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After waiting for a good two hours in the lounge, the boarding is announced and we leave for our flight to Amsterdam, delayed by 1h25. As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed: Boarding Despite the call made at the gate, we...

KLM wasted no time in finding a successor for Pieter Elbers, whose departure we recently announced. He will be replaced by Marjan Rintel as of July 1. Who is Marjan Rintel Marjan Rintel is the current president of the Dutch Railways...

We thought it would never happen, and some even predicted that the obligation to wear a mask when flying was here to stay - but it hasn't! Some airlines have decided to stop requiring their passengers to wear masks....

Pieter Elbers, KLM's Chairman and CEO since 2014, will not serve a third term at the helm of the Dutch airline. The news may come as a relief to some, given the tensions between Air France and KLM, but...

While the opening of the new lounge in terminal 2F at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle is over a month behind schedule, the French airline yesterday announced its completely redesigned lounge at Montreal-Trudeau airport. Article largely based on the press release issued by...

The good old 737 still has a bright future ahead of it, and is not about to retire. As proof of this, 14 of its 31 Boeing 737-800s are in the process of receiving a new cabin. A lighter, greener...

Airline loyalty programs offer very attractive benefits to their best members, but this comes at a price: every year the customer has to "requalify". For some it's easy, for others it can be a source of anguish: all it...

While Air France had been slow to announce anything in 2020 following the confinement, Flying Blue, the loyalty program of the French airline and its Dutch colleague, is taking the lead in the face of continuing political measures to...

In transit in Amsterdam before returning to Paris, I make my way to KLM's usual infamous lounge 25, located in the Schengen zone. As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed: https://flic.kr/p/2j5754Z https://flic.kr/p/2j54qwR https://flic.kr/p/2j5754y https://flic.kr/p/2j54qvP However, I find the door closed and have to go...