777 Klm

Dutch flag-carrier airline KLM operates a fleet of more than a hundred aircraft. The narrow-body fleet is composed of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. Airbus A330, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner widebody aircraft are used primarily on long-haul missions.[1][2][3]

Current fleet[edit]

And the 777-300ER now gives operators a perfect opportunity to extend that success. Recent upgrades further reduce costs and boost revenue, and the 777's flying experience is still number one with passengers. A more profitable fleet and more satisfied passengers. That's a better way to fly. KLM has B/E Aerospace Diamond seats in business class on the 777, in a 2-2-2 configuration. There are a total of 34 seats — there are 28 seats spread across five rows in the forward cabin, and then a rear cabin with just one row of seats, located behind the second door. I quite like KLM’s finishes on these seats.

Boeing 777 Klm Seating Chart

  • KLM Current Fleet
  • Airbus A330-200

  • Airbus A330-300

  • Boeing 737-700

  • Boeing 737-800

  • Boeing 737-900

  • Boeing 777-200ER

  • Boeing 777-300ER

  • Boeing 787-9

  • Boeing 787-10

As of February 2021, the KLM fleet (excluding its subsidiaries KLM Cityhopper, Transavia and Martinair) consists of the following aircraft:[2][3][4]

Seatguru

For your next KLM flight, use this seating chart to get the most comfortable seats, legroom, and recline on. The Boeing 777’s twin-jet engines equal 175,000 horsepower. With this, our pilots can make this aircraft accelerate from 0 to 96 km/h in just 6 seconds. That’s why the Boeing 777 engine is listed as the most powerful jet engine in the Guinness Book of Records. This KLM Boeing 777-200ER aircraft features a three class configuration with 34 flat bed World Business seats, 40 Economy Comfort seats, and 242 Economy seats.

KLM fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengers[4]Notes
BE+ETotal
Airbus A330-20081836214268To be retired in 2025.[5]
Airbus A330-30053040222292
Boeing 737-70018[6]206106132To be retired in 2022.[7]
Boeing 737-80027206150176Received the last aircraft of Boeing 737NG series.[8]
Boeing 737-90052818138184
Boeing 777-200ER153440242316
Boeing 777-300ER1423440334408
Boeing 787-9133048216294
Boeing 787-10510[9]3836270344
KLM Cargo fleet
Boeing 747-400ERF3CargoOperated by Martinair for KLM Cargo.
Total11512

Historical fleet[edit]

KLM aircraft parked at Schiphol Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Seatguru Klm 777 200

KLM historical fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Airbus A310-2001119831997
BAC 1-11-301AG119681968Leased from British Eagle.
Operated from Rotterdam to London service in full KLM colours.
Boeing 737-200319881995
Boeing 737-3001919862011
Boeing 737-4001919892011
Boeing 747-200B419711991
11977Crashed as flight KL4805
Boeing 747-200M719751986
Boeing 747-200B/SUD319852003
Boeing 747-200/SUD/SF219982003Converted from two Boeing 747-200M/SUD aircraft.
Boeing 747-200M/SUD719852003
Boeing 747-300M319832003
Boeing 747-400519892020Retired earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Boeing 747-400M20198920203 aircraft put back into service for cargo retired in October 2020.
Boeing 767-300ER1219952007
Carley Werkspoor Jumbo119301940Only 1 aircraft was ever built, PH-AFI.
Convair 2401219481959
Convair 3401319531964
De Havilland DH.9419211926
De Havilland DH.16419201924Leased from Aircraft Transport and Travel.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster219451959
Douglas C-54A Skymaster16
Douglas C-54B Skymaster3
Douglas DC-21919341946
Douglas DC-35819361964
Douglas DC-4619461958
Douglas DC-5419401941
Douglas DC-6819481963
11952Crashed as flight KL592
Douglas DC-6A219531961
Douglas DC-6B619521963
11954Crashed as flight KL608
Douglas DC-7C1519531966
Douglas DC-82219601983
11968Crashed as Viasa flight VA897
Douglas DC-8-631119671985
Douglas DC-9-10619661989
Douglas DC-9-301219671989
Douglas DC-9-30C6
Fokker F.II219201927
Fokker F.III1419211930
Fokker F.VII519241936
Fokker F.VIIa1519251940
Fokker F.VIIb/3m1019281936
Fokker F.VIII719271940
Fokker F.IX219301936
Fokker F.XII819311936
Fokker F.XVIII519321946
Fokker F.XX119331936
Fokker F.XXII319351939
Fokker F.XXXVI119351939
Ilyushin Il-62719711972Joint operation with Aeroflot.
Used for the Tokyo ~ Moscow ~ Amsterdam service.[10]
Koolhoven FK-33119251927
Koolhoven FK-40119291936Only 1 aircraft was ever built: PH-AES.
Koolhoven FK-43919321940
Koolhoven FK-48119341940Used as a trainer aircraft.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation619461950
Lockheed L-749 Constellation131953
Lockheed L-749A Constellation71960
Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation1119531966
11954Crashed as flight KL633
11957Crashed as flight KL844
Lockheed L-1049G Constellation61966
Lockheed L-1049H Constellation21966
11958Crashed as flight KL607-E
Lockheed L-188C Electra1219591969
1961Crashed as flight KL823
Lockheed Super Electra-14519381948
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-301219721995
McDonnell Douglas MD-111019932014Last passenger commercial operator.
Three aircraft are currently stored.
Stearman Hammond Y-1S119371939Used as a trainer aircraft.
Vickers V.803 Viscount919571966

Fleet development[edit]

Fleet strategy[edit]

KLM's first of 8 Boeing 787-10 aircraft was delivered on 28 June 2019; it featured 100th anniversary markings.[11]

Boeing 777 Klm Seating Plan

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.

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 A330's. This move would make KLM an all-Boeing airline.[12]

Special liveries[edit]

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.[13]
  • 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.[14]
  • 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).
  • 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.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^'Our aircraft'. KLM.
  2. ^ ab'KLM Royal Dutch Airlines'. Airfleets.net. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ ab'KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Fleet Details and History'. Planespotters.net. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  4. ^ ab'Seating plans'. KLM. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. ^Woerkom, Klaas-Jan van (2019-11-05). 'KLM neemt definitief afscheid van Airbus A330-vloot'. Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  6. ^https://www.klm.com/travel/aw_en/prepare_for_travel/on_board/our_aircraft/boeing_737_700.htm
  7. ^Ouden, Huib den (2 July 2018). 'KLM/VNC-deal van start gegaan'. www.fnvcabine.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  8. ^'KLM takes delivery of world's last B737-800'. Ch-Aviation. 20 December 2019.
  9. ^'The Air France - KLM group takes a next step in optimization of the long haul fleet'. Newsroom KLM. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  10. ^https://aeroflotarchives.com/ilyushin-il-62.html
  11. ^Hales-Dutton, Bruce. 'KLM. A Dutch of Class'. Airliner World. October 2019: 94.
  12. ^'KLM NEEMT DEFINITIEF AFSCHEID VAN AIRBUS A330-VLOOT'.
  13. ^'#Orangepride: KLM's unique orange aircraft to promote the Netherlands'.
  14. ^'A Fond Farewell to Fokker - KLM Blog'. 7 June 2017.
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