The European winter schedule KLM The new plan will be in effect from October 27, 2024, to March 30, 2025. The airline's network will include 155 destinations, including 89 in Europe and 66 intercontinental destinations, including Portland, in the United States. In addition, KLM will offer 15% more seats to destinations in India compared to last year.
Another highlight for the European winter is that Comfort class will be available for booking on all Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft. This new class offers engers comfortable seats with extra legroom and an exclusive catering concept.
The first new A321neo aircraft are also already in operation on European destinations such as Copenhagen (Denmark), Berlin () and Stockholm (Sweden). KLM will add three new A321neo aircraft this year and will also fly them to Paris (), Prague (Czech Republic) and Vienna (Austria). The company expects to put a total of four of these aircraft into operation by 2024.
Europe
KLM will be flying more frequently to several European destinations this winter. From 28 October, there will be six flights per day to Billund (Denmark) and two flights per day to Belfast (UK). In Spain, the airline will fly three times a day to Bilbao and four times a week to Malaga and Alicante. Capacity to Bremen () will be increased to four flights per day. The airline will also land three times a week in Rovaniemi (Finland), an increase from the two weekly frequencies last winter.
North America
In this schedule, KLM will fly to 19 destinations in North America (Canada, USA, Mexico). In the USA, the company will be flying to Portland three times a week, a new destination inherited from Delta Air Lines. In addition, the airline will fly five times a week to San Francisco, increasing to a daily frequency in the middle of the season. The airline will also operate four to five times a week to Edmonton, Canada.
Caribbean and Suriname
KLM will fly daily to Paramaribo (Suriname) this winter, an additional flight per week. Saint Maarten will be combined with Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), with the frequency increased to five times per week. During the Christmas and spring periods, the number of flights to and from Curaçao will also be increased.
South America
KLM will fly daily to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Panama. Buenos Aires (Argentina) will continue in combination with Santiago (Chile), as last year. San José (Costa Rica) will be served four times a week, combined with Liberia (Costa Rica), after the runway maintenance is completed. In addition, there will be six flights per week to Lima (Peru) and the combination of Quito and Guayaquil in Ecuador.
Africa
KLM will fly seven times a week to Lagos (Nigeria) during the European winter season. The airline will also operate daily flights to two destinations in South Africa: Johannesburg and Cape Town. Capacity to Cape Town will be increased from the Christmas period until the end of this season, with two additional flights per week on Tuesdays and Sundays. There will also be daily flights to Nairobi (Kenya) and Accra (Ghana). engers will also be able to reach three destinations in Tanzania: a daily flight to Dar es Salaam, combined five times a week with Kilimanjaro and twice a week with Zanzibar. In addition, Kigali in Rwanda and Entebbe in Uganda will be served five times a week.
Asia and Middle East
Capacity to Asia has not yet fully recovered from the pandemic, and due to the diversion around Russia, flights are taking longer than usual. This winter, the same schedule as last winter will be maintained. In China, KLM will fly daily to Shanghai and Beijing and four times a week to Hong Kong. The company will also fly daily to Tokyo-Narita and three times a week to Osaka, Japan. Seoul, South Korea, will be served five times a week. engers can also fly daily to Bali (Indonesia) with a stopover in Singapore. In addition, KLM will fly six times a week to Jakarta (Indonesia) with a stopover in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Bangkok (Thailand) will be accessible every day with a daily flight. In India, Delhi and Mumbai will be served daily, and there will be a flight to Bengaluru six times a week.
KLM will fly daily to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) during this period. The route to Riyadh and Dammam in Saudi Arabia will also be operated six times a week.
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