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KLM

flag carrier airline of the Netherlands
Organization Airline Q181912

Facts

38 properties

Identity

Instance of
airline
Official website
www.klm.com[41]
Legal form
naamloze vennootschap
Official name
Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V., KLM Huisjes VOF

Status and dates

Inception
October 7, 1919[36]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1919-10-07 GND (DNB) 1948 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Location

Headquarters location
Amstelveen[21]
Country
Netherlands[2]
Location of formation
Amsterdam[37]
Street address
Amsterdamseweg 55, 1182 GP Amstelveen, The Netherlands, Amsterdamseweg 55, 1182 GP Amstelveen, Hofweg 9, The Hague

Industry and activity

Industry
freight air transport, passenger air transport, air transport[32][33][34]

Financials

Employees
+36549[43]
Net profit
+449000000
Total revenue
11.1B (9.6B–11.1B, n=3)

People

Founder
Albert Plesman[3]
Chief executive officer
Pieter Elbers[22]
Board member
Albert Plesman

Relations

Owned by
Air France-KLM[20]
Child organization or unit
KLM uk, NLM CityHopper, KLM Cityhopper, Transavia, KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, KLM Aerocarto, KLM West-Indisch Bedrijf[25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Parent organization or unit
Air France-KLM[38]
More facts +19
Award received
Koninklijk[1]
Work location
Apeldoorn[42]
Airline accounting code
074
Airline alliance
SkyTeam[5]
Airline hub
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport[4]
Archives at
International Institute of Social History[35]
Floruit
1952, 1959, 2013[44][45][46]
Has works in the collection
Stadsarchief Rotterdam, National Museum of World Cultures, Art Institute of Chicago, Flipje & Streekmuseum, City Castle Zaltbommel, Netherlands Open Air Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Historische Kring Huessen, CODA Archief, Stadsmuseum Harderwijk, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland, TextielMuseum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
House publication
Holland Herald
IATA airline designator
KL[23]
ICAO airline designator
KLM[24]
IPv4 routing prefix
171.21.0.0/16
IPv6 routing prefix
2a00:1188:9::/48
Item operated
Airbus A330, Boeing 777, Boeing 747-400, McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Boeing 737 Next Generation, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Lockheed L-188 Electra, Convair CV-240 family, Douglas DC-2, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-5, Douglas DC-6, Douglas DC-7, Douglas DC-8, Douglas DC-9, Convair CV-340, Convair CV-880, Vickers Viscount, Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Lockheed L-749 Constellation, Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Fokker F27 Friendship, Fokker 50, Fokker 100, Airbus A310[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Merchant Category Code
3010
Motto text
Een reis vol inspiratie
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NADD Wikidata project, Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject, NADD creators
Significant event
Sevenoaks air disaster, Tenerife airport disaster[39][40]
Start of work period
1919
🏷️ Also known as
en KL en Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) en KLM en KLM Airlines en K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines en Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. en Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij en KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ar Klm ar كي أل أم ar كيه إل إم ar الخطوط الجوية الملكية الهولندية ar كي إل إم cs KLM da KLM Royal Dutch Airlines de Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. de KL de KLM el KLM en-gb Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij
🔖 Identifiers · 52
ISNI
0000000121108932
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 0000000121108932 BnF data 0000 0001 1302 5029 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗GND (DNB) 0000 0001 1302 5029 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Legal Entity Identifier
724500LQC3HN5O30LK18
VIAF cluster ID
141697638
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80145002
GND ID
2036727-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
KLM Boeing 787-10 PH-BKK IAD VA1.jpg ↗
A Dictionary of Travel and Tourism entry ID
3817
ARTIC artist ID
102893
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
124870
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
klm
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13322179j
BoardGameGeek game publisher ID
3623
Show all 52 identifiers +40
Boijmans artist ID
10089
Callsign of airline
KLM
CollectieGelderland creator ID
3cf1cee5-79df-bfcb-690f-c47c548bd3d9, 0979191c-38de-1906-2fe1-7460297644d6, 03e4359c-fc38-50f2-993a-c294cd0a038a, 629394f7-05fc-d744-628f-e76d80d6ccd3, 048b6875-8a7f-5b42-82d4-2e8854f294a8, 7d8f66ef-823b-559d-956f-72ca74c398b9, 466d611a-747d-500f-4262-383c349a00e8, ec891d89-9814-5a20-90a7-2ecc7d3d9a05, a131d8ec-c94e-57d9-af9e-7df734e7244c, ce323c4a-602d-5f6a-9ce9-ab45af1f5f67, e2ef3b00-faa5-55b1-a445-bf671a21c748
Corporate Number (Japan)
6700150006051
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
nederland-1900-1945/klm
Described at URL
www.timeout.com
Dictionary of Sydney ID
organisation/klm_royal_dutch_airlines
EU Transparency Register ID
76441066192-30
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/KLM
Facebook username
klmjapan
Flight-report.com airline ID
3089
Freebase ID
/m/049mr
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
koninklijke-luchtvaart-maatschappij
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0035882
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
KLM_-_Royal_Dutch_Airlines
IdRef ID
035571780
Instagram username
klm
J9U entity ID
987007263488405171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
2036727-2
KvK company ID
33014286
Lex ID
KLM
LittleSis organization ID
112858
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
1336343796
NDL Authority ID
001152453
NL CR AUT ID
kn20110322002
NMVW ID
5351, 63681
OpenCorporates organization ID
nl/33014286
PM20 folder ID
co/065077
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
KLMオランダ航空
Quora topic ID
KLM
REDnote profile ID
6502cc920000000012006434
Rotterdam City Archives actor ID
342805, 11328183
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID
48729-klm
Subreddit
KLM
Topic's main category
Category:KLM
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
42074
WikiKids ID
Koninklijke_Luchtvaart_Maatschappij
Wikirate Company ID
2153177
X (Twitter) username
KLM_JP, KLM
Yale LUX ID
group/0beb4726-911a-4009-99dc-1aaf518fbd70

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🔗 Connections
← Operator 36
Boeing 747, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing 767, Tenerife airport disaster, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Douglas DC-8, Douglas DC-9, Boeing 747-400 +28 more
Item operated 27
Boeing 777, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Airbus A330, Douglas DC-3, Airbus A310, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Douglas DC-8, McDonnell Douglas MD-11 +19 more
Has works in the collection 9
Art Institute of Chicago, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands Open Air Museum, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, National Museum of World Cultures +1 more
Child organization or unit 6
Transavia, KLM Cityhopper, KLM uk, KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, KLM West-Indisch Bedrijf, NLM CityHopper
← Parent organization or unit 4
KLM Cityhopper, KLM uk, KLM West-Indisch Bedrijf, NLM CityHopper
Employees / affiliates 3
Albert Plesman, Anko van der Werff, Floris Maljers
Founded entities 2
SkyTeam, Air France-KLM
← Reward program 2
Baboo, Chalair Aviation
Airline alliance 1
SkyTeam
Airline hub 1
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Archives at 1
International Institute of Social History
Award received 1
Koninklijk
Board member 1
Albert Plesman
Country 1
Netherlands
Founder 1
Albert Plesman
Headquarters location 1
Amstelveen
Instance of 1
airline
Legal form 1
naamloze vennootschap
Location of formation 1
Amsterdam
Notable alumni 1
Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten
Owned by 1
Air France-KLM
Parent organization or unit 1
Air France-KLM
Significant event 1
Tenerife airport disaster
Topic's main category 1
Category:KLM
Work location 1
Apeldoorn
← Category's main topic 1
Category:KLM
← Child organization or unit 1
Air France-KLM
← Partnership with 1
Wirecard
← Used by 1
Amadeus Altéa
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FAQs

What awards did KLM receive?

Honors received include Koninklijk[1].

Related Entities

International Institute of Social History Netherlands NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  21. [1] ↑ . koninklijkhuis.nl. Retrieved . koninklijkhuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . klm.com. klm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  35. [35] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . NMVW-collection website. klm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  40. [40] ↑ . telegraph.co.uk. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  42. [42] ↑ . collectiegelderland.nl. Retrieved . collectiegelderland.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [43] ↑ . klm.com. klm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [44] ↑ . collectiegelderland.nl. Retrieved . collectiegelderland.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  46. [46] ↑ . game-catalogus Beeld & Geluid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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