Category: KLM

KLM flight misses new Hyderabad airport

A KLM flight headed for Hyderabad in India’s south skipped its destination and flew across India because the pilot was unaware the city had a brand-new airport, a report said today.
The confusion occurred barely hours after the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in the Hyderabad suburb of Shamshabad became operational after midnight on Saturday, with flights […]

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Posted in KLM on Mar 25th, 2008  

AirFrance-KLM to cut Alitalia fleet size by 50 and to shut down Alitalia Cargo

Air France-KLM, the world’s biggest airline, is expected to close down Alitalia’s cargo operations if its takeover bid for the ailing Italian carrier succeeds.
The Franco-Dutch airline made a 138-million euro [$215-million] offer for Alitalia over the weekend which the state-controlled Italian airline immediately accepted even though it was an 80-percent discount to its share price […]

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Posted in Alitalia, KLM, Air France on Mar 19th, 2008  

KLM to return to Detroit

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will soon return to Detroit Metro Airport when it begins daily, nonstop flights between Detroit and Amsterdam, beginning March 30.
 KLM served Detroit until 2003, when joint-venture partner Northwest Airlines assumed operation of all flights from Detroit to Europe for Northwest/KLM. The addition of the new, KLM-operated flight on this route will […]

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Posted in KLM on Mar 15th, 2008