KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is a worldwide company based in the Netherlands. Since their merger in 2004, KLM works closely with Air France within the AIR FRANCE KLM holding company.In terms of financial turnover, AIR FRANCE KLM is the world’s largest airline partnership; it also transports the most passengers and is the world’s second-largest cargo transporter.AIR FRANCE KLM’s strategy can be expressed in a single expression: One Group, Two Airlines, Three Core Activities. It indicates that KLM maintains its own company identity within the international airline industry. It means that KLM can give substance to its business activities as it sees fit, as long as they are attuned with those of the AIR FRANCE KLM Group as a whole.

KLM’s core businesses are passenger transport, cargo shipment, and aircraft maintenance.KLM and Air France each have their own networks. Together they maintain a worldwide network of flight connections based on what they call their Dual-Hub Strategy.KLM’s strategic aim is to achieve profitable and sustainable growth. KLM is well aware that sustainable business practice is a prerequisite to gaining public support toward achieving its aims. For this reason, it works to achieve profitable growth that contributes to its own corporate aims as well as to economic and social development in the Netherlands.Together with Air France, KLM wants to achieve this growth by further developing its core activities in the most attractive markets, by working more closely with its fellow SkyTeam members, and by continuing to reduce costs.

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