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klmcedric

KLM Nonstop To SCL?

When I was in <acronym title="Buenos Aires - Ezeiza / Ministro Pistarini (EZE / SAEZ), Argentina">EZE</acronym> a while ago I talked to the AFKL station manager and he told me that KLM is looking into detaching <acronym title="Buenos Aires - Ezeiza / Ministro Pistarini (EZE / SAEZ), Argentina">EZE</...

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klmcedric

RE: Difference Between Cockpit And Cabin Air?

Thank you very much for that.

That is exactly what I'm looking for. Information from people who know what they are talking about, and that is hard to come by. Pilots like to pretend they know absolutely everything, but that is hardly the case.

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klmcedric

Difference Between Cockpit And Cabin Air?

I'm an F/A with KLM and I am currently debating the effects of TCP's on aircrew with colleagues. Multiple researches are being done by acclaimed universities, but it seems the final word on this subject hasn't been said yet. Research so far seems to conclude that the influence of TCP's may lead to a...

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klmcedric

RE: Air France Picks GEnx For 787

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mercure1" class="quote" target="_blank">mercure1</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>Long wait over, and maybe no surpri...

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klmcedric

RE: Air France New Business Class

AF and <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Airlines">KL</acronym> apparently don't see the need to align their J products . While the new business classes are an obvious improvement for both airlines, they have selected different providers for their new seats, and even more important, they haven't used ...

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klmcedric

RE: KLM Back To SCL

It would indeed be interesting to find out what the difference is between KLM <acronym title="Transaer (Ireland) and Trans Asian Airlines (Kazakhstan)">T7</acronym> who can't make it at full payload, and <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>'s <acronym title="Transaer (Ireland) and Trans Asian Ai...

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klmcedric

Any More Room For KLM In North Atlantic Market?

I has now been some time since <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Airlines">KL</acronym> opened up new routes to North America, and in paricular to the USA. Dallas is a seasonal succes, and Miami is now probably gone for good after multiple attempts to make it work. I was wondering if , also taking int...

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klmcedric

Why Does KLM Insist On Sending 777 To CAI?

I understand the need to send a widebody to <acronym title="Cairo - International (CAI / HECA), Egypt">CAI</acronym>, but it seems to me that this route could be operated cheaper with a A330-300, yet the 777 has held a virtual monopoly to <acronym title="Cairo - International (CAI / HECA), Egypt">CA...

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klmcedric

KLM To Start Bogota Flights?

An article on luchtvaartnieuws.nl mentions this, but I can only read the title, the article is locked for non-members.

Any one here knows more about this?

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klmcedric

RE: Concerns In CDG/AMS Over Possible Break-up AF/KL

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/yyz717" class="quote" target="_blank">yyz717</a> (<a href="#36" class="quote">Reply 36</a>):<br/><i>Swiss did nothing (wrong)</i></font></td></t...

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klmcedric

RE: Concerns In CDG/AMS Over Possible Break-up AF/KL

One must admit that since the merger back in 2004 KLM has grown stronger and expanded it's international network and fleet in an impressive way. I wonder if that would have been possible without the partnership with <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>. Just look at their 400+ pax fleet, that ha...

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klmcedric

RE: Concerns In CDG/AMS Over Possible Break-up AF/KL

Is it even possible for KLM to get out of this? How would it work? Back to be being a standalone airline or being bought by a financial powerhouse à la Etihad,... As a former Sabena employee, having seen what Swiss did, I'm worried as a current KLM employee that <acronym title="Air France">AF</acron...

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klmcedric

RE: Brussels Airlines Begins Washington Service

Very nice, I wasn't aware they had been planning to open this route. I would have thought their next TATL destination to be <acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS / KBOS), USA - Massachusetts">BOS</acronym> , but I can see how <acronym title="Brussels - National (Z...

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klmcedric

RE: Airlines Reinstating First Class (KLM,...? )

IMHO KLM would shoot itself in the foot , where they to reinstate first class, but I was surprised to read that people like Tim Clark and Martin Schröder claim there's a healthy first class market in <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> . But then again, thos...

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klmcedric

RE: Airlines Reinstating First Class (KLM,...? )

Interesting article.
I guess we have our answer right there.

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klmcedric

Airlines Reinstating First Class (KLM,...? )

I've read in an interview that the <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> route to <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> is a succes, and that the sale of first class tickets is also going strong which, given the fact that <acronym title...

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klmcedric

RE: World Cup 2014: Your Predictions

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dc9northwest" class="quote" target="_blank">dc9northwest</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>CONCACAF (who cares): </i></font><...

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klmcedric

RE: World Cup 2014: Your Predictions

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/einsteinboricua" class="quote" target="_blank">einsteinboricua</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i> let's just wait to see how ...

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klmcedric

World Cup 2014: Your Predictions

With about one year to go, and only Brazil, and as of today Japan, who are qualified for it, I thought it would be fun to test your football knowledge. So who do you think will make it to Brazil? Here are mine Europe - UEFA: 13 places: Belgium, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal,Bosn...

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klmcedric

BA - A Glimpse Inside The New A380

Looks pretty nice IYAM . <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g5fSLrVzpxg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g5fSLrVzpxg</a> Looking forward to catch a ride on this bird. The BA livery and the A380 is a match made in heaven IMO ...

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klmcedric

RE: AF-KLM 2012 Loss - But Improvement

During the presentation of the numbers Spinetta also admitted that the losses have been booked by Air France and that KLM actually improved it's profits.
Seems like there's still a lot of work to be done in Paris.

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klmcedric

RE: Tomorrowland 2013

Yes! I got lucky and scored 4 tickets for friday. I got them in the pre-sale for belgians only. Last year I spent a whole day in front of my laptop, without any luck, so I'm very excited about getting in this year. Ebay and hebbes.be are already selling black market tickets, some of them ask as much...

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klmcedric

RE: First Flying A350 Prototype Rolls Out

The <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 is a cool and mighty looking plane. The 747 still remains the best looking plane out there. The A330 is the best looking <acronym title="Lauda Air (Austria)">NG</acronym> plane. The 777 is nothing special, good looking, but that's it. The 767 is ju...

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klmcedric

RE: Should Obama Be Reelected?

So is there anyone here who voted for him 4 years ago, but won't this time?
That would be interesting to know. I suspect that these avid nay sayers on here where barking up exactly the same tree
four years ago.

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klmcedric

RE: LH Cabin Crew On Strike

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PanHAM" class="quote" target="_blank">PanHAM</a> (<a href="#153" class="quote">Reply 153</a>):<br/><i> Quoting aloges (Reply 152): So "Unions ba...

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klmcedric

RE: LH Cabin Crew On Strike

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PanHAM" class="quote" target="_blank">PanHAM</a> (<a href="#134" class="quote">Reply 134</a>):<br/><i>Here you go, and , no I did not read your ...

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klmcedric

RE: AF-KL Huge Net Loss Of USD 1.1 Billion In 2ndQ

If fuel prices remain where they are right now for some time, the year result will be much better then last year. That huge loss in the first quarter is a direct result of the massive cost cutting measures that are being put into place. Seems contradictory, but that's how it is. Operating result is ...

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klmcedric

RE: The Dutch Higway Driving Style, Aaarghhh!

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/petertenthije" class="quote" target="_blank">petertenthije</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i>I do believe Belgians are wors...

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klmcedric

RE: The Dutch Higway Driving Style, Aaarghhh!

It's obvious you have complete and utter idiots on the road in any given country, not in the least in my own country, but this thing where a driver puts on his left blinker (driving approw 100kph) and then just moves to the left lane not caring that I'm like 50m behind doing a 130kph, which then lea...

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klmcedric

RE: Cities You Haven't Enjoyed Visiting?

Lots of people put <acronym title="Lan Chile">LA</acronym> on that list. The first couple times I was in <acronym title="Lan Chile">LA</acronym> I had that same dissapointment. Now I've been there about 20 times, met locals who showed me around and became friends, and I can honestly say it belongs t...

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klmcedric

The Dutch Higway Driving Style, Aaarghhh!

I live in Belgium, I've been commuting to Amsterdam for the past ten years. I've also driven cars in lots of countries around the world and there's one particular driving style that occurs rather occasionally in most countries but seems to be the standard in the Netherlands and it concerns changing ...

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klmcedric

KLM Near Future Equipment To The Caribbean?

With the gradual exit of the MD11 in <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Airlines">KL</acronym>'s fleet I hear lot's of stories concerning equipment deployment . The 777 is going to <acronym title="Panama City - Tocumen (General Omar Torrijos Herrera) (PTY / MPTO), Panama">PTY</acronym> next winter, tha...

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klmcedric

RE: KL Gives MIA Another Go

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/thenoflyzone" class="quote" target="_blank">thenoflyzone</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Ai...

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klmcedric

KL Gives MIA Another Go

KLM will again be serving Miami coming winterseason . I've lost track of how many attempts they have undertaken now with this route. Maybe KLM decided to go the <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym> way with this route and make it seasonal. Rout...

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klmcedric

RE: Airline Rankings By Seat Capacity

AF & <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Airlines">KL</acronym> should be counted together. They merged just like <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> & <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> and <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> & <acronym ...

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klmcedric

RE: Your Favourite Beer (brand)?

As far as pils beers go this is my absolute favourite! <img border=0 src="http://www.duvelmoortgat.be/data/uploads/brands/packshots_DMC_vedett.jpg" width="273" height="450" border="0"/> I don't know if it's exported though.<br/><br/><font size="-4">[Edited 2012-04-23 22:19:01]</font><br><br>[Edited ...

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klmcedric

RE: SN Seeking Help From Belgian Government

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Bralo20" class="quote" target="_blank">Bralo20</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>just like the Belgian merchant navy (koopv...

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klmcedric

RE: AF / KL Restructuring

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/76er" class="quote" target="_blank">76er</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>In the medium to long run <acronym title="K...

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klmcedric

KLM Axes Miami

According to www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl klm will end service to Miami at the end of March 2012.
Reason for the termination of the route is that no profit is being made and also the competition from Arkefly .

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klmcedric

KLM Stops Nonstop Flight To Manila

<a href="http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNation.htm?f=2011/november/11/nation2.isx&d=2011/november/11" target="_blank">http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/i.../11/nation2.isx&d=2011/november/11</a> That's too bad. One of my favourite destinations. But on the flipside, I guess that me...

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klmcedric

RE: KLM Goes For Flatbed!

Doesn't KLM have a 6th B77W and some A333's on the delivery list before may 2013 ?
I wonder if these will be delivered with the new seats already?

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klmcedric

RE: Sabena, 10 Years Later...

Interesting fact I heard on the news today. When Sabena threw the towel they still had 50 million euros in cash. Afterwards the sales of the assets generated 700 million euros. Experts today say the airline could have been saved and turned into a efficient profitable company. But as mentioned above,...

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klmcedric

RE: KLM To Fly Nonstop AMS To Taipei?

As far as I know plans are now to start operating 2 weekly nonstop flights as soon as february (with the 747), combined
with a few weekly BKK tag-ons.

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klmcedric

RE: Long Haul Flight Crew Rotations

Although not being the highest paid crew, when it comes to lay-over / time-off regulations, us at KLM probably have one, if not the, best deals in the industry. Basically our time off gets calculated by the length of each flight, and the lay-over time on station. Y-class <acronym title="Safair (Sout...

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klmcedric

RE: What Countries Have You Been To?

Belgium (Home) Netherlands England Scotland Norway Sweden Finland Denmark Austria Germany Latvia France Monaco Spain Portugal Zwitserland Italy Greece Romania Russia Turkey Luxemburg Poland Hungary Georgia Syria Lebanon Israel Jordan Bahrain Qatar U.A.E. Kuwait Iran India China Malaysia Singapore In...

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klmcedric

European Crossing USA/Canada Border?

I'm planning a road trip in june starting and ending in Montreal.
I would like to visit Maine also.

Can I easily cross the US border with a canadian rental car with a european passport?

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klmcedric

RE: Dubai In January

If you want to hang out at Zinc, you might want to check the rates at the Crowne Plaza, that way you can crawl your way
from the dancefloor to your room! Very convenient .

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klmcedric

RE: Skiing At The Lake Tahoe Area

Thanks a lot for all your responses. I'm an advanced skier and my friend is an intermediate snowboarder. I think we'll spend 2days at squaw and two at Northstar. We rented chalet in KingsBeach. Also our wifes are with us there, but aren't skiing, so they need resorts with plenty of other activities,...

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klmcedric

Skiing At The Lake Tahoe Area

I rented a chalet along the shore line of north Lake Tahoe in February. Me and my wife and an other couple will fly into <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> from <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> on K...

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klmcedric

Renting A SUV In The USA.

Hello, Following a visit to San Francisco in february, me and some friends want to rent an <acronym title="Suva - Nausori (SUV / NFSU), Fiji">SUV</acronym> and go skiing at the Lake Tahoe resorts. I've gotten quotes with almost every major rental company. All the cars look fine to me, and I don't ca...

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