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]

SeatGuru reports that KLM’s Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, of which there are 14 in its fleet, sport a three-class seating configuration. This consists of 34 business class flatbeds, 40 economy comfort seats, and 334 standard economy class seats, the latter of which are laid out in a 3-4-3 setup. Join me on my trip from Amsterdam to Dubai on KLM's Boeing 777-200 Economy Class. Best viewed in 4K.Seat: 39AFlight number: KL427#KLM #Boeing777Also watch KL.

• 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]

Historical fleet[edit]

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

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]

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]

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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]

Klm B777 Fleet

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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