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KLM Cityhopper's newest Embraer 190 lands at Schiphol

KLM Cityhopper’s newest Embraer 190 landed yesterday at Schiphol. The aircraft is the twenty-ninth Embraer 190 that KLM Cityhopper plans to deploy. “We are extremely pleased about the ongoing fleet modernisation, aiming to promote our growth and network development. We made the investment to serve European and international passengers flying with KLM and its...

Netherlands retires last Alouette III helicopters

After a service life spanning 51 years and more than 450,000 flight hours, the Royal Netherlands Air Force will retire its last four Aérospatiale SA316 Alouette III helicopters from use on 1 January, 2016. An official transfer from the air force's 300 Sqn to the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) took place at Gilze Rijen air base on 15 December. Anno Gravemake...

KLM offers customers 5 new scheduled services in Europe

Customers from all over Europe fly KLM to our hub in Amsterdam to connect with flights to our destinations around the world. We aim to develop our European network so that we can offer more direct flights to and from Amsterdam and more and better connections via Schiphol. So I am proud to announce that we will add five more European destinations to our network, giving European travellers...

Amsterdam Airport Introduces Robot Guide to Stop Passengers Missing Flights

Passengers at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport will be greeted by Spencer, a robot to help them navigate around the busy international terminals, from Monday morning. Initiated by Dutch airline KLM to decrease the number of missed flights due to passengers getting lost, Spencer was built by university and corporate researchers from five different European countries, including Germany, Fran...

KLM brings WeChat to skies

Nexmo, the leading cloud communications platform company, today announced its Chat App API is empowering KLM to engage with Chinese customers on WeChat, the leading social communication platform, through Salesforce Service Cloud. KLM Royal Dutch airlines is now able to process and handle user inquiries from Chinese customers on WeChat more efficiently based on previous interactions with users o...

AerCap Executes 306 Aircraft Transactions

AerCap Holdings N.V. (“AerCap,” NYSE: AER) today announced it has leased, purchased and sold 306 aircraft during the nine months ended September 30, 2015: Signed lease agreements for 216 aircraft1, including 54 widebody and 162 narrowbody aircraft. Purchased 35 aircraft, including 4 Airbus A321s, 1 Airbus A330, 1 Airbus A350, 5 Boeing 787-8s, 6 Boeing 787-9s, and 18 Boe...

KLM Delays 787-9 Inaugural Flights to Late November

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL)'s first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Registration PH-BHA, took off into the sky successfully after completing a total of more than two hours' maiden test flights at Paine Field, Washington on Wednesday afternoon, according to a tweet posted by Paine Airport. The brand new Dreamliner conducted its test flights on Wednesday afternoon. The 787 took off...

AerCap Leased, Purchased and Sold 70 Aircraft in the Third Quarter 2015

Amsterdam, The Netherlands; October 14, 2015 – AerCap Holdings N.V. (“AerCap,” NYSE: AER) today announced its major business transactions during the third quarter 2015: Signed lease agreements for 46 aircraft, including 12 widebody and 34 narrowbody aircraft. Purchased 7 aircraft, including 1 Boeing 787-8, 1 Boeing 787-9, and 5 Boeing 737-800s. Executed sale and...

TNT transport solar car to Australia for World Solar Challenge

TNT has transported a prototype solar car from the Netherlands to Australia for the World Solar Challenge between 18 and 25 October. The car, called Stella Lux, built by students at Eindhoven University of Technology, was transported by road from Eindhoven (the Netherlands) to Liege (Belgium), before flying to Singapore then Melbourne (Australia). The lithium batte...

Schiphol’s chief commercial officer to leave

The Schiphol Group has announced that Maarten de Groof will leave his role as chief commercial officer on 1 April next year. He has held the position since 1 February 2008, and has worked on various projects for the group and at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Schiphol Groups chief executive officer and president, Jos Nijhuis, says: “Maarten de Groof has been of great value for Schiphol. H...

Survitec and Netherlands to create EU Centre for F-35 pilots

Survitec Group and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) have agreed to work together to set up a dedicated Pilot Fit Facility (PFF) in Holland for pilots flying the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and to study the feasibility for other legacy platforms. Lieutenant General A. Schnitger, Commander-in-Chief RNLAF, along with other high-ranking officials, sealed the partnership during a meeting...

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