Amazing Royal Dutch Airline KLM
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. lit. 'Royal Aviation Company Plc.', is the flag carrier of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
In 1919, a young aviator lieutenant named Albert Plesman sponsored the ELTA aviation exhibition in Amsterdam. Attendance at the exhibition was over half a million, and after it closed, several Dutch commercial interests intended to establish a Dutch airline, which Plesman was nominated to head. In September 1919, Queen Wilhelmina awarded the yet-to-be-founded KNLM its "Royal" ("Koninklijke") predicate. On 7 October 1919, eight Dutch businessmen, including Frits Fentener van Vlissingen, founded KLM as one of the first commercial airline companies. Plesman became its first administrator and director
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| Founded | 7 October 1919; 103 years ago | ||||||
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| Hubs | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Flying Blue | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 110 | ||||||
| Destinations | 145 | ||||||
| Parent company | Air France–KLM | ||||||
| Employees | 35,410 (2019) | ||||||
| Website | www |
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The first KLM flight took place on 17 May 1920
The first KLM flight took place on 17 May 1920. KLM's first pilot, Jerry Shaw, flew from Croydon Airport, London, to Amsterdam. The flight was flown using a leased Aircraft Transport and Travel
De Haviland DH-16, registration G-EALU, which was carrying two British journalists and some newspapers. In 1920, KLM carried 440 passengers and 22 tons of freight. In April 1921, after a winter hiatus, KLM resumed its services using its pilots, and Fokker F.II and Fokker F.III aircraft. In 1921, KLM started scheduled services.
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Dutch Kroonduif
Dutch Kroonduif
The creation of the Crown Dove In order to maintain connections to places where the Dakotas could not go, the government purchased two de Havilland Canada Beavers in late 1954, which were registered as JZ-PAA and -PAB. JZ- were the recently awarded nationality letters of Dutch New Guinea. The Beavers were placed with the Netherlands New Guinea Airline, established by KLM and the Dutch government on 1 November 1954, of which captain Carl Mattern was appointed company director; he also served as chief pilot. On 14 July 1955, the government withdrew and the NNGLM became a 100% subsidiary of KLM, operating under the name "Kroonduif"
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| DC-2 PH-AJU Uiver came second in the MacRobertson Air Race in 1934 | |
| Role | Passenger & military transport |
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| Manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft Company |
| First flight | May 11, 1934 |
| Introduction | May 18, 1934, with Trans World Airlines |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary users | Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) KLM Pan American Airways |
| Produced | 1934–1939 |
| Number built | 192 |
| Developed from | Douglas DC-1 |
| Developed into | Douglas B-18 Bolo Douglas DC-3 |
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