KLM adds Riyadh to its network

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has resumed passenger flights and added Riyadh to its network.

The airline said it will also adjust its schedule for flights between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and some of the Gulf States in the Middle East.

The carrier resumed flights to Shanghai on July 21 after a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus crisis. KLM now operates one weekly flight to Shanghai with a B777-300 aircraft which makes a stop in Seoul (South Korea) on both outbound and inbound flights.

“The resumption of flights to Shanghai is a cautious but positive sign of recovery and illustrates our good relationship with China and our partners there. KLM is carefully expanding its network to make sure our customers have as much choice of destinations as possible. The fact that we can now offer Shanghai again is an important milestone in the laborious reconstruction of the KLM route network at a difficult time,” said KLM president and CEO Pieter Elbers.

KLM will also fly directly from Amsterdam to Riyadh four times a week. The return flight will make a “short stopover” in Dammam in Saudi Arabia, a destination that was already included in the KLM network before the coronavirus crisis, the carrier says.

The flights will be operated with an A330-200 with 18 seats in the business class cabin and 246 seats in the economy class cabin.

KLM’s flight schedule for flights to Riyadh:

Flight number From To Departure (local time) Arrival (local time) Days of the week
KL0425 and KL0423 Amsterdam Riyadh 15.35 hours 22.40 hours Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat
KL0425 and KL0423 Riyadh Dammam 23.45 hours 01.10 hours Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat
KL0425 and KL0423 Dammam Amsterdam 02.25 hours 08.05 hours Tue, Wed, Fri, Sun

The carrier’s flights to Muscat will be operated with a “short stopover” in Abu Dhabi from August 3. There will be three flights per week. The Amsterdam-Abu Dhabi-Muscat-Abu Dhabi-Amsterdam route will be operated using the Boeing 787-9 with 30 seats in the business class cabin and 264 seats in the economy class cabin.

Flight number From To Departure (local time) Arrival (local time) Days of the week
KL0453 Amsterdam Abu Dhabi 11.30 hours 20.05 hours Mon, Thu, Sat
KL0453 Abu Dhabi Muscat 21.20 hours 22.40 hours Mon, Thu, Sat
KL0454 Muscat Abu Dhabi 23.45 hours 01.00 hours Tue, Fri, Sun
KL0454 Abu Dhabi Amsterdam 02.10 hours 07.00 hours Mon, Wed, Sat

The airline is restarting flights via Kuwait to Bahrain on September 29. It plans to fly the route three times per week.

Flight number From To Departure (local time) Arrival (local time) Days of the week
KL0445 Amsterdam Kuwait 14.15 hours 21.00 hours Tue, Thu, Sat
KL0445 Kuwait Bahrein 22.10 hours 23.20 hours Tue, Thu, Sat
KL0446 Bahrein Kuwait 00.30 hours 01.45 hours Mon, Thu, Sat
KL0446 Kuwait Amsterdam 03.05 hours 08.15 hours Mon, Thu, Sat

The carrier says its flights from Amsterdam to Dubai will remain unchanged. KLM operates daily flights on this route with a Boeing 777-200.


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