KLM resumes flights to Bangkok on 4 December
Amstelveen – Wednesday, 3 December 2008
AMSTELVEEN, 03 December 2008 - The International Airport Suvarnabhumi of Bangkok has been reopened. Therefore KLM is resuming the direct flights to Bangkok starting 4 December.
KL877 will depart to Bangkok on Thursday 4 December at 08.35 pm. The return flight, the KL878, is expected to arrive on Saturday 6 December at 02.10 pm at Schiphol Airport.
Passengers to and from Taipei, the usual final destination, will be rebooked for this flight. From Friday 5 December the KL877 en KL878 via Bangkok to Taipei and vice versa, will be operated according to the normal schedule.
In the last few days KLM en Air France have flown stranded passengers back to Europe from Phuket Airport. Because of the restart of the regular flights, the KLM flight that was planned for Friday 5 December from Phuket Airport, is not required anymore and has therefore been cancelled.
For more information:
KLM Media Relations, tel. +31 (0)20 649 4545.
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was founded in 1919, making it the world's oldest airline operating under its original name. In 2004, Air France and KLM merged to form AIR FRANCE KLM. The merger produced the strongest European airline group based on two powerful brands names and hubs —Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Paris Charles de Gaulle. The two airlines collaborate on three core activities while maintaining their own identities — passenger transport, cargo, transport, and aircraft maintenance.
In the Netherlands, KLM comprises the core of the KLM Group which further includes KLM cityhopper and transavia.com. KLM serves 137 destinations using a modern fleet of 113 aircraft and employs 33,000 people around the world. KLM is a leader in the airline industry, which offers reliable operations and customer-oriented products resulting from its policy of enthusiasm and sustainable innovation.
KLM is a member of SkyTeam, an airline alliance offering a network of 841 destinations in more than 162 nations on six continents. The KLM network connects the Netherlands to every important economic region around the world and, as such, serves as a powerful driver for the Dutch economy.
In fiscal 2007/08, the KLM Group amassed a turnover of EUR 8.0 billion. The positive operating results amounted to EUR 553 million and the net profit came to EUR 291 million.