In the second quarter of 2021, 3,9 million passengers traveled to and from the five national airports in the Netherlands. That is more than four times as many as in the same period a year earlier, but still almost 18 million fewer passengers than in the second quarter of 2019.
Aviation is far from out of the crisis
The demand for air travel may have increased slightly last month compared to the previous month, but aviation is still suffering heavily from the consequences of the corona crisis.
The names of KLM aircraft
A while ago we paid attention to a KLM 747, which was taken out of service and is now parked in the garden of a hotel. In addition to the normal registration PH-BFB, that KLM Jumbo also had a name, namely “The City of Bangkok”. In some responses to those postings, blog readers said they had once traveled in this particular plane.
Domestic flights to and from Bangkok and other provinces classified by the government as high-risk areas (dark red) will be suspended from July 21 (Wednesday), the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) announced on Sunday.
KLM comes with a COVID-19 document check for passengers
KLM customers traveling to a selected number of destinations can now have the necessary corona travel documents checked in advance. KLM's COVID-19 check | Upload@Home is a new service that allows the customer to travel well prepared and smoothly.
Royal NLR, together with RIVM, has investigated the risk of a passenger being infected by inhaling the corona virus on board an aircraft. Measures are already in place that reduce the chance that an infectious passenger will board the plane. If this person is nevertheless in the cabin, fellow passengers within a section of seven rows – around the contagious passenger – run a relatively low risk of COVID-19 on average. Lower than, for example, in unventilated rooms of the same size.
Finnair has announced its plans for next autumn and the winter season 2021-2022. The Finnish airline flies with 70 scheduled services to distant sun destinations. What is striking is that there is a lot of focus on Thailand with destinations such as Bangkok, Phuket and Krabi.
THAI Airways postpones resumption of scheduled service between Brussels and Bangkok until October
Thai Airways International (THAI) has postponed the start of the scheduled service between Brussels and Bangkok. Following previous reports, this route would be flown again from July 3. Now the Thai airline announces that this has been moved to the beginning of October.
THAI will start direct flights to Phuket on July 2
Thai Airways International (THAI) will start direct flights to Phuket from July 2. THAI flies from the cities of Zurich, Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt and London. Qatar Airways will fly four times a week from Doha to Phuket from 1 July.
Is a flight attendant outlawed?
A job as a flight attendant for an airline is a dream for many young girls. Granted, it has many attractions, which I won't go into, but all that glitters is not gold. A flight attendant is often the “victim” of sexual harassment during her work.
Condor from Dusseldorf to Phuket next winter
The German charter airline Condor will fly directly to Phuket from Düsseldorf Airport in the coming winter season. The flights are offered in collaboration with tour operator Schauinsland Reisen, but individual tickets can also be booked.
This winter with KLM directly to Phuket
KLM is optimistic about the future and has added no fewer than six new destinations to the new winter timetable. Good news for Thailand lovers, especially those who want to travel to Phuket. From 1 November, KLM will fly to Phuket 4 times a week with a short stopover in Kuala Lumpur.
Tasty food during a flight
Especially on a long flight from Amsterdam to Bangkok, for example, I always find serving meals a nice break in time. In general, I am quite satisfied with the meals offered and could not name one, two, three companies that stand out in terms of quality.
KLM has been awarded the APEX Diamond Award Health Safety. This award is the highest achievable status for airlines in the field of Health Safety. KLM is the second European airline to receive this Diamond certification, after Virgin Atlantic.
With the commissioning of the new security filter on the mezzanine of Departure Hall 1, all departure and transfer filters at Schiphol are equipped with CT scans. A major step forward in service for travelers and in safety at Schiphol.
From March 2020 to February 2021, 14,1 million travelers flew to and from the five national airports in the Netherlands. That is a decrease of 82,6 percent compared to a year earlier. The amount of goods transported fell by 3,7 percent. This is reported by Statistics Netherlands on the basis of new figures.
The KLM in Bangkok
Our national pride, KLM, has been present in Bangkok for many years, because it has always been an important destination, sometimes as a final destination, but often also as a stopover to another Asian country. Yes, I know, I'm actually not allowed to say KLM anymore, because it's now Air France/KLM. For me it's just KLM, which has brought me to many destinations and I can't say that about Air France.