Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V., or simply known as KLM, announced a major international expansion, with three new routes from its main hub in Amsterdam. New service to the United States, Guyana and India will begin in 2025.
The airline has flights to the United States and India, operating to Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Portland, San Francisco and Washington DC in the case of the US, while Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai in India. Guyana, in South America, will be a new country for KLM.
Effective May 8th, 2025, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will inaugurate services between Amsterdam and San Diego, which will be offered with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft configured for 275 passengers in three classes (30 seats in World Business, 21 seats in Premium Comfort and 224 seats in Economy).
London Heathrow and Munich are San Diego’s current connections to Europe, provided by British Airways and Lufthansa respectively, both on Airbus A350s.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- KL 639 Amsterdam AMS 09:50 · 12:00 SAN San Diego
- KL 640 San Diego SAN 13:55 · 09:15+1 AMS Amsterdam
In addition to U.S. destinations, as far as other routes to North America are concerned, the Dutch carrier flies to Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, all from/to AMS.
Guyana will enter KLM’s regular schedule as of June 4th, 2025, on a triangular route with Sint Maarten.
The airline will commence flights to the South American country with the Amsterdam – Sint Maarten – Georgetown – Amsterdam service, to be carried by Airbus A330-200 planes. Unlike the 787s, the A330s have two seating classes (18 World Business and 246 Economy), for a total of 264 seats.
Wednesday and Saturday
- KL 789 Amsterdam AMS 10:00 · 13:00 SXM Sint Maarten
- KL 789 Sint Maarten SXM 14:20 · 16:35 GEO Georgetown
- KL 789 Georgetown GEO 17:55 · 09:15+1 AMS Amsterdam
KLM will be the first carrier to perform non-stop flights between Georgetown and Europe. British, the only current European airline to operate from the Guyanese capital, offers the London Gatwick – Vieux Fort – Georgetown route and vice versa with the 272-seat Boeing 777-200(ER), twice a week.
With Guyana, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will reach 16 markets in Latin America, including Argentina, Aruba, Bonaire, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Sint Maarten, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
Regarding Hyderabad, its new destination in India, the first flight from Amsterdam will be on September 2nd, 2025. In accordance with its website, the route will be served three times weekly using Boeing 777-200(ER) airplanes configured for 288 passengers.
KLM will offer 864 seats per week between Amsterdam and Hyderabad on each leg, while San Diego will have 39 fewer weekly seats, for a total of 825. As for Georgetown, on its triangular route with Sint Maarten, it will provide 528 seats a week.
Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
- KL 873 Amsterdam AMS 11:40 · 00:30+1 HYD Hyderabad
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- KL 874 Hyderabad HYD 02:20 · 08:40 AMS Amsterdam
The company operates to Bengaluru and Mumbai by Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft, while to Delhi on the 381-seat Boeing 777-300(ER), which has 63 more seats than 787-10s.
Currently, according to our database, its other routes to Asia are Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, Beijing, Dammam, Denpasar, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Osaka, Riyadh, Seoul Incheon, Shanghai Pudong, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo Narita.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has 177 aircraft in its fleet, averaging 14 years old. The short-haul fleet is distributed between Airbus A321s and Boeing 737s, while for long-haul operations it uses Airbus A330s, Boeing 777s and Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The company also has a regional subsidiary, with a fleet composed of three types of Embraer aircraft.
With regard to the cargo market, four Boeing 747-400(ER) are part of KLM Cargo, three of which have the KLM livery, while the other has the Martinair scheme. All of them are operated by Martinair Cargo.
Fleet
| Aircraft | Total | Registrations | Average age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A321-252NX | 2 | PH-AXA, PH-AXB | 3 months |
| Airbus A330-203 | 6 | PH-AOA, PH-AOB, PH-AOC, PH-AOD, PH-AOE, PH-AOF | 18.5 years |
| Airbus A330-303 | 5 | PH-AKA, PH-AKB, PH-AKD, PH-AKE, PH-AKF | 12 years |
| Boeing 737-700 | 6 | PH-BGF, PH-BGG, PH-BGH, PH-BGI, PH-BGM, PH-BGQ | 15 years |
| Boeing 737-800 | 31 | PH-BCA, PH-BCB, PH-BCD, PH-BCE, PH-BCG, PH-BCH, PH-BCK, PH-BCL, PH-BGA, PH-BGB, PH-BGC, PH-BXA, PH-BXB, PH-BXC, PH-BXD, PH-BXE, PH-BXF, PH-BXG, PH-BXH, PH-BXI, PH-BXK, PH-BXL, PH-BXM, PH-BXN, PH-BXU, PH-BXV, PH-BXW, PH-BXY, PH-BXZ, PH-HSD, PH-HSE | 18 years |
| Boeing 737-900 | 5 | PH-BXO, PH-BXP, PH-BXR, PH-BXS, PH-BXT | 23 years |
| Boeing 747-400(F) | 4 | PH-CKA, PH-CKB, PH-CKC, PH-MPS | 21 years |
| Boeing 777-200(ER) | 15 | PH-BQA, PH-BQB, PH-BQC, PH-BQD, PH-BQE, PH-BQF, PH-BQG, PH-BQH, PH-BQI, PH-BQK, PH-BQL, PH-BQM, PH-BQN, PH-BQO, PH-BQP | 20 years |
| Boeing 777-300(ER) | 16 | PH-BVA, PH-BVB, PH-BVC, PH-BVD, PH-BVF, PH-BVG, PH-BVI, PH-BVK, PH-BVN, PH-BVO, PH-BVP, PH-BVR, PH-BVS, PH-BVU, PH-BVV, PH-BVW | 10 years |
| Boeing 787-9 | 13 | PH-BHA, PH-BHC, PH-BHD, PH-BHE, PH-BHF, PH-BHG, PH-BHH, PH-BHI, PH-BHL, PH-BHM, PH-BHN, PH-BHO, PH-BHP | 8 years |
| Boeing 787-10 | 10 | PH-BKA, PH-BKC, PH-BKD, PH-BKF, PH-BKG, PH-BKH, PH-BKI, PH-BKK, PH-BKL, PH-BKM | 4 years |
| Embraer 175 | 17 | PH-EXG, PH-EXH, PH-EXI, PH-EXJ, PH-EXK, PH-EXL, PH-EXM, PH-EXN, PH-EXO, PH-EXP, PH-EXR, PH-EXS, PH-EXT, PH-EXU, PH-EXW, PH-EXX, PH-EXZ | 7.5 years |
| Embraer 190 | 28 | G-CLYU, PH-EXA, PH-EXB, PH-EXD, PH-EXE, PH-EXF, PH-EXV, PH-EXY, PH-EZA, PH-EZB, PH-EZC, PH-EZD, PH-EZE, PH-EZF, PH-EZG, PH-EZH, PH-EZL, PH-EZM, PH-EZN, PH-EZO, PH-EZP, PH-EZR, PH-EZS, PH-EZV, PH-EZW, PH-EZX, PH-EZY, PH-EZZ | 13 years |
| Embraer E195-E2 | 19 | PH-NXA, PH-NXB, PH-NXC, PH-NXD, PH-NXE, PH-NXF, PH-NXG, PH-NXH, PH-NXI, PH-NXJ, PH-NXK, PH-NXL, PH-NXM, PH-NXN, PH-NXO, PH-NXP, PH-NXR, PH-NXS, PH-NXU | 2.5 years |
In January 2023, Air France-KLM Group placed an order for four Airbus A350Fs, which will be delivered to Martinair Holland, replacing four Boeing 747-400(F) aircraft. These Airbus cargo jets, with a payload capacity of 109 tons, will begin operations from 2027.
KLM commenced its winter schedule 2024/25
On October 27th, the company started its winter schedule, including 155 destinations worldwide, of which 89 are within Europe and the remaining 66 intercontinental. With respect to new winter routes, Portland was recently added to KLM’s network. The first service was on October 27th, and will be offered three times weekly with Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner planes.
In addition, as we published in previous reports, KLM introduced its new Airbus A321neo aircraft to European destinations, such as Berlin, Copenhagen and Stockholm. It currently has two A321neo, with plans to add more in the near future.
Other markets
As well as America and Asia, KLM has an important network of destinations within Europe, with approximately 88 routes to/from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Based on our database, it operates to Accra, Cape Town, Dar-es-Salaam, Entebbe, Johannesburg, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Lagos, Nairobi and Zanzibar, regarding cities in Africa.
Aalborg, Aberdeen, Ålesund, Alicante, Athens, Basel, Barcelona, Belfast City, Belgrade, Bergen, Berlin, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Cardiff, Copenhagen, Cork, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Florence, Frankfurt, Gdańsk, Geneva, Genoa, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Hannover, Helsinki, Humberside, Inverness, Istanbul IST, Kraków, Kristiansand, Leeds, London City, London Heathrow, Linköping, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Málaga, Manchester, Marseille, Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa, Montpellier, Munich, Nantes, Naples, Newcastle, Nice, Norwich, Nuremberg, Oslo, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Porto, Poznań, Rennes, Rome, Rovaniemi, Southampton, Split, Stavanger, Stockholm Arlanda, Stuttgart, Teesside, Trondheim, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Vienna, Venice, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Zagreb and Zurich are its routes in Europe, all from/to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Cover photo: michel van bokhoven – JetPhotos (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – EHAM, Netherlands)
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