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The oldest airline in the world is still operating under its original name, KLM airlines or KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the national airline of Netherlands. Also, it is a part of the Air France-KLM group. The airlines have its headquarters am Amstelveen in Netherlands. The main hub airport of the airlines is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Domestic and worldwide scheduled services and also cargo services are made available the KLM Airlines. The Air France-KLM alliance is a part of the SkyTeam Alliance as well.
Founded in October, 1919, KLM is at present the oldest name in airline industry. Even though the airline stopped operating during Second World War, the services were resumed. The present fleet of the airlines is 114 aircrafts which connect to around 177 destinations all over the world. Following are the aircrafts in the fleet of the company:
- Airbus A330-200
- Boeing 737-300
- Boeing 737-400
- Boeing 737-800
- Boeing 737-900
- Boeing 747-400
- Boeing 747-400ERF
- Boeing 777-200ER
- Boeing 777-300ER (4 orders)
- McDonnell-Douglas MD-11
KLM airlines offer three degree of comfort in travel. These are the economy class, the Europe select class and the world business class travel options. Destinations in North America, South America, Central America, Caribbean, Europe, West Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, and Africa are all connected by the flights of KLM Airlines. |
