KLM is the national airline of which country?

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or 'Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.' (literally 'Royal Aviation Company, Inc.') is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. It is a part of Air France-KLM, a Franco-Dutch airline holding company. Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, KLM serves national and international destinations. Its main airport is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. As of 2021, KLM is the world's oldest airline with its original name.

In 1919, eight Dutch businessmen founded KLM as one of the first commercial airline companies, although its first flight did not take place until 17th May 1920, flying from Croydon Airport, London, to Amsterdam. KLM's first intercontinental flight took place on 1st October 1924, finishing at Batavia (now Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).

On 19th June 2012, KLM made the first transatlantic flight fueled partly by sustainable biofuels. The flight landed at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, making it the longest distance any aircraft had flown on bio fuels. In 2012 and 2013, KLM received the award for 'Best Airline Staff Service in Europe' at the World Airline Awards.

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Joris van Pelt

GOOD OLD KLM Oh! KLM, I love the way you fly! I'm old and 65 But you treat me like the rest as special folk, The staff are so devoted To every single need, I love your livery so blue, It makes me want to shout with joy Whenever I do fly! KLM is bound to be A wonderful success It redefines the definition Of service to such as me. I am renewed every time I fly, The staff are kind, Even to a fault. I'll fly again to Amsterdam, Beautiful and fair, Full of tulips and kind folk, And on to Jo'burg, Bremen, too, This year again in springtime, tulip-time. Thank you KLM for all the loving care, Consideration of my needs At every point in time. I simply do not have the words to thank You all enough, but fly I will again And we will meet with love. Good Old KLM! (John Ryan, London Uk flying to bremen via Amsterdam on April 11th)