KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the national flag carrier for the Netherlands. They serve a whopping 8.7 million passengers across 314 destinations in 116 countries every year. Founded in 1919, It is the oldest airline still in operation under the same name.
KLM has taken 2018 to totally revamp all of their aircraft’s business class cabins to a new “World Business Class” experience. This includes Boeing 787, 777, an 747 – and by the end of November the entire A330 fleet.
Their new World Business Class is comprised of beautiful lie-flat seats in a 2-2-2 configuration (or 2-2 on Boeing 747s). This allows for maximum space to spread out and great views from their large windows. The cabin was designed by famous Dutch designer Hella Jongerius, and features a focus on comfort with royal blue, white, and magenta accents.
Before You Arrive
KLM’s ‘Sky Priority’ service for Business travellers begins when you get to the airport – with priority security, baggage, check-in, and lounge access.
On board you’ll experience friendly personalised service to meet your every need.
Features and Amenities
Enjoy brand new fully lie-flat seats that recline to a bed that is 20” wide and has 63” of pitch. The full recline length is a generous 78”.
Each seat comes equip with power outlets, USB and HDMI ports, and a 17” screen with touchscreen remote for inflight entertainment. By the end of 2019, all of their aircraft’s will be equipped with WiFi.
You will also receive noise cancelling headphones and a luxury comfort bag from Dutch designer Jan Taminiau with male and female editions in 12 different colours.
Dining
KLM features award-winning Dutch chef-inspired meals and a convenient ‘Anytime for You’ service. Along with your three course meal, each guest is welcome to a selection of five additional dishes at any point during their flight, to be prepared and served restaurant style.
Guests are also treated to the iconic Dutch Delft Blue House – a unique porcelain keepsake filled with gin.
Creative Resins has been at the forefront of decorative glass technology for over 30 years. When Louise contacted us to help with a trip to Oman, we discovered that the company had been using an airline’s website to book direct, paying in excess of £5,000 per trip in Business Class. Using our negotiated fares on this one flight YourTravel saved over £1000 per trip. Upon further investigation and a year’s great relationship, we delved into the companies travel policies and booking habits. We found that travel was often booked at the last minute and there was no one in authority to keep a watchful eye over what was being booked and where. We then worked with Louise to create passenger profiles for all of Creative Resins travellers including details such as preferred seat numbers, meals and airlines – we also set in place cabin restrictions (who can and can’t travel in an upgraded travel class). We then looked at the company’s calendar for the coming year, estimating when and where they would need to book travel and agreed that Your Travel would be proactive in trying to get confirmed travel dates from 4 weeks prior to the trip dates. This created a stress-free booking system that took budget and organisational pressure from the senior management, knowing they would always be working with a cost-effective travel budget. This lead to a reduced travel spend of just over 16% without cost-cutting and maintaining a high level of service.
‘’Working with Your Travel Corporate has been an enlightening experience, we were wasting money on travel and working with John and the team was very easy indeed. Everything is taken care of on every trip and we get a level of service that just can’t be achieved by the bigger travel agents, being treated as a valued client and not just another customer is fantastic!’’ Louise Bollom, Director