KLM fleet

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KLM operates a fleet of 125 aircraft. The narrow-body fleet consists of mostly Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft which will be replaced by Airbus A320neo family aircraft. Airbus A330, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft are used on medium and long-haul flights. In September 2023, Air France-KLM announced an order for 50 Airbus A350 aircraft which will be shared between KLM and Air France to replace their aging Airbus A330 and Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.[1]

Current fleet

As of March 2026, KLM operates the following aircraft:[2][3]

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KLM fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers[4] Notes
J W Y+ Y Total
Airbus A320neo — 9 TBA 180 Order with 60 options to be shared between KLM and its subsidiaries Transavia and Transavia France.[5]
Replacing Boeing 737 Next Generation.
Preliminary delivery data suggests that KLM will take up 9 of the group's ordered A320neo variant aircraft and 33 of the A321neo variant.[6]
Airbus A321neo 14 19[7] 30 — 6 191 227[8]
Airbus A330-200 6 — 18 — 36 210 264 To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350.[9][10]
Airbus A330-300 5 — 30 — 40 222 292
Airbus A350-900 — 11 34 26 33 238 331[11] Order with 40 options to be shared between KLM and Air France and delivered from 2026 to 2030.[10][12]
Replacing Airbus A330 and Boeing 777-200ER.[10]
It is confirmed through manufacturer order records that the split will consist of 47 A350-900s and 3 A350-1000s with allocation yet to be determined.[2]
Airbus A350-1000 — 11 34 28 32 297 391[11]
Boeing 737-700 6 — 20 — 6 106 132 To be retired and replaced by Airbus A320neo family.[5]
Boeing 737-800 29[13] — 20 — 6 150 176
Boeing 737-900 5 — 20 — 30 132 182
Boeing 777-200ER 15 — 35 24 54 175 288 To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350.[9][10]
Boeing 777-300ER 16 — 35 24 56 266 381
Boeing 787-9 13 — 30 21 48 176 275
Boeing 787-10 15[14] — 38 28 39 213 318
KLM Cargo fleet
Airbus A350F — 3 Cargo Replacing Boeing 747-400BCF and Boeing 747-400ERF.[15][16]
To be operated by Martinair.
Boeing 747-400BCF 1 — Cargo To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350F.[15]
Operated by Martinair.
Boeing 747-400ERF 3 — Cargo
Total 126 55
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Historical fleet

See also: KLM Cityhopper § Historical fleet, and KLM UK § Fleet

Over the years, KLM has operated the following aircraft types:

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KLM historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes Ref
Airbus A310-200 10 1983 1997 [17][18]
BAC 1-11-301AG 1 1968 1968 Leased from British Eagle. [19]
Boeing 737-200 3 1987 1995 [17][20]
Boeing 737-300 19 1986 2011 [17][20]
Boeing 737-400 19 1989 2011 [17][20]
Boeing 747-200B 7 1971 1995 One crashed as Flight 4805 [21]
Boeing 747-200M 7 1975 1986 [22]
Boeing 747-200B/SUD 3 1985 2003 [22]
Boeing 747-200M/SUD 7 1985 2003 [22]
Boeing 747-200/SUD/SF 3 1998 2003 [22]
Boeing 747-300M 3 1983 2003 Largest operator of its type along with Swissair and Singapore Airlines. [21]
Boeing 747-400 5 1989 2020 [22][23]
Boeing 747-400M 17 1989 2021 [22][23]
Boeing 767-300ER 12 1995 2007 [24]
Carley Werkspoor Jumbo 1 1930 1940 [25]
Convair CV-240 12 1948 1959 [26]
Convair CV-340 12 1954 1963 [26]
Convair CV-880 1 1963 1965 Leased and operated by Viasa.
Painted in KLM livery on one side and Viasa livery on the other.		 [27]
de Havilland DH.9B 4 1921 1926 [28]
de Havilland DH.16 4 1920 1924 Operated KLM's first flight.
Leased from Aircraft Transport and Travel.		 [29][30]
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide 2 1945 1947 [31]
de Havilland DH.89B Dominie 4 1945 1947 [31]
Douglas C-47 Skytrain 49 1944 1965 Includes "A" and "B" variants. [32]
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 29 1945 1959 [33]
Douglas DC-2 18 1934 1940 [34]
Douglas DC-3 27 1936 1946 [32]
Douglas DC-4 6 1946 1958 [33]
Douglas DC-5 4 1940 1941 Transferred to KNILM due to World War II. [35]
Douglas DC-6 17 1948 1965 [36]
Douglas DC-7 15 1957 1969 [37]
Douglas DC-8-30 7 1960 1973 [38]
Douglas DC-8-50 19 1961 1981 2 leased from Philippine Airlines. [38]
Douglas DC-8-60 11 1967 1985 [38]
Douglas DC-9-15 6 1966 1989 [39]
Douglas DC-9-30 19 1967 1989 [39]
Fokker F.II 2 1920 1927 [40][41]
Fokker F.III 14 1921 1930 [42]
Fokker F.VII 30 1924 1940 Includes "F.VII", "F.VIIA" and "F.VIIB" variants. [43]
Fokker F.VIII 7 1927 1938 [44]
Fokker F.IX 2 1930 1936 [45]
Fokker F.XII 8 1931 1936 [46]
Fokker F.XVIII 5 1932 1936 [47]
Fokker F.XX 1 1933 1936 [48]
Fokker F.XXII 3 1935 1939 [49]
Fokker F.XXXVI 1 1934 1939 [50]
Fokker 100 6 1989 1998[a] [52]
Ilyushin Il-62 7 1971 1972 Joint operation with Aeroflot.
Used for the Tokyo ~ Moscow ~ Amsterdam service.		 [53]
Koolhoven FK-33 1 1925 1927 [54]
Koolhoven FK-40 1 1929 1936 [55]
Koolhoven FK-43 9 1932 1940 [56]
Koolhoven FK-48 1 1934 1940 [57]
Lockheed L-049 Constellation 6 1946 1950 [58]
Lockheed L-749 Constellation 20 1947 1959 Includes "A" variant. [58]
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation 22 1953 1965 Includes "C", "G", and "H" variants. [58]
Lockheed L-188C Electra 12 1959 1969 [59]
Lockheed Super Electra-14 2 1938 1939 [60]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 12 1972 1995[b] 3 aircraft were leased to other airlines and never entered service with KLM.
Excludes 1 aircraft operated by Northwest Airlines with a hybrid KLM-Northwest Airlines livery between 1998 and 2000.		 [61]
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 10 1993 2014 Last commercial passenger operator. [62][63][64]
Stearman Hammond Y-1S 1 1937 1939 [65]
Vickers Viscount 803 9 1957 1966 [66]
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Fleet development

Fleet strategy

KLM's first of eight Boeing 787-10 aircraft was delivered on 28 June 2019; it featured centennial markings.[67]

CEO Ben Smith announced at Air France's Investor Day on 5 November 2019 in Paris that "in the near future", KLM would only use the Boeing 777 and 787 as their long and medium-haul fleet, respectively, after retiring their thirteen Airbus A330s.[68] This move would have made KLM an all-Boeing carrier, however, KLM announced in December 2021 an order for 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft which would be shared with Transavia and Transavia France. This order was to replace KLM's short-haul Boeing 737 fleet alongside Transavia's.[citation needed]

There was considerable speculation on the replacement of KLM’s aging 777 and A330 fleet, of which the oldest 777-200ERs dated back to 2003. On 23 August 2023, it was reported that contrary to speculation that KLM was considering Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X aircraft types, it would likely opt to further increase the number of Boeing 787 Dreamliners in the existing fleet.[69] This was disproven when Air France–KLM placed an order for 50 Airbus A350s.[1]

Special liveries

KLM has several aircraft painted in special liveries; they include:

  • PH-BVA, a Boeing 777-300ER, features an orange forward fuselage that fades into the standard blue to commemorate the Netherlands national team's participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[70]
  • PH-KZU, a Fokker 70, has been applied with a special livery featuring Anthony Fokker, the founder of Fokker, commemorating the airline's long-standing history with Fokker aircraft and the phase-out of the Fokker 70 aircraft in October 2017.[71]

See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    KLM Cityhopper and KLM UK also operated the Fokker 100, with the last being retired in 2012[51]
  2. [b]
    PH-DTL was leased to African Safari Airways and was withdrawn in 1998, however never re-entered service with KLM[61]

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