A major airline like KLM, which transports passengers and freight to every corner of the globe, is directly affected by everything that happens in the world. Weather conditions, natural disasters, political unrest – if something goes wrong, it has an immediate impact on the schedule, and therefore on passengers and customers. Where necessary, we adapt… read more »
I come from colonial stock. Three generations of De Nooys lived and worked in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), always remaining loosely rooted in Dutch soil, with older children often sailing back and forth to Holland to attend university or agricultural college. Only recently has my heritage begun to pique my curiosity, partly thanks… read more »
The Netherlands is famous for its windmills, wooden shoes and Delftware – and for KLM of course. What do you get when you combine all of these things? KLM’s new worldwide campaign ‘Tile & Inspire’. The campaign was launched yesterday. As part of the campaign, KLM has invited Facebook and other fans from around the… read more »
Waking up in the morning, there’s always something wandering about in my head. Usually it’s a line from a song. But frequently it’s a line from the flight safety video on board. While I gently return to the bright new world, a voice in my head might tell me: “Put the back of your seat… read more »
Last week it was the B747-400 that got all the attention, so now the choice falls on the McDonnell Douglas MD-11. A little less ‘grande’ than the B747, also called ‘La Grande Dame’, one of KLM’s first officers called the MD-11 ‘the lady of the fleet’. Why? “It’s simple,” he says, “she’s a real woman.… read more »
I do not dislike Switzerland, but we got off to a bad start. It all began with my stamp collection, which I mentioned previously. I wasted quite a few hours trying to find Helvetia on the map, only to discover that this was the Latin name for Switzerland. My second brush with Switzerland came with the… read more »
If there’s one thing that still amazes me after working as a flight attendant for so many years, it’s how we manage to build a team during each and every flight. Mind you, most of us have never met before. We usually meet for the first time around an hour before departure. While introducing ourselves,… read more »
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