KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

KLM is pushing ahead with its fleet renewal plans a few days after announcing a cost-cutting and investment-postponing plan aimed at boosting its profitability.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines intends to postpone investments, cut costs and take measures to increase productivity as part of a bid to improve operating profit.

This week’s Carbon Analysis revisits the European “Second Four,” namely Iberia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, TAP Air Portugal and Alitalia/ITA Airways.

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The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines cautiously welcomed the less drastic plans, which foresee a reduction in aircraft movements to 475,000-485,000.

European airlines are pulling out capacity or even leaving some routes completely while Chinese carriers are expanding their capacity to Europe substantially.

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has agreed to perform a flight demonstration of ZeroAvia’s ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines in 2026.

A Dutch court has ruled that the Netherlands must follow a European Union procedure for reducing noise at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.

Airlines operating from Amsterdam Schiphol are preparing for another twist in the long-running saga over how to reduce airport noise.

The Dutch government intends to cut night flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and ban noisier aircraft.

Elysian has expanded the advisory board providing input on the design, development and operation of its proposed 90-passenger battery-electric aircraft, the E9X.

Looking at Iberia, KLM, and TAP, progress appears to be slowing, apart from ITA/Alitalia, which is working to reduce emissions from a raised level.

The ruling said the state must provide legal protection for all people who experience serious inconvenience or sleep disturbance due to Schiphol air traffic.

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The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

The announcement was the second such ruling affecting the Air France-KLM group in recent months.

The airport’s flight cap reprieve provides summer season clarity, but European aviation increasingly will be in the environmental spotlight this year.

Airport operator Royal Schiphol Group said it plans to provide capacity for 293,000 flights in the summer season from March 31 to Oct. 26.

A doubling of the number of unruly passengers onboard KLM flights has triggered a Netherlands initiative to stem the problem.

Air France-KLM group has announced a new strategy and transformation head for the group and a new CFO for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

Environmental pressure is growing on aviation in Europe amid calls for restrictions, taxes and minimum air fares.

The decision not to institute the first phase of cuts appears to have been driven by pressure from the U.S. government and the European Union.

The U.S. has found the Dutch government’s flight cuts at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport are anticompetitive and in violation of the U.S.-EU Open Skies agreement.