First gas-free building at Schiphol-East
Hangar 10, built in the 1960s, is approximately 14,500m2 in size and no longer met current standards. The renovated hangar will have an open layout with plenty of daylight and will be used for the maintenance of Transavia aircraft and the Engineering & Maintenance Tech Center of KLM. In addition to the renovation of the hangar, two new office buildings for Transavia and KLM will also be constructed. This will bring the total floor area to approximately 27,000m2.

This will be KLM Group's first gas-free hangar at Schiphol East. The upgrade of Hangar 10 is part of the High Impact Projects of KLM Real Estate & Facility Contracting. This redevelopment will receive a BREEAM certification, which is an international standard for classifying buildings based on sustainability and energy efficiency. 

KLM and Transavia under one roof
The hangar will provide space for both KLM and Transavia to perform aircraft maintenance. Never before have Transavia and KLM literally operated under one roof. Earlier this year, KLM began the construction of a new training center, The Link, which will house five flight simulators to be used by both companies to train pilots.

Extending a Transavia ban to KLM and vice versa widens the scope of the no-fly measure. It means that passengers on KLM or Transavia flights who are placed on the No Fly List are less likely to jeopardise flight safety on flights operated by the other airlines. The aim is to improve flight safety, with the mutual ban also serving as a deterrent.

Rise in complaints about unacceptable behaviour
Unacceptable behaviour during flights is a growing problem. The number of complaints about unruly passengers increased during the pandemic. KLM currently records an average of five complaints leading to a ban every month, while Transavia bans at least one passenger a month. Although the number of complaints declined after the corona pandemic, airlines are seeing another surge. Unruly behaviour at high altitudes can have a major impact on passengers and crew.

Complex regulations
KLM and Transavia have examined in-depth how they can best share No Fly Lists with each other. It took a long time because, although the two airlines are members of the same group, they found themselves dealing with complex and sometimes confusing regulations. Even so, they have managed to align their policies and processes so that they can share banned-passenger data while respecting existing privacy rules. The new measure is only the first step towards sharing No Fly List data. The challenge now is to take this a step further in the Netherlands and, perhaps, across Europe.

Calling on politicians and authorities
The growing number of incidents combined with their severity and impact have prompted Transavia and KLM to explore whether airlines can share more data among themselves to promote flight safety. They have begun by calling on politicians and authorities to create more legal and other options for airlines to share No Fly List data, at least within national borders. 

In time, such efforts should focus on developing a set of international rules and on harmonisation. After all, the issue of unacceptable passenger behaviour transcends airlines and national borders and is critical to improving safety in the air. Unfortunately, legislation is lacking in many countries or the regulations are so fragmented that it is impossible to share data in a manner that promotes flight safety.

"It is not easy to leave Transavia, it is such a great company! Fortunately, I am leaving behind a healthy organisation with a very strong team that can face the future with confidence. But at this stage of my life I don't want to let the opportunity that now arises pass me by", says Mattijs ten Brink.

Dave del Canho, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Transavia: "The fact that Mattijs is leaving Transavia now, came as a surprise, but personal development and change fit well with the culture of Transavia. So this step too. We are extremely grateful to Mattijs for the important contribution he has made to our company over the past six years."

Pieter Elbers, president and CEO of KLM, former Supervisory Board member of Transavia: "We regret that Mattijs is leaving the KLM Group. Under the leadership of Mattijs, Transavia has in recent years developed strongly into a financially sound company with an important role and deepened cooperation with the KLM Group. Of course we respect his choice and wish Mattijs success."

Mattijs will stay until the end of September and transfer his duties to the other members of the Transavia management team. The Transavia Supervisory Board has started, in close cooperation with the shareholder KLM, the replacement process.

The slight drop in passenger numbers at Transavia was the result of the closure of the Munich base. Transavia Netherlands welcomed 5.2% more passengers than in 2017.

(*) The joint Air France KLM traffic results are available in the download box of this message.

This slight drop had a number of causes combined with a fall in load factor in Europe. There was robust growth in passenger traffic on North and South American routes, while capacity and traffic to African and Asian destinations decreased.

The load factor for KLM Cargo rose to 66.4% (+1.3%^pts), because capacity decreased (-4.3% ATKs) more than traffic (-2.4% RTKs).

At Transavia, while capacity remained more or less the same, traffic grew somewhat, resulting in a higher load factor.

(*) The joint Air France KLM traffic results are available in the download box of this message.

Looking at the first six months of 2018, we see that our revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) are up 5.4%, with capacity up 4.2% compared to the first half of last year. This resulted in a 1% increase in load factor during the first half of the year, in which KLM welcomed 16.6 million passengers, up from 15.6 million in the first half of 2017.

KLM Cargo kept its traffic virtually stable during the first half of the year, while reducing capacity by 1.9%, which led to a 1.2% increase in load factor to 66.3%.

Transavia saw its load factor rise by 2.9% in the first half of 2018, with traffic up 3.3% and capacity down slightly.

At KLM Cargo, the load factor increased by 0.5%^pts  against a slight fall in traffic and lower capacity.

(*) The joint Air France KLM Traffic results fo March are available in the download box of this message.

When Transavia France (TO) was founded in 2007, the shareholder structure was one of 40% Transavia Netherlands (HV) and 60% Air France.‎ This enabled Transavia France (TO) to make a successful and smooth start and capitalize on the existing platform of Transavia Netherlands within the AF/KL Group. As to simplify and further streamline the shareholder structure the rearrangement of the 40% shares in TO by HV within the AF/KL Group has been proposed. The necessary steps and approvals within the various corporate bodies for this have almost been completed after which it can be executed.

A possible next step, currently under review, is a further minority rearrangement of the HV shares in the AF/KL Group (KLM holds at present 100% of the HV shares). For this ‎possible next step, the various checks and evaluations are being made at present. ‎Also consultation with the various stakeholders is yet to be done.‎ These evaluations and consultations will be properly done first in the coming months.

The transavia.com network offers no less than 79 routes from the Netherlands. Flying Blue Miles can be used to pay for flights departing from Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen and Rotterdam.

For the time being, the flights can be booked via the call center only. From the Netherlands you can call 0900 0737 (€ 1, - per call) and from abroad +352 27002728 (standard rate).

Gräber heeft sinds 1995 verschillende functies vervuld binnen KLM. Sinds september 2006 was Gräber directeur KLM Nederland.