KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. It is part of the Air FranceâÂÂKLM group and a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance.
KLM was set up by Albert Plesman on 7 October 1919 and started operations on 19 May 1920. The first route served was Amsterdam to London, flown with DH.9As that carried just two passengers on a charter basis. Two Fokker F.IIs that were delivered in were later deployed on this very first route. Intercontinental flights were started with Fokker F.VII equipment in , serving the Dutch East Indies, although it was not until 1931 that regular services on this line were implemented. It normally took 11 or 12 days to complete the long flight between Amsterdam and Batavia, calling at Budapest, Athens, Cairo, Baghdad, Bushehr, Jask, Karachi, Jodhpur, Allahabad, Calcutta, Akyab, Rangoon, Bangkok, Medan and Palembang. In 1926, the RotterdamâÂÂAmsterdamâÂÂCopenhagen run was extended to Malmö.
Singapore was first served in , when it was taken over from KNILM and added as an intermediate stop for the AmsterdamâÂÂBatavia line. By , Berlin, Hamburg and Liverpool were already part of the European route network. In that year, KLM became the first airline that linked Continental Europe with the North of England, when the AmsterdamâÂÂHull route was inaugurated; the AmsterdamâÂÂLiverpool service was re-routed via Doncaster in mid-1936. By , the following twenty-one lines were operative: AmsterdamâÂÂBerlin, AmsterdamâÂÂBremenâÂÂHamburg, AmsterdamâÂÂKristiansandâÂÂOslo, AmsterdamâÂÂCopenhagenâÂÂMalmö, AmsterdamâÂÂCopenhagenâÂÂNorrköpingâÂÂStockholm, AmsterdamâÂÂCopenhagenâÂÂStockholm, AmsterdamâÂÂEindhoven, AmsterdamâÂÂGroningenâÂÂLeeuwardenâÂÂAmsterdam, AmsterdamâÂÂLeipzigâÂÂBudapestâÂÂAthensâÂÂAlexandriaâÂÂLyddaâÂÂBaghdadâÂÂBasraâÂÂJaskâÂÂKarachiâÂÂJodhpurâÂÂAllahabadâÂÂCalcuttaâÂÂRangoonâÂÂBangkokâÂÂPenangâÂÂMedanâÂÂSingaporeâÂÂPalembangâÂÂBataviaâÂÂBandung that connected with KNILM services, AmsterdamâÂÂManchesterâÂÂLiverpool, AmsterdamâÂÂTwente, AmsterdamâÂÂTexel, AmsterdamâÂÂLondon, AmsterdamâÂÂParis, AmsterdamâÂÂRotterdamâÂÂBaselâÂÂZürich, AmsterdamâÂÂRotterdamâÂÂCologne, AmsterdamâÂÂRotterdamâÂÂFrankfurtâÂÂMilanâÂÂRome, AmsterdamâÂÂRotterdamâÂÂHaamstedeâÂÂVlissingenâÂÂKnokke/Zoute, AmsterdamâÂÂRotterdamâÂÂLondon, AmsterdamâÂÂRotterdamâÂÂPragueâÂÂViennaâÂÂBudapest, and ParisâÂÂCopenhagenâÂÂStockholm.
With an intermediate stop at Espinho, the AmsterdamâÂÂLisbon route was opened in . Initially, these flights carried freight and mail, connected at Lisbon with Pan American Airways Clipper services to New York and had a subsidy from the Dutch Post Office.
KLM serves over 170 destinations across the world, and 161 destinations during the winter 2025/2026 season. Following is a list of destinations the airline and its subsidiaries KLM Cargo and KLM Cityhopper fly to according to their scheduled services.