KLM to Add Service to Austin Beginning in 2020
by Daine Taylor
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands, will now fly to Austin, Texas. Photo: Milosz Maslanka/Shutterstock.com
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands, announced that it will expand its global network to include Austin, Texas. Beginning in May 2020, KLM will offer direct flights between Amsterdam and Austin, Texas, three times a week, making it the 19th North Atlantic destination to be served directly by KLM.
The new KLM flights will further expand the Air France-KLM transatlantic network and strengthen the airline’s joint venture portfolio with Delta Air Lines.
“We have built up a robust transatlantic network, thanks to our joint ventures with Air France and Delta Airlines,” said Pieter Elbers, CEO and president of KLM. “We will continue to optimize this network. As part of this, we launched services to Boston and Las Vegas in the summer, and are now adding Austin to our North American destinations.”
KLM will operate flights between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Austin on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from May 4, 2020. The flights will be operated using Airbus A330-300 equipment, seating 292 passengers per flight. The Airbus A330-300 flights offer 30 seats in World Business Class, 40 Economy Comfort, and 222 Economy class.
The new route will have flight KL0667 depart from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at 12:40 p.m. and arrive at 4:10 p.m. local time in Austin (Austin-Bergstrom International Airport); and flight KL0668 will leave Austin at 6:00 p.m. local time and arrive the next day at 10:25 a.m. in Amsterdam at Schiphol.
