KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij
(Royal Dutch Airlines)

Netherlands

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KLM I - The Main KLM page.

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Click to view KLM II - The Alternative KLM page,
featuring timetables from Will Porrio's collection of KLM ephemera from the 1919-1940 period.

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See Scandinavian Air Express for joint timetables of KLM and ABA - AB Aerotransport (and later other airlines).
This service was operated from the late 1920s through the 1930s as a route co-operation
between France/UK and Scandinavia via the Netherlands, later extended to Finland.

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Undated (Autumn 1921)
UK edition
(System)
(From the collection of Michael Dawes)

BL

Winter 1923(-24)
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BL

June 2, 1924
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Summer 1925 (to October 3, 1925)
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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BL

April 19, 1926
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April 19, 1927
(From the collection of Michael Dawes)

DZ

1927

BL

April 10, 1928
Joint KLM/ABA timetable
UK/France-Netherlands-Scandinavia route
UK edition
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BL

April 23, 1928
UK edition
(System)
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DZ

April 23, 1928
Selected European routes

Winter 1928-29
UK edition
System
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)

April 8, 1929
UK edition
(System)
(From the collection of Gunnar Saltin)

BL

April 7, 1930
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BL

May 1, 1931
European routes
UK edition

BL

May 1, 1932
European routes
UK edition
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September 1, 1932
UK edition
System
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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BL

November 1932
Amsterdam-Batavia route
US edition

February 1933
Airmail timetable
Amsterdam-Batavia route
German edition
(From the collection of Federico Teppa)

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Click to view the complete March 1, 1933 timetable for European routes (BL)

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BL

May 1, 1933
European routes
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BL

May 1, 1933
European routes
UK edition

September 1933
Amsterdam-Batavia route
UK edition
(From the collection of Michael Dawes)
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BL

September 1, 1934
European routes
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September 1, 1934
Domestic routes
(Courtesy of Tom Heitzman)

September 1, 1934
European routes
German edition
(From the collection of Philip Chuang; image courtesy of Tom Heitzman)

BL

September 1934
Amsterdam-Batavia route
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BL

November 1934
Amsterdam-Batavia route
UK edition

BL

May 15, 1935
European routes
UK edition

BL

June 1935
Amsterdam-Batavia route
UK edition

BL

October 6, 1935
European routes

November 2, 1935
Amsterdam-Batavia route
(From the collection of David Stringer)

October 6, 1935 (revised March 1, 1936)
European routes
(Courtesy of Tom Heitzman)

BL

May 15, 1936
European routes

1936
Joint KLM/CLS timetable
UK-Netherlands-Czechoslovakia/Austria/Hungary routes ("Blue Danube Air Express")
(Courtesy of Tom Heitzman)

BL

October 3, 1936
Amsterdam-Batavia route
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October 4, 1936
European routes
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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BL

October 4, 1936
European routes
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April 5, 1937
Rome-Amsterdam-London route
Italian ed
(From the collection of Gérard Morel)
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BL

May 22, 1937 (April 4 deleted)
European routes

BL

October 2, 1937
Amsterdam-Batavia route
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BL

October 3, 1937
European routes

BL

October 3, 1937
European routes

BL

March 29, 1938
Amsterdam-Batavia route
German edition

DZ

March 29, 1938
Amsterdam-Batavia route
French edition

April 10, 1938
European routes
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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KLM "West Indian Section"
May 1938
Caribbean routes
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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May 15, 1938
Domestic routes
(From the collection of Michael Dawes)

BL

June 1, 1938
European routes

BL

October 2, 1938
European routes

BL

October 2, 1938
Joint KLM/KNILM timetable
Europe-Australia route

October 3, 1938
Domestic routes
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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BL

KLM "West Indian Section"
February 6, 1939
Caribbean routes

BL

April 18, 1939
Amsterdam-Batavia route
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BL

July 1, 1939
European routes
US edition

November 1940
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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BL

KLM "West Indies Section"
August 28, 1943
Caribbean routes

BL

November 1, 1945
Caribbean routes
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March 4, 1946
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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BL

April 1, 1946
(System except Caribbean routes)

April 1, 1946
(System except Caribbean routes)
(From the collection of Jacques Delaville)

BL

April 29, 1946
Domestic routes

May 21, 1946
US edition
(From the collection of David Stringer)

BL

July 1946
(System except Caribbean routes)

October 6, 1946
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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KLM "West Indies Division"
April 20, (1947)
Caribbean routes
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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BL

June 30, 1947

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Click to view the complete June 30, 1947 timetable
("American edition") (System) (BL)

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Click to view a 1947 KLM brochure in Spanish issued for use in the Caribbean area.
(From the collection of Gérard Morel)

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April 19, 1948
Danish edition
(From the collection of Gérard Morel)
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BL

July 12, 1948

February 1, 1949
European edition
(System)
(From the collection of Sam Vaughn)

July 2, 1950
Caribbean edition
(From the collection of Mikael Öqvist)

BL

April 15, 1951

June 29, 1952
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)

BL

June 28, 1953

BL

Summer 1954
North American edition
(System)

BL

May 30, 1954

July 8, 1956
Italian edition
(System)
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)

BL

October 7, 1956
North American edition
(System)
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BL

April 14, 1957
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November 3, 1957
Paris edition
(From the collection of Jacques Delaville)

November 24, 1957
Caribbean edition
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)

January 12, 1958
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)

April 1, 1958
Preliminary edition
(System)
(From the collection of Jacques Delaville)

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May 1 and November 1, 1958 and April 1, 1959

November 1, 1959
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)

November 1, 1959
Caribbean edition
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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BL

To November 1, 1959
North American edition
(System)

BL

July 15, 1960

BL

November 1, 1960
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BL

June 6, 1961

July 1, 1962
(From the collection of Dacre Watson)
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BL

November 1, 1964

BL

June 6, 1966
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BL

April 1, 1969

BL

May 15, 1971

April 1, 1972
Singapore edition
(Courtesy of Els Hillen)

BL

May 15, 1974

DZ

November 1, 1979

March 25, 2001
Routes to/from Kiev
(From the collection of Vladimir Bykov)

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See also Scandinavian Air Express for joint KLM/ABA timetables and KLM II - The Alternative KLM page,
featuring timetables from the collection of Will Porrio.

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For quick comparison with other KLM timetables,
visit the KLM page of Perry Sloan's "AirTimes" site.

You may use our images (marked BL or DZ) on another website.
Then please credit them as being from the collections of either Björn Larsson or David Zekria,
and preferably provide a link to our site.
Thank you!
Please note that an image of a timetable marked as belonging to another collector
may not be used without prior permission from its owner.
If you have any questions or comments please e-mail Björn Larsson.
Offers to trade or sell timetables are always welcome! Please e-mail David Zekria.

This page last updated April 5, 2008.