january-2012

Artwork KLM fl eet: Hans Murris, KLM Engineering & Maintenance, SPL/WM
KLM PLANE FACTS HOW BIG, HOW SMALL, HOW FAR…?
1920 17 May: the fi rst KLM fl ight
from London to Amsterdam.
1933 The Fokker F-XVIII Pelican
sets a new record for the fl ight
Amsterdam-Jakarta of four days, four
hours and 35 minutes.
1934 October: the McDonnell
Douglas DC-2 Uiver wins fi rst prize
in the handicap section, and
second prize overall in the
London-Melbourne Air Race.
1946 KLM launches its
scheduled service between
Amsterdam and New York.
1960
KLM introduces the
McDonnell Douglas DC-8 into its
fl eet, marking the beginning of the
‘jet age’.
1971 KLM’s fi rst Boeing
747B heralds the start of the
‘wide-body’ age.
1989 KLM is the fi rst European
airline to introduce the new
generation 747-400s.
2003 KLM introduces the fi rst of
its Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, followed
in 2008 with the 300ER variant.
2005 KLM starts adding the
fi rst of 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft to
its fl eet.
2008 KLM begins a gradual
introduction of the EMBRAER 190 to its
Cityhopper fl eet, replacing some of its
Fokker 100 aircraft.
2011 KLM becomes the fi rst
airline in the world to operate
commercial fl ights using biofuel.
KLM’s fuel effi ciency performance is one
of the best in Europe thanks, in part, to
its effi cient network and modern fl eet.
The klm.com/csr website provides
more detailed information on KLM’s
corporate social responsibility and
sustainable air transport activities.
98 Holland Herald TRAVELLERS CHECK
Boeing 747-400
22 920 11,500 64.44 35,000
(Combi 16) (Combi)
390,100 415 70.67 yes!
(Combi 396,900) (Combi 275)
Boeing 747-400ER Freighter
4 920 11,500 64.44
412,800 112,000 70.67
Boeing 777 777-300ER 300ER
5 900 12,000 64.80
351,543 425 73.86 yes!
Boeing 777-200ER
15 900 11,800 60.90
297,500 318 63.70 yes!