KLM

KLM
Founded	7 October 1919; 106 years ago
Hubs	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Frequent-flyer program	Flying Blue
Alliance	SkyTeam
Subsidiaries	KLM Cityhopper; KLM Asia; Martinair; Transavia; Cygnific;
Fleet size	120
Destinations	145
Company slogan	Journeys of Inspiration
Parent company	Air France–KLM
Headquarters	Amstelveen, Netherlands
Key people	Albert Plesman, Founder; Pieter Elbers, President & CEO;
Revenue	€9.80 billion (2016)
Operating income	€691 million (2016)
Employees	35,488 (2015)
Website	klm.com

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is an airline that is a part of Air France-KLM. It is based in Amstelveen, Netherlands. KLM stands for Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, meaning Royal Aviation Company.

KLM is the main airline of the Netherlands, flies to 90 different destinations and its main airport or hub is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. KLM is the world's oldest airline with its original name. In September 2014, KLM had around 32,000 people working for it. It is a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance.^[2]

Gallery

A KLM Boeing 737 (2006)
A KLM plane parked at Miami International Airport in 2011. KLM stopped flying to Miami in 2012. ^[3]
Head office of KLM
KLM airline food on a flight to Japan

KLM Media

KLM poster featuring the airline's first commercial slogan. It is likely dated around the late 1920s, after it started service to Batavia.
KLM Fokker F-XVIII departing from the Dutch East Indies, 1932
KLM Douglas DC-2 aircraft Uiver in transit at Rambang airfield on the east coast of Lombok island following the aircraft being placed second in the MacRobertson Air Race from RAF Mildenhall, England, to Melbourne in 1934
KLM Douglas DC-3 at Manchester Airport in 1947
Lockheed L-749A Constellation of KLM in 1953
KLM Vickers Viscount 803
KLM Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop airliner in 1965
KLM Boeing 747-206B in 1971
KLM Douglas DC-8-63 at London Heathrow Airport in 1982. The DC-8 was the mainstay of the KLM narrowbody jet fleet.
KLM Boeing 737-700 in centennial livery taking off from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport