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...The latest deal in the airline industry shows how legacy carriers in Europe are consolidating around three players: Franco-Dutch Air France-KLM, Germany’s Lufthansa and Anglo-Spanish IAG....
...Washington wasted no time in threatening to curtail KLM’s access to US airports after it emerged that American low-cost airline JetBlue would be squeezed out of Schiphol from April — along with 23 other...
...EU events: KLM executives and environmentalists appear in an Amsterdam court in a case hinging on whether the Dutch airline’s advertisements misled customers by “greenwashing” its credentials....
...The Franco-Dutch airline group, which like its rivals has recovered strongly from pandemic lockdowns, said net profit was up more than 80 per cent to €604mn, beating forecasts....
...Royal Schiphol Group, the airport operator, is majority owned by the Dutch state, and announced the decision last month....
...The Dutch government can cut flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport after winning a legal appeal against airlines seeking to block the move....
...The Franco-Dutch airline group on Friday forecast it would return to 95 per cent of its 2019 capacity, slightly lower than its previous 100 per cent guidance at a time when the airline carrier is still operating...
...Dutch flag carrier KLM said it was “disappointed” with the ruling, and that it was “currently unclear” when the capacity cuts at Schiphol would be implemented....
...KLM Group, Delta, Corendon, easyJet and Tui have joined forces to take proceedings against the Dutch government “in a bid to keep the Netherlands connected to the rest of the world via Schiphol airport,”...
...Hoekstra has been criticised for, while Dutch finance minister, approving a multi billion euro bailout of the airline KLM during the pandemic without stipulating that it cut emissions....
...In April, Dutch Airline KLM agreed to scrap its “Fly Responsibly” adverts....
...“With our measures we see a better alternative for achieving less noise and CO₂ while meeting travellers’ need to fly,” said Dutch carrier KLM....
...“Never before in Schiphol’s history have we disappointed so many travellers and airlines as in 2022,” Royal Schiphol Group chief executive Ruud Sondag said on Friday....
...Hoekstra previously worked for oil major Shell and has been called out for supporting Dutch airline KLM with no-strings-attached subsidies during the pandemic....
...The French carrier merged with Dutch airline KLM in 2004 but charges have only been brought against the French side of the company....
...Travellers determined to take to the skies despite soaring ticket prices have pushed airline profits to fresh heights, as resilient consumer spending buoys the global economy....
...Air France-KLM shares fell 5 per cent after the Franco-Dutch group lowered its forecast, reporting it would return to 95 per cent of its 2019 capacity from up to 100 per cent....
...Air France, which merged with Dutch airline KLM in 2004, said the safety of its passengers and crew was its “absolute priority” and expressed “its continued trust” in flight crews....
...The UK’s summer washout may have helped airlines, but then came the National Air Traffic Services fiasco....
...The strains culminated in the Dutch government’s decision to take a 14 per cent stake in Air France-KLM in 2019 to protect KLM’s interests....
...For KLM, it is particularly urgent to make better use of their slots, given that the Dutch government has ordered the number of flights from its Schiphol hub to be cut by more than 10 per cent to 440,000...
...The 52-year-old — who joined IndiGo after serving nearly eight years as chief executive of Dutch carrier KLM — is making international expansion a priority, setting the stage for more intense competition...
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