KLM was founded the day October of 1919, 7 being nowadays the older even operative airline that conserves its name native. As fact onlooker we can indicate that their first flight was May of 1920, 17 from London to ámsterdam and taking on board to two English journalists and a load of newspapers.

KLM possesses 100% of Transavia Airlines, 100% of Martinair and 26% of Kenya Airways.

September of 2003, 30 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the French company Air France, announced the coalition of both airlines, forming a called new company Air France-KLM.

KLM is the 4ª bigger airline of Europe and Air France-KLM it is the biggest company in the world in terms of revenues of operations, and the third more big of the world in passengers' / kilometers concept. The independence of identities is guaranteed by next five years, but he/she is early that possibly the operations of the two companies will be combined. In spite of this, the old alliance of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with American Northwest Airlines seems not to have been affected. Air France-KLM entered to the alliance of airlines officially SkyTeam in September of 2004.

KLM is one of the main companies of the world and enter its routes äfrica, Asia, America of the North, Central America and America of the South are.

From among the fleet of airplanes that possesses, can highlight modern 10 Airbus a330-200, 10 Boeing 737-300, 13 Boeing 737-400, 27 Boeing 737-800, 5 Boeing 737-900, 15 Boeing 777-200ER, and this way until at all 121 apparatuses counted until half-filled of the one 2009.