KLM

The company has been in existence since 1919 and have kept their name unchanged since then. Albert Plesman was one of KLM’s founders and he stayed with the company until his death. KLM is similar to many other European airlines: the end of WWI created a demand for aviation services and the company emerged to fulfil this demand. KLM used planes from Dutch companies; the Fokker F.2 is one such plane they used.

KLM used air races to solidify their presence in the aviation industry. One such race was the MacRobertson England-Australia Air Race that used a Douglas DC-2 monoplane. WWII was a challenge for KLM: the British denied them from flying many of their regular routes and they also sided with other airlines to prevent KLM and their newly created Royal Dutch Indies Airlines from becoming too competitive. This created a reason to find other routes, the company started expanding to the Caribbean and Latin America.

The end of WWII meant KLM could resume its European service; they also became the first European airline to fly to New York.

KLM and Air France merged to form Air France-KLM, a holding company, in 2004. The two companies’ operating revenues and passenger-kilometres makes Air France-KLM the world’s largest airline company. They remain two separate companies; each has its own brand, identity and trade name.

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South African borders are opening up on the 1^st of October 2020 & KLM has announced that they will recommence their scheduled services to and from South Africa. KLM will start flying to and from SA on the below routes from the 1st of October 2020.

Weekly flight schedule between Johannesburg & Amsterdam

• KL 591 Daily from Johannesburg to Amsterdam
• KL 592 Daily from Amsterdam to Johannesburg

Weekly flight schedule between Cape Town & Amsterdam

• KL 597 Tue, Thu, Sat & Sun from Cape Town to Amsterdam
• KL 598 Tue, Thu, Sat & Sun from Amsterdam to Cape Town

KLM has announced that they will now operate year round flights between Amsterdam and Cape Town. The airline currently only operates seasonal flights between the two countries. The new schedule will come into effect from May 2016.