KLM announces new connections from Cardiff
Access to long-haul destinations has also improved, with an increase in the number of weekly flights to the following destinations via their Amsterdam hub:
- Muscat in Oman will increase from four times weekly to daily
- Bogota & Cali in Columbia increases to four weekly
- Cape Town in South Africa will increase from five to six times weekly, and from 04-Jul-016, flights will increase to daily
- Edmonton in Canada will increase to four weekly
- Los Angeles service frequency will increase to twice daily
- Chengdu in China will increase to four weekly
- Shanghai in China increases to 13 weekly flights and from 20-Jun-16 Pu Dong frequency will increase from 12 to 13 weekly, using 747-400
- Taipei in Taiwan will increase to six times weekly
- Manila in the Philippines will increase to six times weekly
KLM’s partnership with Delta also means that up to 19 cities in North America can now be reached with one stop via Amsterdam. These destinations include a new daily connection to Salt Lake City plus:
- Canada: Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal
- USA: Boston, NYC, Washington DC, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and LA
- Mexico: Mexico City
Debra Barber, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at Cardiff Airport, said: “KLM plays a vital role in promoting connectivity to and from Wales. It’s important that our customers understand how simple and straight forward it can be to reach medium and long haul destinations with one easy connection, rather than spending extra time and money to drive down the motorway and fly from other airports. Amsterdam Schiphol is a vibrant hub well equipped to help passengers connect to onward destinations with ease.
“To see new connections being added to KLM’s growing network is very exciting. The airline currently flies up to three times a day to Amsterdam and we see consistently strong load factors, in fact the airline will also be operating more flights using its larger Embraer 190 jet aircraft moving forward. Their new partnership with Delta has added a number of new one stop North American connections which will be of huge benefit to our customers who choose to fly from Cardiff to the world.”
Pieter Elbers, KLM President & CEO, said: "Customers from all over Europe fly KLM to our hub in Amsterdam to connect with flights to our destinations around the world. We aim to develop our European network so that we can offer more direct flights to and from Amsterdam and more and better connections via Schiphol. So I am proud to announce that we will add five more European destinations to our network, giving European travellers more options to explore the world. The new destinations are relevant to our hub and to our position in the local markets."
