Air France-KLM’s 1Q loss widens to $826.3 million
Air France-KLM (Air France) (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) (Paris) lost €630 million ($826.3 million) in the first quarter, compared to a smaller loss of €379 million ($497.1 million) in the same quarter a year ago.
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Top Copyright Photo: Ole Simon. Air France Airbus A380-861 F-HPJE (msn 052) taxies at the Paris (CDG) hub.
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Bottom Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems. Airbus A330-203 PH-AOM (msn 1161) taxies at the Amsterdam base.
Air France-KLM trims its loss in 2012
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) reported a net loss of $1.56 billion for 2012.
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Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Boeing 777-328 ER F-GSQK (msn 32845) approaches the runway at Los Angeles.
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Air Zimbabwe resumes domestic operations
Air Zimbabwe (Harare) with government assistance has resumed domestic operations again according to this report by The Standard. Previously the national flag carrier had relaunched domestic operations on May 2, 2012 (still on their website) until July 2012. The report also states the airline is planning to resume international operations today (November 4) (believed to be to Johannesburg).
The government of Zimbabwe has reportedly assumed the debt of the carrier.
Also according to the report, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is ready to “cooperate” with the struggling carrier.
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Copyright Photo: Rainer Bexten. The domestic operations are believed to be operated with Boeing 737-200s. The pictured 737-2N0 Z-WPB (msn 23678) is seen arriving at Johannesburg in the past.
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Air France-KLM 2Q net loss expands to $1.1 billion
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) reported their second quarter net expanded to almost $1.1 billion.
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Top Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. Boeing 777-328 ER F-GZNN (msn 40376) in the SkyTeam motif climbs away from Paine Field near Everett, Washington.
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Bottom Copyright Photo: Paul Denton. KLM’s Boeing 737-7K2 PH-BGN 9msn 38125) taxies at Geneva.
Air France-KLM 1Q operating loss widens to $785 million
Air France (Paris) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) reported their operating loss for the first quarter widened to $785 million. The Group will now be putting additional pressure on the unions for further concessions.
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Air France-KLM see a tough year in 2012 due to rising fuel costs
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) see a challenging year ahead financially due to rising fuel costs according to this article by The Washington Post. The group reported a $1 billion loss in 2011.
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KLM takes delivery of its first Airbus A330-300
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) yesterday (February 29) accepted its first Airbus A330-300. A330-303 PH-AKA (msn 1287) is being leased from Air Lease Corporation.
Copyright Photo: Clement Alloing. The second copy is pictured on a test flight at Toulouse.
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KLM to repaint seven Boeing 777-200 ERs in KLM Asia livery
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777-206 ER PH-BQK (msn 29399) JFK (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) is repainting seven Boeing 777-206 ERs (PH-BQF/H/I/K/L/M/N) to KLM Asia markings so the aircraft can fly the rerouted Amsterdam-Taipei-Manila route according to Scramble. KLM uses the “KLM Asia” brand to fly to Taipei (Taiwan) and the aircraft must fly over China. Previously KLM used Boeing 747s for its services to Taiwan.
KLM Asia was established in 1995 in order to operate flights to Taipei, without compromising the traffic rights held by KLM for destinations in the People’s Republic of China. KLM Asia is no longer in official operation but its aircraft still fly in the KLM Asia livery.
Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum.
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Air France-KLM announce a new plan to restore profitability
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Airbus A330-203 PH-AOF (msn 801) YYZ (TMK Photography), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have announced a new transformation plan to restore profitability in three years.
Here is the statement from the airlines:
At its meeting on 11 January 2012, the Board of Directors of Air France-KLM examined the transformation plan over three years (2012-2014) for the Group, and the implementation of the three priorities set out on 9th November last year: restoring competitiveness through cost-cutting, restructuring the short- and medium-haul operations and rapidly reducing debt.
Downward revision of capacity growth and investments
The Board of Directors first examined the Group’s growth prospects for the next three years. Given the uncertain economic environment and the ongoing imbalance between transport supply and demand, the Board deemed it necessary to opt for quasi stable capacity for the Air France-KLM Group in both passenger and cargo. Consequently, over the next three years (2012-2014), the Group will only increase capacity by a little over 5% on a cumulative basis.
This will lead to a shrinkage of the Group’s fleet with an attendant reduction in the investment program, with the exception of spending targeted at the ongoing improvement in operational safety and client service. The investment program will be reduced from over 6 billion euros over the period 2009-2011 to below 5 billion euros for the coming three years. This decision has led the Group to adjust its medium-term fleet plan combining, amongst others, the deferral of aircraft deliveries and the non-exercise of options.
Two billion euros debt reduction by end December 2014
The Board of Directors also considered as a key priority the reduction of the Group’s net debt by two billion euros to some 4.5 billion euros by end December 2014. Over the period 2012-2014, two billion euros in net cash flow will be generated through a combination of immediate actions and a transformation plan.
Immediate cost reduction measures
New cost cutting measures amounting to some one billion euros will be implemented immediately. They include a freeze on general pay rises in 2012 and 2013 at Air France and a policy of wage moderation at KLM. The hiring freeze introduced in September 2011 will also be pursued. Additional productivity measures, a further reduction in overhead costs and network adaptations will complete the measures.
These measures, the components of which have already been fully identified, will be implemented with immediate effect, in compliance with regulations concerning the information or consultation of the Group’s social partners.
Transformation plan
These improvements on their own, however, are not sufficient to guarantee the durable restoration of the Group’s competitive position and financial strength. The Board of Directors therefore decided to implement a transformation plan, encompassing all its businesses, with a target of generating an additional one billion euros in free cash flow over three years.
Improved productivity
The return to a satisfactory level of profitability will require a significant improvement in productivity in all parts of the Group, which will imply the renegotiation of the employment rules contained in the existing collective agreements. Negotiations with the organisations representing the various categories of employees concerned will begin rapidly.
Although the passenger business will be the primary focus with the restructuring of the short- and medium-haul operations, cargo and maintenance will also have to redefine their conditions for profitability.
Break-even of medium-haul within three years
The short and medium-haul network remains indispensable to the Group’s development, assuring not only its presence throughout Europe, but also feeding the long-haul operations of the two hubs, Paris-CDG and Amsterdam.
Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, the structural decline in unit revenues has led, despite the NEO plan, to deepening losses in this business, estimated at some 700 million euros in 2011. As the financial results of recent quarters demonstrate, the long-haul operations, also subject to increasing competition, cannot alone offset these losses.
To restore the medium-haul business to breakeven, the Group is working on the following structural measures:
- better utilization rate of aircraft and assets;
- significantly improved productivity in all employee categories;
- redefinition of certain activities, potentially leading to more extensive outsourcing in some areas.
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Air France-KLM worldwide routes from both the CDG and AMS hubs:
Air France-KLM finalizes its order for 25 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners
Air France-KLM Group (Paris and Amsterdam) have finalized an order for 25 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, with options. The order was signed in late December 2011 and was recorded on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website, attributed to an unidentified customer. A preliminary agreement was first announced on September 16, 2011 .
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is a slightly larger version of the 787-8 and will carry 250-290 passengers on routes of 8,000 to 8,500 nautical miles (14,800 to 15,750 kilometers). The 787 provides airlines with incredible fuel efficiency, resulting in exceptional environmental performance. The airplane uses 20 percent less fuel than today’s similarly sized airplanes. It also travels at a speed of Mach 0.85, which is similar to the speed of today’s fastest wide-body airplanes.
The order increases the number of 787-9s on order to 305 airplanes. The 787 Dreamliner family, including the 787-8 and 787-9, has accumulated a total of 860 orders from 59 customers located all over the world.
Eight French companies partner with Boeing on the 787 Dreamliner. They include Dassault Systemes (software solutions), Labinal (wiring), Latecoere (passenger doors), Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (main and nose landing gear, electric brakes), Michelin (aftermarket tyres), Radiall (connectors), Thales (electric power conversion system, flight display, in-flight entertainment system), and Zodiac Aerospace (primary power management system, emergency slides, water and waste systems, cabin interiors, galley inserts and seats, and other equipments).
The Air France-KLM Group is a long-time and valued customer with a large Boeing fleet of 188 airplanes in operation, including 74 for Air France and 114 for KLM. Air France-KLM is one of the world’s largest 777 operators.
Copyright Photo: Nik French. AF-KL Retrojet line-up at Manchester at night.
KLM is dropping the Amsterdam-Liverpool route on March 25
KLM Cityhopper Fokker F.28 Mk. 0070 (Fokker 70) PH-KZI (msn 11579) (Powered by biofuel) TRD (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) is dropping the Amsterdam-Liverpool route on March 25, 2012 per Airline Route. The route is operated by KLM Cityhopper Fokker 70s.
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KLM to consolidate Milan operations at Linate Airport
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 737-8K2 WL PH-BXA (msn 29131) (1959 Retrojet) LHR (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) on March 25, 2012 will drop Malpensa Airport and concentrate its Milan operations at Linate Airport according to Airline Route.
Linate Airport (IATA: LIN, ICAO: LIML) is one of the three major airports of Milan, Italy, along with Malpensa Airport and Orio al Serio Airport. Due to its closer proximity to Milan – 4.8 miles east southeast of the city, compared with Malpensa, which is over 24 miles northwest of the city. The airport’s name comes from the small village where it is located in the town of Peschiera Borromeo. Its real name is “Airport Enrico Forlanini”, named after the Italian inventor and aeronautical pioneer born in Milan.
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KLM to resume service to Lusaka on May 15
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Airbus A330-203 PH-AOF (msn 801) YYZ (TMK Photography), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) will restore the Amsterdam-Lusaka route on May 15, 2012. The restored Lusaka (Zambia) route will be operated three times a week with Airbus A330-200s.
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KLM to open up a new route to Havana, Cuba
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PH-KCK (msn 48564) YUL (Gilbert Hechema), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) will open up the Amsterdam-Havana route on October 31. The new route will be operated by McDonnell Douglas MD-11s, three times a week.
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Copyright Photo: Gilbert Hechema.
KLM to drop the Amsterdam-Manila route in April 2012
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777-206 ER PH-BQK (msn 29399) JFK (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) has decided to drop the Amsterdam-Manila route in April 2012 due to rising taxes due to this report by Business World. KLM is the last European carrier flying to the Philippines.
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Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum.
Air France-KLM splits its long-range order between Airbus and Boeing
Air France-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Paris and Amsterdam) has split its order for long-range aircraft following a year-long competition, announcing plans to buy 30 Boeing 787-900 Dreamliners for KLM and 43 Airbus A350-900s for Air France.
The first Boeing 787-900 will enter service with KLM in 2016, and the first Airbus A350-900 with Air France in 2018.
Air France-KLM issued the following statement:
“The Air France-KLM Board of Directors, which met on September 15, approved the Group’s order of 110 long-haul aircraft (50 firm orders and 60 options), still subject to the finalization of discussions with the manufacturers.
This first joint long-haul order by Air France and KLM will be replacing in the medium term the aircraft with 200-350 seats currently present in the fleet and support the Group’s growing operations.
The acquisitions are scaled to a size that can be financed through cash flow generated from Group operations.
Consistent with the provisional fleet plan, this order will result in the Group’s operation of 73 next generation aircraft through 2024: 43 Airbus A350-900 and 30 Boeing 787-9. The first aircraft Boeing 787-9 order will enter into service with KLM in 2016 and the first Airbus A350-900 with Air France in 2018. Later, both airlines will operate both types of aircraft.
The selection of engines for the Boeing 787-9 will be made later. The Airbus A350-900 will be equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, the only engine provided for this aircraft by the manufacturer.
These new aircraft will reduce fuel consumption by over 15% and will give rise to a significant reduction in noise and gas emissions, confirming the Group’s commitments in terms of environment and sustainable development. Air France KLM is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index since 2004 and also leader of the “Transport and leisure” sector.
Within the framework of this order, Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance, the Group’s aircraft maintenance department, is confirming its commitment to position itself as a key market player for the maintenance of these aircraft and their engines.
Following this approval, memoranda of understanding will be signed with Airbus, Boeing and Rolls Royce and the finalized contracts are expected before the end of the year.”
Air France-KLM to deepen its capacity cuts
Air France Cargo Boeing 777-F28 F-GUOC (msn 32966) CDG (Christian Volpati), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) are considering deeper capacity cuts along with possible hiring freeze according to this article by Bloomberg.
The group lost $205 million in the last quarter ending on June 30.
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KLM becomes the first airline to operate a revenue biofuel passenger flight
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 737-8K2 WL PH-BXA (msn 29131) (1959 Retrojet) LHR (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) yesterday (June 29) became the first airline in the world to operate a commercial flight on “biokerosene”, which included renewable jet fuel supplied by Dynamic Fuels LLC.
KLM used a 50/50 blend of conventional jet fuel and renewable jet fuel in both engines of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft that carried 171 passengers from Amsterdam to Paris (CDG). The flight was a preview of more than 200 commercial flights between Amsterdam and Paris KLM plans to make in September using the same fuel.
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Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Please click on this photo for information about this special retrojet.
KLM introduces its “Delft Blue” Triple Seven
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) on June 15 introduced its “Delft Blue” logojet at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airpot. Together with the Mayor of Delft and KLM Managing Director Erik Varwijk, KLM opened the hangar doors, revealing this unique aircraft. Boeing 777-206 ER PH-BQP (msn 32721) boasts a coat of 4,000 stickers, each in the form of a Delft Blue tile.
The marketing campaign began with the worldwide Tile & Inspire contest that ran between April and May 2011. Everyone was invited to participate online, mainly via Facebook, to create a Delft Blue tile with an inspiring message in a bid to secure a place on a KLM aircraft. Around 4,000 winners were selected at random from the most inspiring entries. These tiles can now be seen on this Boeing 777-200, which also went into revenue service on the same day.
Delft Blue is linked to both Dutch culture and KLM. Since the 1950s, KLM has been presenting miniature Delftware houses to its World Business Class passengers travelling on intercontinental flights.
Delftware, or Delft pottery, denotes blue and white pottery made in and around the city of Delft in the Netherlands and the tin-glazed pottery made in the Netherlands from the 16th century.
Delftware is also a type of pottery in which a white glaze is applied, usually decorated with metal oxides. Delftware includes pottery objects of all descriptions such as plates, ornaments and tiles.
As many as 120,000 tiles were created in 154 countries; some 77,000 were submitted for a place on the aircraft. The campaign generated more than 50,000 extra likes on KLM’s Facebook page and more than 450,000 views on YouTube
KLM’s recent worldwide online Tile & Inspire campaign has been a great success. KLM challenged its Facebook fans and passengers to convert their profile pictures into a Delft Blue tile with an inspiring message, in the hope of winning a place on the body of a KLM Boeing 777-200. Inspiring messages were considered in Chinese, German, English, French, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. In the end, an entire series of tiles in these languages were selected for the aircraft. These inspiring messages will soon be flying to multiple destinations.
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Top Copyright Photo: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Bottom Copyright Photo: TMK Photography.
Air France-KLM posts a fiscal year net profit of $874 million
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PH-KCK (msn 48564) YUL (Gilbert Hechema), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) (Air France-KLM Group) managed to produce a fiscal year profit of $874 million due mainly to its cost-cutting efforts.
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Delta, Air France, KLM and Alitalia to reduce trans-Atlantic capacity
Delta Air Lines Boeing 777-232 LR N703DN (msn 32222) LHR (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) along with Air France (Paris), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) and Alitalia (Rome) announced a year-over-year 7 to 9 percent reduction in trans-Atlantic passenger capacity this fall between Europe and the United States and Canada, as the airlines respond to a significant increase in jet fuel prices and fluctuating seasonal demand.
The four member airlines will adjust their combined network and decrease capacity by reducing frequency on selected routes during the fall and winter seasons and right-sizing the joint venture fleet across the Atlantic while introducing seasonal flying to warm weather destinations.
Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Please click on the photo for the aircraft details.
Delta, Air France and KLM launch international Florida service
Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-332 ER WL N192DN (msn 28449) JFK (Ken Petersen) , originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) and the Air France-KLM Group (Paris and Amsterdam) kick off a major international expansion this week with new flights connecting Florida with three major European cities: London, Paris and Amsterdam.
Delta will launch daily new nonstop service between Miami and London’s Heathrow Airport on March 26. On March 27, KLM begins new nonstop flights between Miami and its hub in Amsterdam four days weekly. And on June 11, Air France will inaugurate new nonstop service between Orlando and its Paris hub three days weekly.
The airlines will operate the new Florida flights under the trans-Atlantic joint venture, an agreement, which also includes Alitalia, that allows the partners to coordinate flights and share costs and revenues of the service.
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Copyright Photo: Ken Petersen. Please click on the photo for the aircraft details.
KLM uses Twitter to sell tickets, resumes the Miami route early
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PH-KCK (msn 48564) YUL (Gilbert Hechema), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) resumed service to Miami yesterday (March 21) earlier than the planned March 27 relaunch date because some passengers, namely Sied van Riel and Wilco Jung, a Dutch DJ and filmmaker, who wanted to come to Miami for the Ultra Music Festival this weekend. The pair used Twitter to help fill the seats and KLM went along with the request. This is believed to be a first although many airlines are now using social websites to promote and sell tickets.
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Copyright Photo: Gilbert Hechema. Please click on the photo for the full story.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is restoring service to Buenos Aires
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777-206 ER PH-BQK (msn 29399) JFK (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) is restoring its route to Buenos Aires. After an absence of 10 years, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume scheduled services between Amsterdam and Buenos Aires (EZE) starting on October 31, 2011. Buenos Aires will become KLMs’ 67th intercontinental destination and will be operated three times a week.
Buenos Aires is the 7th destination for KLM in Latin America.
Flights will be operated with Boeing 777-200 ER equipment, which can carry 318 passengers: 35 in World Business Class and 283 in Economy Class.
Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Please click on the photo for the aircraft details.
Air France-KLM loses $61 million in its fiscal third quarter
Air France Boeing 747-428 F-GITH (msn 32866) YYZ (TMK Photography), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air France-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Paris/Amsterdam) reported a net loss of $61 million in its fiscal third quarter ending on December 31.
The group also issued a profit warning that it would miss its full-year operating profit target of $408 million.
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KLM to return to Miami on March 27, 2011
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PH-KCK (msn 48564) YUL (Gilbert Hechema), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) is returning to Miami. The flag carrier has announced a four-times-a-week roundtrip service to Miami International Airport from the start of the summer schedule on March 27, 2011. This relaunches KLM’s direct service to Miami that was suspended in September 2004.
KLM will operate this service using MD-11 equipment. This aircraft seats 285 passengers – 24 in World Business Class, 38 in Economy Comfort Class and 223 in Economy Class.
The Amsterdam-Miami service will depart from Amsterdam every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 3:10 p.m. (1510), arriving in Miami at 7:10 p.m. (1910) local time. The return flight will depart from Miami the same day at 9:15 p.m. (2115) local time and arrive the next day at 12:05 p.m. (1205) in Amsterdam local time.
Copyright Photo: Gilbert Hechema. Please click on the photo for further information.
Air France and KLM swing to a fiscal 1Q net profit of $958 million
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 737-8K2 WL PH-BXA (msn 29131) (1959 Retrojet) LHR (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) reported a better than expected fiscal first quarter (ending on June 30) net profit of $958 million.
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Copyright photo: Antony J. Best. KLM’s Boeing 737-8K2 PH-BXA (msn 29131) dressed in the 1959 retrojet livery arrives at London (Heathrow).
Air France-KLM loss grows in fourth quarter and the fiscal year
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PH-KCK (msn 48564) YUL (Gilbert Hechema), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) reported its net loss widened in the fourth quarter as the global economic crisis hammered freight and passenger traffic, resulting in its biggest loss in more than 15 years.
Europe’s largest airline group reported a net loss of $859 million for the three months ending on March 31
Read the full report in Business Week:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FQ1HQG1.htm
Copyright Photo: Gilbert Hechema. A great picture of KLM’s McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PH-KCK (msn 48564) climbing away from Montreal (Trudeau). KLM is one of the last operators of the passenger model of the MD-11 with a fleet of 10 MD-11s.
KLM wants to run biofuel flights by 2011
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) stated yesterday (March 18) it wants to operate biofuel flights from 2011 according to this Reuters report.
Last November, during a 1.5 hour KLM flight above the Netherlands, one engine of a Boeing 747-400 flew on a mixture of 50 percent sustainable biofuel and 50 percent on traditional kerosene. The other three engines ran on 100 percent normal kerosene.
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Air France/KLM deny media reports of JV with JAL
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) denied a French newspaper report today (February 22) that it was in talks to form a new joint venture with JAL-Japan Airlines (Tokyo) in order to cooperate more closely on flights between Europe and Japan.
Here is the full report in Reuters:
KLM returns to Denpasar (Bali) after 12 years
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777-306 ER PH-BVC (msn 37582) PAE, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) returned to Denpasar (Bali) on December 7 after the route was dropped in October 1997. The flight from Amsterdam to DPS is routed via Singapore and is operated with Boeing 777-300 ERs.
News link:
www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/12/09/klm-revives-amsterdambali-route.html
Copyright Photo: Nick Dean.
Air France-KLM reports a $220 million first half loss
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Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) reported a net loss of $220 million in the first half of the fiscal year.
News link:
uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091118/tbs-europe-s-top-airline-air-france-klm-5268574_1.html
Air France-KLM enters the contest for JAL
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Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) have entered into separate discussions with JAL-Japan Airlines (Tokyo-Haneda) about a possible investment. Delta and American are also holding separate discussions. JAL intends to cut around 20 percent of its international flights by March 2012.
News link:
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINT19446720090915?rpc=44
JAL is seeking around $550 million from Delta
Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems. Please click on photo for more photos.
JAL-Japan Airlines (Tokyo-Haneda) is seeking around $550 million from Delta Air Lines for a minority share in the Japanese carrier according to published reports. SkyTeam partners Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines may also buy a share. JAL desperately needs a capital infusion. Since it is part of the Oneworld Alliance it may also approach American Airlines to counter bid the Delta offer.
News link:
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINT10451720090912?rpc=44
Boeing delivers 777-306 ER PH-BVD to KLM
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) has taken delivery of its latest Boeing 777-306 ER registered PH-BVD (msn 35979). The new acquisition is painted in the SkyTeam Alliance colors.
finance.yahoo.com/news/Boeing-Delivers-KLM-777300ER-prnews-331042565.html?x=0&.v=1
Air France-KLM posts larger than expected loss
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Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) posted a net loss of $600 million for the quarter ending on June 30.
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KLM concludes sale of 15 Fokker 100s
A great shot of KLM Cityhopper's Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100 PH-OFN (msn 11477) taxiing at Nuremberg. The Fokkers are being replaced with newer Embraer ERJ 190-100LRs. Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) has concluded the sale of the 15 remaining Fokker F.28 Mk. 0100s (Fokker 100s) currently operated by KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam).
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Czech Airlines sale down to two bidders
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The Czech government has narrowed the potential winning bidder for stated-owned Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) down to two bidders – Air France-KLM and the Czech consortium of Unimex-Travel Service Airlines (Prague). The government wants to sell its 91.5 percent stake in the flag carrier. Czech Airlines is a fellow member of the SkyTeam Alliance with Air France-KLM. Aeroflot Russian Airlines has been eliminated from the bidding.
Air France/KLM acquire 25% of Alitalia (2nd)
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) have completed the acquisition of 25 percent of the stock of the new Alitalia (2nd) (Rome).
