Eyaziwa ngokuthi inkampani yezindiza yase-Dutch, i-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ngo-Okthoba 7 izogubha iminyaka engu-99 iba ukuphela kwenkampani yezindiza emhlabeni ukufinyelela lesi sigameko esiyingqopha-mlando. Kusukela ngo-1919, i-KLM iqhubekile nokusebenza ngaphansi kwegama layo langempela, okuyenza ibe ngenye yohlobo embonini yezindiza.
I-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, ngokusemthethweni i-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV, iyinkampani yezindiza ethwala ifulegi yase-Netherlands. I-KLM izinze e-Amstelveen, nesikhungo sayo esiseduze ne-Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Iyingxenye yeqembu le-Air France–KLM, futhi iyilungu lomfelandawonye wezindiza ze-SkyTeam.
Lolu suku lokuzalwa olukhethekile lweminyaka engama-99 lwenkampani yezindiza luzogujwa kuzo zonke izikhungo ze-KLM emhlabeni jikelele.
“Kithina, lesi yisikhathi sokubonga amakhasimende ethu ngokuqhubeka nokwethembeka eminyakeni edlule. Amakhasimende ethu asenhliziyweni yebhizinisi lethu futhi siwanakekela ngokunaka okukhethekile nothando. Yilokhu okwenza sihluke,” kusho UJean – Noel Rault, iMenenja Jikelele
Wengeze wathi, “Eminyakeni engu-99 edlule, besihambisa amakhasimende ngendiza avela emhlabeni wonke futhi sakha izinkumbulo ezinhle ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. Sisondeze iYurophu nomhlaba wonke kumakhasimende ethu aseNdiya ngokubambisana kwethu neJet Airways. Sisonke sinikeza izindiza zeviki ezingama-31 eziya e-Amsterdam, ezixhuma kusuka emadolobheni angama-45 aseNdiya. Sibheke ngabomvu unyaka ozayo kanye nokugubha iminyaka engu-100, okusenza sibe ukuphela kwenkampani yezindiza emhlabeni ezogubha iminyaka eyikhulu”
I-KLM yathwala irekhodi labagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-32.7 ngo-2017, inikeze abagibeli bayo izindiza eziqondile eziya ezindaweni ezingu-165 ngemikhumbi yesimanje yezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-160. Inkampani yezindiza iqashe abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-32,000 emhlabeni jikelele. Iqembu le-KLM lilonke lithuthe abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-41 ngo-2017. Ngaphezu kwe-KLM, i-KLM Group ihlanganisa i-KLM Cityhopper, i-Transavia ne-Martinair. Inethiwekhi ye-KLM ixhuma i-Netherlands nazo zonke izifunda zezomnotho ezibalulekile emhlabeni futhi iyinjini enamandla eshayela umnotho waseNetherlands.
