After a few months’ delay, KLM will say goodbye to the Boeing 747 on Sunday. The ‘Queen of the Skies’ was used for cargo flights for a few more months, but after Sunday the iconic blue aircraft will never land in the Netherlands again. Anyone who took a look at the parked aircraft at or … Read more
KLM opened a new voluntary departure arrangement on Monday. The airline hopes to prevent forced redundancies, although it is not clear how many employees can make use of the departure scheme. KLM already announced last week that the departure scheme would be opened. In the meantime, one message of the Association of Dutch Cabin Crew … Read more
A KLM aircraft was grounded for hours on Saturday at the airport in the Romanian capital Bucharest after a false bomb threat. This confirms a spokesperson for KLM ANP after reporting by NH News. The bomb threat was made for flight KL1376. That flight was scheduled to depart from Bucharest to Amsterdam on Saturday evening. … Read more
At the airport in the Romanian capital Bucharest, a KLM aircraft is currently being investigated after a bomb threat. This confirms a spokesperson for KLM ANP after reporting by NH News. It concerns flight KL1376 that was to depart from Bucharest to Amsterdam on Saturday evening. The passengers and crew have been taken off board … Read more
In short, the proposal includes plans to emerge smaller but stronger from the corona crisis in the future. Not only will jobs disappear, but other costs must also be structurally reduced. The details of the reorganization for the period up to 2022 have been broadly agreed with all eight trade unions representing the personnel on … Read more
On Thursday evening, KLM signed an agreement with the VNV pilots’ union on employment conditions for pilots. This was necessary for the reorganization plan that the airline had to submit to the Ministry of Finance on Thursday in order to receive state aid. The plan that has been sent to the ministry sets out how … Read more
“It is extremely important that everyone realizes that aviation has ended up in completely different waters,” says Hoekstra, pointing to companies other than KLM where there have been major layoffs and staff have lost substantial salaries. “There are not that many flavors on the table,” said the minister. “It is either a salary drop, or … Read more