<![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://news.klm.com/ en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:30:11 +0200 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:20:18 +0100 <![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_162.jpg https://news.klm.com/ 144 KLM third quarter results 2019 https://news.klm.com/klm-third-quarter-results-2019/ https://news.klm.com/klm-third-quarter-results-2019/365004.

]]> Against a backdrop of rising costs and increasing pressure on revenues across the entire KLM Group, focusing on costs remains a top priority. This is vital in order to continue investing in the quality of our product, our people and our sustainability objectives.]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 07:20:00 +0100 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/500_paulridderhof30jun196212-782017.jpg?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/paulridderhof30jun196212-782017.jpg?10000 KLM results improve in third quarter https://news.klm.com/klm-results-improve-in-third-quarter/ https://news.klm.com/klm-results-improve-in-third-quarter/244545The joint Air France KLM third quarter 2017 are available in the download box in this message. 

]]>
Third-quarter capacity growth at KLM Passenger was restricted to 2,1%, with passenger capacity up 4.6% over the first nine months. Further growth is obstructed by the busy peaks at Schiphol in the summer. Although capacity growth was limited in the third quarter, KLM Passenger saw revenue per passenger and load factor increase.

The results for the first nine months are definitely very promising and they confirm that our KLM strategy is working. However, these are intermediate results. KLM will continue on its path towards productivity gains and further structural cost reduction with the purpose to further ramp up its investment levels in the interests of its customers and employees.]]> Fri, 03 Nov 2017 07:30:00 +0100 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/500_pb-trafficresults.jpg?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/pb-trafficresults.jpg?10000 KLM financial result, third quarter 2016 https://news.klm.com/klm-financial-result-third-quarter-2016/ https://news.klm.com/klm-financial-result-third-quarter-2016/154663Thanks to the concerted efforts of all KLM employees, the cost-cutting measures continued to bear fruit in the third quarter. This generated a unit cost reduction of -1.4%, even taking account of the improved profit-sharing scheme for cockpit and grounds crew established on the basis of the last collective labour agreements. Lowering our costs in order to make investments is an essential part of Perform 2020.

However the results were negatively impacted by diminishing unit revenues as a consequence of increasing competitive pressure. In this context, the decreasing unit revenues outweighed the benefits achieved due to the lower fuel price. Moving forward, this will bring increasing pressure to bear on our income. Combined with major investments into our fleet, product and digitalisation for customers and staff, this serves to illustrate the unrelenting necessity of further, structural cost cuts in line with our objectives.

KLM booked an operating income of +€628 million (COI margin 8.5%) for the first nine months of this year. This represents an improvement of €283 million in comparison with the same period last year. This significant improvement can be largely attributed to the positive results achieved in the first half of the year, where fuel savings could for the most part be reflected in the results.

Pieter Elbers
KLM President & CEO

(*) in the download section you will find the Air France-KLM Financial Year 2016: Third Quarter results.

]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2016 08:30:00 +0100 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/500_737-8.jpg?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/737-8.jpg?10000