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KLM has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, marking a significant milestone in Air France-KLM’s ongoing fleet modernisation programme and bringing the Group’s second network carrier into the A350 family. KLM received the aircraft on October 2, 2026, with the A350-900 configured to accommodate 331 passengers across three cabins, 34 seats in World Business […] The post KLM welcomes first Airbus A350-900 as Air France-KLM accelerates fleet renewal appeared first on MRO Business Today, Latest Aerospace News.

New Airbus widebody landed at Amsterdam Schiphol on 2 October. KLM has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, which arrived at its Amsterdam Schiphol hub on 2 October. The 331-seat aircraft (PH-ZNA) is configured in a three-class layout with 34 seats in the business class cabin, 26 in premium economy and 271 in economy… The post KLM takes delivery of its first A350-900 first appeared on FlightGlobal.

KLM Cityhopper Eyes Shift To All E195-E2 Fleet KLM Cityhopper is ultimately planning to harmonize its 59-aircraft fleet to only Embraer E195-E2s. natalia.pelayo… Fri, 10/02/2026 - 12:00 Author Victoria Moores Content source Air Transport World Aviation Daily Primary Category Airlines & Lessors

Air France-KLM, Lufthansa Submit Final Offers For TAP Stake Air France-KLM and Lufthansa submit strengthened bids for TAP stake, emphasizing growth, connectivity and sovereignty. hockensmithawi… Thu, 10/01/2026 - 18:12 Author Helen Massy-Beresford David Casey Content source Aviation Daily Primary Category Airlines & Lessors

Both airline groups have emphasised their focus on maintaining the Portuguese carrier’s brand identity and developing its Lisbon hub, as they attempt to win over the government. Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group have submitted improved offers for a stake in TAP Air Portugal and have both made last-minute pitches outlining why they think their bids… The post Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group enter improved offers for TAP stake first appeared on FlightGlobal.

Dutch carrier also aims to serve Entebbe in Uganda again as Ebola-related travel restrictions lift. KLM plans to reinstate flights to Dubai, Dammam and Riyadh at the start of the winter season, after suspending the routes earlier this year due to the Middle East conflict. The Dutch carrier is also “working to” resume service to… The post KLM becomes latest airline to resume Middle East flights this winter first appeared on FlightGlobal.

The first flight of Scandinavian Airlines System took off on 17-Sep-1946, with a service from Stockholm to New York. Originally a consortium of the national airlines of Sweden, Norway and Denmark - and now SAS - it has an 80 year history as an aviation pioneer. For example, it was the first airline to introduce Tourist Class (1952), in-flight entertainment (1968), separate business class check-in and lounges (1982), sleeper seats (1992), windows in Business class toilets and biometric check-in across a whole domestic market (Sweden, 2006). Since the COVID-19 pandemic, SAS has completed a major corporate restructuring and turned its attention to the future with significant new aircraft orders. It has switched from Star Alliance to SkyTeam and is now on the threshold of becoming an Air France-KLM subsidiary. This report considers its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

Europe's big three legacy airline groups have all shaved back their capacity growth plans for 2026. High fuel prices are forcing a tighter focus on routes than have sufficient pricing power to be profitable in spite of the additional cost. Air France-KLM, IAG and Lufthansa Group each reported faster growth in fuel costs than in revenues in 1H2026, although healthy demand for air travel helped to soften the impact on profits. Their unit revenues were boosted by enforced capacity cuts at the Gulf hub airlines, driving more traffic into the Asia networks of the European groups. The durability of this factor over 2H2026 will be closely watched and will influenced by the pace and extent of capacity recovery by Gulf competitors. Either way, fuel prices are set to remain well above their levels of before the Iran conflict. Meanwhile, capacity growth in Europe as a whole is set to slow to just 1% in the latter weeks of 2026 (source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation/OAG), an illustration of the cauti

Air France-KLM Cuts Capacity Outlook As Fuel Price Hits Profit Air France-KLM trims 2026 capacity outlook as fuel price hikes linked to Middle East conflict hit profits, leading to a €61 million net loss. jill.angelini@… Thu, 07/30/2026 - 15:49 Author Helen Massy-Beresford Content source Aviation Daily Primary Category Airlines & Lessors

Both Air France-KLM Group and Lufthansa Group have now submitted binding offers to acquire a minority stake in TAP Air Portugal following on from their non-binding bids in April… Air France-KLM and Lufthansa bid for TAP Portugal – but what happens next? appeared first on AeroTime.

Air France-KLM Opens Door To EasyJet Investment The CEO of Air France-KLM said the group would be interested "for sure" if Castlelake approached it about its possible bid for EasyJet. guy.ferneyhoug… Tue, 06/09/2026 - 14:00 Author Helen Massy-Beresford Content source Aviation Daily Primary Category Airlines & Lessors

Ranked by narrowbody fleet numbers, Ryanair Group is out on its own as Europe's only top tier low cost airline (and as the biggest narrowbody fleet in Europe). Wizz Air Group can be bracketed with easyJet Group in the second tier of independent European LCC fleets, with Jet2.com, Pegasus Airlines and Norwegian forming tier three. The narrowbody low cost fleets of Europe's three leading legacy airline groups (Lufthansa Group, IAG and Air France-KLM) are similar in size to the third tier independent LCCs. Aggregate narrowbody fleet numbers from the CAPA Fleet Database at 11-May-2026 highlight the superior strength of Europe's six biggest independent LCCs versus the three leading legacy groups. The legacy big three have a total of 1,207 narrowbodies, of which 430 are with low cost brands and 208 narrowbody orders outstanding. The six LCCs have 1,625 narrowbodies and 999 on order. The six leading independent LCCs grew their share of Europe's total narrowbody fleet from 9% in 2005 to 29% in