<![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://news.klm.com/ en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:51:35 +0200 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:27:35 +0200 <![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_162.jpg https://news.klm.com/ 144 KLM traffic figures for May 2019 https://news.klm.com/klm-traffic-figures-for-may-2019/ https://news.klm.com/klm-traffic-figures-for-may-2019/340484KLM’s traffic figures improved in May. We welcomed 4.6% more passengers on board than we did in the same month last year. With revenue passenger kilometres up 2.6% and available seat kilometres up 1.6%, load factor increased by 0.9% compared to May last year. The growth in passenger traffic was mainly driven by destinations in Europe, North Africa, North America and Asia.

]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 07:30:00 +0200 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/500_featured-new.png?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/featured-new.png?10000 KLM traffic figures: Excellent growth in passenger numbers and increasing cargo load factor https://news.klm.com/klm-traffic-figures-excellent-growth-in-passenger-numbers-and-increasing-cargo-load-factor/ https://news.klm.com/klm-traffic-figures-excellent-growth-in-passenger-numbers-and-increasing-cargo-load-factor/275676KLM welcomed 5.2% more passengers on board in April compared to the same month last year. With a 4.0% increase in passenger kilometres and a 3.3% increase in seat kilometre capacity, load factor increased by 0.6%pts.

Transavia Netherlands saw a decline in growth compared to the same month last year. A decrease in passenger kilometre traffic and a decrease in capacity resulted in a slightly lower load factor. KLM Cargo’s load factor increased by 1.9%pts with slightly lower traffic and decreased capacity.

]]> Fri, 11 May 2018 07:36:00 +0200 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/500_featured-new.png?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/featured-new.png?10000 KLM traffic figures for March 2017: passenger traffic increases again https://news.klm.com/klm-traffic-figures-for-march-2017-passenger-traffic-increases-again/ https://news.klm.com/klm-traffic-figures-for-march-2017-passenger-traffic-increases-again/184711KLM’s traffic figures for March 2017 were promising once again. In the third month of the year, KLM managed to hold on to the positive trend that began in the preceding months. Compared to March 2016, KLM welcomed 7.3% more passengers, with capacity up 6.2%. Passenger load factor remained stable, rising just 0.1 point compared to March 2016.

]]>KLM’s performance was particularly strong in Europe, where it is relentlessly striving to increase its market share. KLM Cityhopper added a seventh new Embraer 175 to its fleet in March. Transavia reported strong growth, with performance compared to March 2016, when the KLM subsidiary had just opened its Munich base.

KLM Cargo managed to profit from the global increase in air cargo traffic. Traffic figures declined 0.7% compare to March 2016, with cargo capacity down 0.3%. Cargo load factor increased by 1.5 percentage point.

This confirms that KLM did well in the first quarter of 2017, with passenger figures up 6.5% during the first three months of the year, which amounts to 430,000 additional passengers. Capacity increased by 4.7%, with load factor up 1 percentage point.

(*) You will find the joint Air France-KLM traffic figures for March 2017 in the download box of this article. 

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