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KLM fleet

KLM fleet

List of aircraft operated by KLM


Dutch flag-carrier airline KLM operates a fleet of 107 aircraft. The narrow-body fleet is composed of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft which will be replaced by the Airbus A320neo family aircraft in 2024. Airbus A330, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft are used primarily on long-haul flights. In September 2023, Air France-KLM announced an order for 50 Airbus A350s. These will replace the groups’ remaining Airbus A330s and Boeing 777-200ERs, and will be split between Air France and KLM.[1][2]

Current fleet

As of September 2023, KLM operates the following aircraft:[2][3]

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Historical fleet

Over the years, KLM has operated the following aircraft types (list incomplete):[citation needed]

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Fleet development

Fleet strategy

KLM's first of 8 Boeing 787-10 aircraft was delivered on 28 June 2019; it featured 100th anniversary markings.[17]

On 19 June 2013, KLM had ordered 7 Airbus A350-900s. In June 2019, Air France–KLM announced that KLM will not take up any of the group's ordered A350s, because of fleet rationalization purposes.[citation needed]

CEO Ben Smith has announced at Air France's Investor Day (5 November 2019) in Paris that "in the near future" KLM will only use the 777 and 787 as their long-haul fleet, retiring their 13 A330s.[18] This move would have made KLM an all-Boeing carrier, however KLM announced in December 2021 that an order was placed for 100 A320neo and A321neo aircraft, which is to be shared between it and Transavia. This order will replace KLM's short-haul Boeing 737 fleet, alongside Transavia's.[citation needed]

There is considerable speculation on the replacement of KLM’s aging 777 and A330 fleet, of which the oldest 777-200s date back to 2003. On the 23rd of August 2023, it was reported that in contrast to prior speculation that KLM was considering Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X aircraft types, it will likely opt to further increase the numbers of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to the existing fleet.[19]

Special liveries

KLM has several aircraft painted in special liveries; they include:

  • PH-BVA, a Boeing 777-300ER, features an orange forward fuselage that fades into the standard blue to commemorate the Netherlands national team's participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[20]
  • PH-KZU, a Fokker F70, has been applied with a special livery featuring Anthony Fokker, the founder of Fokker, commemorating the airline's long-standing history with Fokker aircraft and the phase-out of the Fokker 70 aircraft in October 2017.[21]
  • Several aircraft bear the silver SkyTeam alliance livery, including PH-BVD (a 777-300ER), PH-BXO (a 737-900), and PH-EZX (a KLM Cityhopper ERJ-190).[citation needed]
  • PH-BKA, a Boeing 787-10, features the standard KLM livery with a 100 wrapped around its lettering on the plane, this is because of the 100 years of being an established airline.[citation needed]

See also


References

  1. "Our aircraft". KLM.
  2. "KLM Royal Dutch Airlines". Airfleets.net. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. "Seating plans". KLM. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. "KLM to invest in cleaner, quieter and more fuel-efficient long-haul aircraft with an order of new Airbus A350s". KLM to invest in cleaner, quieter and more fuel-efficient long-haul aircraft with an order of new Airbus A350s. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  5. "KLM's First (Oldest) 744 to Leave Fleet". Infinite Flight. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  6. Hales-Dutton, Bruce. "KLM. A Dutch of Class". Airliner World. October 2019: 94.

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