KLM Summer Schedule 2010
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Maintaining connectivityand growing selectively in key strategic areas
AMSTELVEEN,3 March 2010- In the wake of 2009, an extremely difficult year for
the world economy and air transport in particular, tentative signs of recovery-
depending on the country- have been perceived.
Against this background, the Air France KLM Group's schedule for summer
2010remains practically unchanged compared with 2009 showing slight growth for
the long-haul network and a reduction for the medium-haul network.
New destinations will be enhancing the Group's network: Denpasar (Bali) and once
again Aruba for for KLM, Abu Dhabi and Bata for Air France as well as Bari in
code-share with Alitalia.
Zooming in on KLM's summer schedule 2010, which starts onMarch 28, continued
greater flexibility and selective growth in key strategic areas catch the eye.
KLM strives to maintain its adjusted capacity on the majority of its routes,
while growing capacity in emerging markets. Compared to summer 2009, overall
production will be increased by 1%, which breaks down into a 2% increase for
long-haul destinations and a 4.5% reduction for medium-haul destinations.
Maintaining and further optimizing connectivity to European destinations
The summer schedule continues the optimized connectivity that was successfully
introduced in the current winter season, shortening total travel time for the
customers. Flight frequency to certain stations will be increased in summer to
improve connectivity. Specifically, operations to Munich, Stuttgart, Stockholm,
Gothenburg and Edinburgh will increase to five times per day. During summer, the
services to Liverpool and Toulouse will be increased from three to four
frequencies per day.
In itsSt Petersburg service, KLM will increase to daily operation from the start
of summer 2010. Together with partner airline Rossiya, KLM will then offer
twelve weekly flights. KLM's close cooperation with Alitalia will continue to
improve the product for its customers between the Netherlands and Italy.
Alitalia recently started five weekly flights between Amsterdam and Turin, which
will continue into the summer season.
Growth in promising Asian destinations
KLM aims to reinforce its position in the fast-growing Chinese market. It will
therefore continue to serve the Amsterdam-Beijing route 14 times weekly together
with its strategic partner airline China Southern. KLM will schedule twelve
weekly flights to Shanghai, which is one additional flight compared to the end
of this winter. Starting from June, services to Chengdu will be increased to
four weekly. The seven weekly flights to Hong Kong will be maintained. Besides
these developments, further opportunities in China are explored on a continuous
basis and are expected to be announced shortly.
The start-up of the tail-end operation from Singapore to Denpasar, a popular
destination for KLM passengers, will be continued, operating four weekly flights
during summer season. In Tokyo, the uniform Boeing 747 product introduced in the
current winter season will be continued in the summer season, while capacity to
Seoul will be increased from five to six weekly flights in Boeing 747 combined
passenger and freight aircraft.
Improving position through frequency - and type changes to the Middle East
Compared to last summer, the flight frequency to Teheran will increase by one to
six weekly flights. On its service to Dubai, KLM will make its product for
business travellers more attractive by increasing frequency to 13 weekly
flights: six weekly in Airbus 330-200 aircraft and seven weekly in Boeing 747
combined passenger and freight aircraft.
Further strengtheningthe North Atlantic position
On North Atlantic routes, KLM will further strengthen her position by a light
growth of approximately 1%. The successful transatlantic joint venture with
Northwest Airlines has been migrated into a new three-party joint venture with
AIR FRANCE, KLM and Delta Air Lines. As a result, the capacity will be increased
to Atlanta and New York (JFK), which are major hubs for Delta Air Lines. Both
Atlanta and New York will be served three times daily. The services to the
former hubs of Northwest Airlines will remain on the same frequency as last
summer, meaning four flights a day to Detroit, three a day to Minneapolis and a
daily service to Memphis. Anotherresult of KLM's cooperation with Delta Air
Lines is that both networks have been further connected with fully reciprocal
code shares, further increasing the number of destinations offered in their
joint networks.
San Francisco will be served in a combination of Boeing 777-200/300 aircraft,
KLM's newest aircraft. The service to Seattle will be extended by Delta Air
Lines in the peak of the summer through an additional afternoon departure three
times per week, creating a total of ten services per week. The capacity to
Boston will be increased to a twice-daily service with a mixture of Airbus
330-300 and Boeing 767-300 aircraft. The product to Portland will grow from six
times per week to a daily service.
Reinforcing market position in Africa and Central and South America
KLM aims to reinforce its position in Africa by maintaining flight frequency to
a number of destinations, including Cairo, Lagos, Accra, Cape Town and
Johannesburg. To accommodate additional demand during the peak period in June
through August, one flight will be added to the Cairo service, increasing
operations to seven weekly flights. In the same period, a flight will be added
to the Entebbe service, increasing it to five weekly flights during the summer.
The operation to Dar Es Salam will be increased to seven weekly flights,
starting in June and continuing for the rest of the summer. During this summer,
KLM will continue its twice-daily service to Nairobi in cooperation with its
partner Kenya Airways; with that partner, it offers multiple connections to
destinations in Eastern Africa.
Due to specific business demand on Aruba, KLM will also operate two weekly
flights to this popular destination during the summer season. The flights will
be operated in addition to the services operated by Martinair. The flight
between Sint Maarten and Bonaire which was introduced last year will operate
throughout the complete summer season. On Paramaribo, KLM will increase capacity
and operate five flights every week as of the start of the season, while an
extra weekly flight is planned in the peak season to accommodate additional
traffic.
Duringthe summer, KLM will offer five weekly flights to Panama, with onward
connections to numerous destinations in Latin America with its code-share
partner Copa Airlines. The code-share cooperation between KLM and Copa has
recently been expanded with the addition of the KLM code on Copa flights to San
Jose in Ecuador and San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa in Honduras.
The Sao Paulo operationwill be increased to a daily service from six weekly
flights during the current winter season. At the same time, code-share
cooperation has started with Brazilian airline Gol Transportes Aereos,
increasing the number of South American destinations offered to KLM's customers.
Fleet renewal
KLM continues to renew its fleet. By the start of summer 2010, KLM will have
finalized the phaseout of the Fokker 50 from its regional fleet.At the end of
the coming summer season, KLM will have introduced an additional ten new Embraer
190 aircraft compared to the end of previous summer season. The present
generation of Boeing 737 aircraft will continue to be phased out from the
medium-haul fleet and the next generation of Boeing 737 aircraft will be
introduced.
For more information:
KLM Media Relations, tel. +31 (0)20 - 649 45 45
[HUG#1390299]
Pdf version of the press release: http://hugin.info/130669/R/1390299/348328.pdf
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Datum: 03.03.2010 - 10:00 Uhr
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