It is 30 June 2022. The Askerbøring women Anne Berit Trollstøl and her husband Arne Trollstøl step up to Gardermoen with luggage and passports, ready to get on a plane that will take them to the south of Europe. In the holiday paradise Algarve in Portugal, a large house awaits them and several family members … Read more
NOS NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 15:13 A report on an investigation into Schiphol and an alternative to downsizing will become public after all. KLM and trade organization Barin said this after last weekend de Volkskrant had released the contents of the report. The airline, Barin and the airport had jointly commissioned a study into the government’s plan … Read more
Feb 24, 2024 at 9:03 PM Update: 6 hours ago Trade union AVV and KLM reached an agreement in principle on Friday for a new collective labor agreement for former Martinair pilots. AVV reported this on Saturday evening. The salary of 150 cargo pilots will increase by 33 percent this year. The pilots will also … Read more
ANPThe water crashes over the pier at IJmuiden (archive photo) NOS News•today, 1:38 PM•Adjusted today, 7:21 PM Heavy gusts of wind are expected on the coast this evening, tonight and tomorrow morning. The KNMI will issue a code orange for North Holland and the Wadden area next night. In the rest of the Netherlands, the … Read more
Jan 19, 2024 at 9:48 PM Update: 30 minutes ago A group of KLM pilots have announced a strike. These are pilots who previously flew with Martinair, before KLM took over that company. This concerns approximately 150 pilots who fly cargo planes. According to the pilots, KLM has still not fully integrated them into the … Read more
ANP NOS News•today, 4:54 PM KLM has canceled at least 66 return flights for today due to fog in combination with temperatures around freezing at Schiphol. The planes at the airport suffer from frozen fog, which creates a layer of ice on the aircraft. “Due to the persistent freezing fog, aircraft have to be de-iced,” … Read more
Nov 14, 2023 at 4:22 PM Update: 41 minutes ago The downsizing plans for Schiphol will be postponed for another year. Outgoing Minister of Infrastructure Mark Harbers has to withdraw part of his plan after pressure from the United States and Canada and a letter from the European Commission. Harbers sent an email about this … Read more
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Of course, the European Commission should not dictate to the airlines the price policy and how to raise air transport tariffs. The free market allows carriers to control their own prices and open and close routes. In Brussels, however, the biggest concern is that the high tariffs may affect the outer regions of the European … Read more
The American airline JetBlue Airways announced on Tuesday that it had asked the American Department of Transport to prohibit KLM planes from the Air France – KLM group from taking off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. This follows planned restrictions at Schiphol Airport. For JetBlue they violate the open skies agreement between … Read more
Especially because reports from state agent Jeroen Kremers show that KLM has not complied with some of the conditions, Kaag writes. Kremers was appointed by the cabinet to monitor compliance with the agreements made. KLM received financial help in 2020 when global air traffic almost came to a standstill due to the corona pandemic. A … Read more