Leeds Bradford: KLM Flight Status, Hub News & Discussion

[lbaspotter]

Looks like Holland National airline KLM is going to receive a bail out from the Dutch Government to keep it going during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be a huge relief for many UK regional airports to see..

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[lbaspotter]

Looks like KLM are restarting the Amsterdam - Leeds/Bradford next month, that's according to the latest press release that's just been issued which includes Leeds/Bradford as 1 of 73 worldwide destinations it will start flying from during July 2020.

KLM adds more destinations to network

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will further expand its route network in July. Compared to June, the number of flights will increase by more than 60 percent. KLM will operate 25 to 30 percent of the normal number of flights.

news.klm.com

Amstelveen, 02 June 2020
KLM adds more destinations to network

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will further expand its route network in July. Compared to June, the number of flights will increase by more than 60 percent. KLM will operate 25 to 30 percent of the normal number of flights.

The range of destinations will be expanded, particularly in Southern Europe. These destinations include Alicante, Bilbao, Bologna, Ibiza, Istanbul, Nice, Porto, Catania and Split. In total, the planned European KLM network comprises 73 destinations in the month of July, up from 30 destinations in May and an expected 45 destinations in June.

Intercontinental
In June, KLM expanded its intercontinental network to include Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Paramaribo and Quito. In July, KLM plans to add six additional destinations (Jakarta, Denpasar, Washington, San Francisco, Vancouver, Calgary) and frequency expansions to destinations KLM already offered in June. In total, there are 51 destinations. Approximately half of these destinations are currently only flown for cargo. As soon as authorities relax travel restrictions, KLM will also open these destinations for ticket sales where possible.

More than 3,000 departing flights in July
With the network expansions in July, KLM will once again serve 78 percent of the initially planned number of destinations with more than 3,000 departing flights at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. As stated above, the number of frequencies amounts to 25 to 30 percent.

"Our customers want to travel again. We are therefore expanding the network slowly and carefully. With all the hygiene measures taken on board and on the ground, we are doing this as safely as possible". KLM President & CEO Pieter Elbers

Planned European network
This is the planned European network from Amsterdam for the month of July, subject to change:

Aalborg, Aberdeen, Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Basel, Bergen, Berlin Tegel, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Bucharest, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bristol, Budapest, Brussels, Cagliari, Catania, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Florence, Gdansk, Geneva, Genoa, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Ibiza, Inverness, Istanbul, Kiev, Copenhagen, Krakow, Leeds Bradford, London City, London Heathrow, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Montpellier, Moscow, Milan, Munich, Nuremberg, Newcastle, Nice, Oslo, Paris, Oporto, Prague, Rome, St. Petersburg, Split, Stavanger, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Toulouse, Trondheim, Valencia, Venice, Warsaw, Vienna, Zagreb, Zurich.

In view of the constantly changing rules and travel restrictions, the KLM schedule will be adjusted accordingly. We advise customers to familiarize themselves with applicable travel restrictions that vary from country to country and person to person and may be subject to change prior to booking.

For an overview of the hygiene measures taken by KLM, see this video: https://youtu.be/1-2OOj9DyPE

 

[mdobuk21]

Is this due to be an Embraer or the 737?

 

[Jerry]

Is this due to be an Embraer or the 737?

Embraer.

 

[Finger66]

According to GDS the 737 makes its return on Mon 31Aug

 

[lbaspotter]

According to GDS the 737 makes its return on Mon 31Aug

That was always the case the Boeing 737-700 was due back in late August, The Embraer was planned operate most of June to August due to summer school holidays, as the bigger aircraft get put onto the sun routes.

 

[Finger66]

Indeed it was but I think the 737 was still going through June. But very sensible business decision for it to remain Embraers for now. Wonder if there may be scope for more 737s following the pullout of our flag carrier. Suppose that all depends on how quickly demand returns

 

[mdobuk21]

Thanks guys

 

[lbaspotter]

KLM to resume operations from Leeds Bradford Airport

KLM to resume operations from Leeds Bradford Airport | TheBusinessDesk.com

Link to Europe will assist with essential travel and repatriation

www.thebusinessdesk.com

 

[lbaspotter]

Looks like KLM will increase Leeds to Amsterdam service from 1x to 2x daily from August 31st, with reintroduction of night stopping KLM1551/1540.

 

[Gray Ham]

Perhaps not surprisingly, KLM looks to have postponed the introduction of 737-700 until S21 timetable commences.

 

[Seasider]

I was checking for flights to Toulouse for mid September and the mid morning departure was down as a B737.700.

 

[Seasider]

I have now booked to go to TLS and it is an EMB190 from LBA on the mid morning flight.

 

[lbaspotter]

Looking on the KLM website it would seem the current 1x daily Amsterdam - Leeds service is upgraded to be operated by Boeing 737-700 (KLM Mainline) for next few days. Tuesday, August 25th to Friday 28th only.

The KLM City Hopper Embraer 190 returns to the service from Saturday. Whilst the 2nd daily (night stopper) service re-starts next Monday.

 

[Bigman]

FR24 shows ER190 PH-EZA pencilled in for today.

 

[twevsmiff]

FR24 shows ER190 PH-EZA pencilled in for today.

PH-EZA is indeed just crossing the Lincolnshire coast heading in our direction

 

[LBA4EVER]

Down as a B737 for tomorrow?

 

[LBA4EVER]

Down as a B737 for tomorrow?

and now an e190, they keep changing it!

 

[RobT]

Hardly likely they will put a 737 on this route when even NCL are operating E190/75's

 

[Marko1]

They keep changing at Brs too.