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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

global flag carrier, national size, NL.

Ownership

mixed, flag carrier

Starting fleet

7 x Boeing 747-200B, 7 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, 18 x Douglas DC-8 Super 62 and 63, 47 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30

Bases

AMS

Starting routes

AMS-JFK, AMS-ORD, AMS-BAH, AMS-DXB, AMS-JED, AMS-ATH, AMS-YYZ, AMS-YMX, AMS-MAD, AMS-LIS, AMS-FCO, AMS-LHR, AMS-CDG, AMS-FRA, AMS-CPH, AMS-ZRH, AMS-DUB, AMS-ARN, AMS-OSL, AMS-PMI, AMS-BRU

Confidence

estimated (to be verified)

Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: KLM: the 27 March 1977 Tenerife accident involved a KLM 747 (see events); the Netherlands led the liberalisers (open skies with the US named by TWA in 1979). Real fleet about 70 in 1976 (747-200B about 9, DC-10-30 about 7, DC-8-63 about 10, DC-9-30 about 20). Routes and finance are estimates.