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KLM
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈlʏxtfaːrt ˈmaːtsxɑpɛi ˌɛnˈveː], lit. 'Royal Aviation Company'),[6] is the flag carrier of the Netherlands.[7] KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM group and a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. Founded in 1919, KLM is the oldest operating airline in the world, and has 35,488 employees with a fleet of 110 aircraft (excluding subsidiaries) as of 2021.[8] KLM operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to 145 destinations.
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Founded | 7 October 1919; 104 years ago (1919-10-07) | ||||||
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Hubs | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Flying Blue | ||||||
Alliance | SkyTeam | ||||||
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Fleet size | 111 | ||||||
Destinations | 164[1] | ||||||
Parent company | Air France-KLM | ||||||
Headquarters | Amstelveen, Netherlands | ||||||
Key people | Marjan Rintel (President & CEO)[2] | ||||||
Founder | Albert Plesman[3][4] | ||||||
Revenue | €12.0 billion (2023) | ||||||
Net income | €714 million (2023) | ||||||
Employees | 35,410 (2019) [5] | ||||||
Website | klm |