KLM fleet

Dutch flag-carrier airline KLM operates a fleet of more than a hundred aircraft, consisting of several different Boeing models as well as 2 variants of the Airbus A330.[1][2]

This article is about the mainline KLM fleet, including the historical fleets of KLM. For information about the fleet of KLM Cityhopper, see KLM Cityhopper.

Current fleet

As of July 2020, the KLM fleet (excluding its subsidiaries KLM Cityhopper, Transavia and Martinair) consists of the following aircraft:[1][2][3]

KLM fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers[3] Notes
B E+ E Total
Airbus A330-200 8 — 18 36 214 268 To be retired in 2025.[4]
Airbus A330-300 5 — 30 40 222 292
Boeing 737-700 16 — 20 6 106 132 To be retired in 2022.[5]
Boeing 737-800 31 — 20 6 150 176 Received the last aircraft from the Boeing 737 NG series.
Boeing 737-900 5 — 28 18 138 184
Boeing 777-200ER 15 — 34 40 242 316
Boeing 777-300ER 14 2 34 40 334 408
Boeing 787-9 13 — 30 48 216 294
Boeing 787-10 5 10[6] 38 36 270 344
KLM Cargo fleet
Boeing 747-400ERF 4 — Cargo Operated by Martinair for KLM Cargo.
Total 116 12

Historical fleet
KLM aircraft parked at Schiphol Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic

Over the years, KLM has operated the following aircraft types:

KLM historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A310-200 11 1983 1997
BAC 1-11-301AG 1 1968 1968 Leased from British Eagle.
Operated from Rotterdam to London service in full KLM colours.
Boeing 737-200 3 1988 1995
Boeing 737-300 19 1986 2011
Boeing 737-400 19 1989 2011
Boeing 747-200B 5 1971 1991
Boeing 747-200M 7 1975 1986
Boeing 747-200B/SUD 3 1985 2003
Boeing 747-200/SUD/SF 2 1998 2003 Converted from two Boeing 747-200M/SUD aircraft.
Boeing 747-200M/SUD 7 1985 2003
Boeing 747-300M 3 1983 2003
Boeing 747-400 5 1989 2020
Boeing 747-400M 17 1989 2020
3 Returned to service due to coronavirus outbreak.
Using to transport cargo.
Boeing 767-300ER 12 1995 2007
Carley Werkspoor Jumbo 1 1930 1940 Only 1 aircraft was ever built, PH-AFI.
Convair 240 12 1948 1959
Convair 340 13 1953 1964
De Havilland DH.9 4 1921 1926
De Havilland DH.16 4 1920 1924 Leased from Aircraft Transport and Travel.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 2 1945 1959
Douglas C-54A Skymaster 16
Douglas C-54B Skymaster 3
Douglas DC-2 19 1934 1946
Douglas DC-3 58 1936 1964
Douglas DC-4-1009 6 1946 1958
Douglas DC-5 4 1940 1941
Douglas DC-6 18 1948 1963
Douglas DC-7 15 1953 1966
Douglas DC-8 23 1960 1983
Douglas DC-8-63 11 1967 1985
Douglas DC-9-10 6 1966 1989
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 12 1967 1989
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30C 6
Fokker F.II 2 1920 1927
Fokker F.III 14 1921 1930
Fokker F.VII 5 1924 1936
Fokker F.VIIa 15 1925 1940
Fokker F.VIIb/3m 10 1928 1936
Fokker F.VIII 7 1927 1940
Fokker F.IX 2 1930 1936
Fokker F.XII 8 1931 1936
Fokker F.XVIII 5 1932 1946
Fokker F.XX 1 1933 1936
Fokker F.XXII 3 1935 1939
Fokker F.XXXVI 1 1935 1939
Ilyushin Il-62 7 1971 1972 Joint operation with Aeroflot.
Used for the Tokyo ~ Moscow ~ Amsterdam service.[7]
Koolhoven FK-33 1 1925 1927 KLM's First aircraft with a name: Dikke Dirk; referring to the last two letters of the registration, H-NADD, and the big fuselage.
Koolhoven FK-40 1 1929 1936 Only 1 aircraft was ever built: PH-AES.
Koolhoven FK-43 9 1932 1940 They were so small, the aircraft received the names of insects; while the rest got the names of birds.
Koolhoven FK-48 1 1934 1940 Used as a trainer aircraft.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation 6 1946 1950
Lockheed L-749 Constellation 13 1953
Lockheed L-749A Constellation 7 1960
Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation 13 1953 1966
Lockheed L-1049G Constellation 6
Lockheed L-1049H Constellation 3
Lockheed L-188C Electra 12 1959 1969
Lockheed Super Electra-14 5 1938 1948
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 12 1972 1995
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 10 1993 2014 Last passenger commercial operator.
Three aircraft are currently stored.
Stearman Hammond Y-1S 1 1937 1939 used for training pilots to land aircraft with nose landing gear.
Vickers V.803 Viscount 9 1957 1966

Fleet development

Fleet strategy

KLM's first of 8 Boeing 787-10 aircraft was delivered on 28 June 2019; it featured 100th anniversary markings.[8]

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 will make KLM an all-Boeing airline.[9]

Special liveries

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.[10]
  • 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.[11]
  • 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


References
  1. "KLM Royal Dutch Airlines". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. "KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. "Seating plans". KLM. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. Woerkom, Klaas-Jan van (2019-11-05). "KLM neemt definitief afscheid van Airbus A330-vloot". Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  5. Ouden, Huib den (2 July 2018). "KLM/VNC-deal van start gegaan". www.fnvcabine.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  6. "The Air France - KLM group takes a next step in optimization of the long haul fleet". Newsroom KLM. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  7. https://aeroflotarchives.com/ilyushin-il-62.html
  8. Hales-Dutton, Bruce. "KLM. A Dutch of Class". Airliner World. October 2019: 94.
  9. "KLM NEEMT DEFINITIEF AFSCHEID VAN AIRBUS A330-VLOOT".
  10. "#Orangepride: KLM's unique orange aircraft to promote the Netherlands".
  11. "A Fond Farewell to Fokker - KLM Blog". 7 June 2017.
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