Klm Orange

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• Klm Orange Livery

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2. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on June 14, 2016 introduced its unique orange-colored Boeing 777-300 (777-306 ER PH-BVA, msn 35671). The well-known KLM Blue is being combined with orange highlights. The transition between the two colors features aspects of the Dutch flag.
3. After a lot of time sitting on my hard drive with periodical editing, I bring you a pretty accurate representation of PH-BVA. This plane is a standard KLM 777-300ER which had this paint job applied in 2016 for the Olympic Games. Since then, the livery has stuck with KLM adding a 100 Years st.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on June 14, 2016 introduced its unique orange-colored Boeing 777-300 (777-306 ER PH-BVA, msn 35671). The well-known KLM Blue is being combined with orange highlights. The transition between the two colors features aspects of the Dutch flag. The combination emphasizes KLM’s Dutch roots and pride in the national color of the Netherlands.

The introduction of the special aircraft was partly prompted by a social media post KLM published on King’s Day 2015. At the time, KLM’s followers were presented with a picture of an orange aircraft, along with the question: “Should we color orange next year on King’s Day? #OrangeExperience”. 30,000 likes and 2,500 positive responses later, KLM rolls out its only orange aircraft on June 14.

KLM will deploy the orange Boeing 777 on routine flights within the network and, whenever possible, during events that offer opportunities to promote the Netherlands. The aircraft will debut this summer and will be in operation on the Rio de Janeiro-Amsterdam route during the Olympic Games. On 22 August, KLM will use its orange Boeing to operate the “Medal Flight” that brings the Dutch Olympic heroes home.

Painting procedure

335 liters of paint were used to spray the aircraft orange fading into KLM’s distinctive blue. Applying the colours in multiple, thin layers, requires less paint and the sustainable, chromate-free paint can be easily washed off. The colours of the Dutch flag have been incorporated in the transition between orange and blue, completing the aircraft’s Dutch image. It took a team of 35 people four days to spray on the orange livery.

Dutch flag-carrier airline KLM operates a fleet of more than a hundred aircraft. The narrow-body fleet is composed of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. Airbus A330, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner widebody aircraft are used primarily on long-haul missions.^[1][2][3]

Current fleet[edit]

• KLM Current Fleet

• Airbus A330-200

• Airbus A330-300

• Boeing 737-700

• Boeing 737-800

• Boeing 737-900

• Boeing 777-200ER

• Boeing 777-300ER

• Boeing 787-9

• Boeing 787-10

As of February 2021, the KLM fleet (excluding its subsidiaries KLM Cityhopper, Transavia and Martinair) consists of the following aircraft:^[2][3][4]

Historical fleet[edit]

Over the years, KLM has operated the following aircraft types:(list incomplete)^{[citation needed]}

Fleet development[edit]

Fleet strategy[edit]

KLM's first of 8 Boeing 787-10 aircraft was delivered on 28 June 2019; it featured 100th anniversary markings.^[11]

On 19 June 2013, KLM had ordered 7 Airbus A350-900s. In June 2019, Air France–KLM announced that KLM will not take up any of the group's ordered A350s, because of fleet rationalization purposes.

CEO Ben Smith has announced at Air France's Investor Day (5 November 2019) in Paris that 'in the near future' KLM will only use the 777 and 787 as their long-haul fleet, retiring their 13 A330's. This move would make KLM an all-Boeing airline.^[12]

Special liveries[edit]

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.^[13]
• PH-KZU, a Fokker F70, 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.^[14]
• Several aircraft bear the silver SkyTeam alliance livery, including PH-BVD (a 777-300ER), PH-BXO (a 737-900), and PH-EZX (a KLM Cityhopper ERJ-190).
• PH-BKA, a Boeing 787-10, features the standard KLM livery with a 100 wrapped around its lettering on the plane, this is because of the 100 years of being an established airline.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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1. ^'Our aircraft'. KLM.
2. ^ ^ab'KLM Royal Dutch Airlines'. Airfleets.net. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
3. ^ ^ab'KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Fleet Details and History'. Planespotters.net. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
4. ^ ^ab'Seating plans'. KLM. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
5. ^Woerkom, Klaas-Jan van (2019-11-05). 'KLM neemt definitief afscheid van Airbus A330-vloot'. Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-22.
6. ^https://www.klm.com/travel/aw_en/prepare_for_travel/on_board/our_aircraft/boeing_737_700.htm
7. ^Ouden, Huib den (2 July 2018). 'KLM/VNC-deal van start gegaan'. www.fnvcabine.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
8. ^'KLM takes delivery of world's last B737-800'. Ch-Aviation. 20 December 2019.
9. ^'The Air France - KLM group takes a next step in optimization of the long haul fleet'. Newsroom KLM. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
10. ^https://aeroflotarchives.com/ilyushin-il-62.html
11. ^Hales-Dutton, Bruce. 'KLM. A Dutch of Class'. Airliner World. October 2019: 94.
12. ^'KLM NEEMT DEFINITIEF AFSCHEID VAN AIRBUS A330-VLOOT'.
13. ^'#Orangepride: KLM's unique orange aircraft to promote the Netherlands'.
14. ^'A Fond Farewell to Fokker - KLM Blog'. 7 June 2017.

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