following morning.

From 23 June through 5 September, the flights will depart from Amsterdam at 12.30 CET, arriving in Salt Lake City at 14.50 local time. The return flights will depart from Salt Lake City at 16.50 local time, arriving in Amsterdam at 10.20 CET the following morning.

Ibiza at the height of the holiday season
Ibiza service will begin on 4 July 2016 and will continue until 25 August 2016. Flights will be operated on weekdays only. Ibiza will be available for booking from Wednesday, 16 December.

Flight schedule to Ibiza (all in local time)

  • Departing Amsterdam 14.05 – Arriving in Ibiza 16.40;
  • Departing Ibiza 17.30 – Arriving in Amsterdam 20.10;
  • Aircraft type: Boeing 737-700.

The peakseason KLM operation to Ibiza is in addition to the existing Transavia Summer operations from Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Rotterdam.

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