As one operator adds more Boeing 787-9 operated routes, another operator begins its preperation to add the type into its fleet.
KLM – Royal Dutch Airlines – have outlined their operation plans for the 787-9, with operations due to commence at the beginning of the Winter timetable on the 25th October 2015.
Part of the KLM Boeing 787-9 Seatmap – Image, KLM via KLM.com
The launch route will be on the 25th October, operating Amsterdam to Abu Dhabi and onto Bahrain. Following that route, more East seems to be the favoured destinations, with the following routes to be operated with a Boeing 787-9.
- Amsterdam to Abu Dhabi to Bahrain will launch the 787 operations on the 25th October 2015, operating 5 days a week until 1st December, daily from 2nd December 2015
- Amsterdam to Cairo will operate from 30th November twice a week, before going 4 weekly from 1st March 2016.
- Amsterdam to Quito to Guayaquil, returning to Amsterdam triangular route will operate two times a week from the 2nd December 2015, and daily from 27th March 2016
- Amsterdam to Xiamen will operate twice a week from 3rd December 2015, and three times weekly from 27th March 2016
- Amsterdam to Fukuoka will be a new route, operating three times a week from 28th February 2016
- Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro will also join the KLM family, with a 787-9 operating twice out of six flights a week from 1st March 2016
- Amsterdam to Chengdu will operate four times weekly from 27th March 2016
Data: Airlineroute.
KLM will be operating their Boeing 787-9s in a three class configuration:
- 30 World Business Class Seats in a 1-2-1 formation
- 48 Economy Comfort seats in 3-3-3 formation
- 216 Economy Class seats in 3-3-3 formation
With 25 Boeing 787-9s on order, there are plenty of routes to come for KLM and for those of you who love the Boeing 787.
However, before you start clicking book on these routes, remember that planned routes can and will change – so if you’re booking a ticket for a particular plane… ensure it’s refundable in case the airline changes its mind…
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Cool! Great to hear! I’ve been hearing Oct 25 or 26 as the possible inaugural date for KLM but it is now indeed Oct 25. Will you be on the inaugural?
Sadly not… I’m elsewhere in the world! Looks a good one though.
I think I missed the part where they introduced another WBC seat. I’m not complaining…the current new one on the 747 is fine (and certainly a step up from the older one), but I feel like airlines are taking steps backwards when they introduce a long-haul product without direct aisle access. I wish they would have just done whatever is on the seat map above from the get go. With flights as full as they are from Los Angeles, I know it’s a pipe dream to see these in my hometown, but one can dream. Also, being locked into SkyTeam, it’s always nice to see a post that actually has relevance to my travels, so thanks for that!