KLM fleet

This article is about the mainline KLM fleet, including the historical fleets of KLM. For information about the fleet of KLM Cityhopper, see KLM Cityhopper.

The Dutch flag carrier airline KLM operates a fleet of 116 aircraft. The narrow-body fleet is composed of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft which will be replaced by Airbus A320neo family aircraft. Airbus A330, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft are used on medium and long-haul flights. In September 2023, Air France-KLM announced an order for 50 Airbus A350s. These will replace the group's remaining Airbus A330s and Boeing 777-200ERs, and will be shared between Air France and KLM.^[1]

Current fleet

As of April 2025^[update], KLM operates the following aircraft:^[2]

KLM fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers[2]					Notes
Airbus A320neo	—	9[3]	TBA				180	Order with 60 options to be shared between KLM and its subsidiaries Transavia and Transavia France.[4] Replacing Boeing 737 Next Generation.
Airbus A321neo	7	26[5]	30	—	6	191	227[5]
Airbus A330-200	6	—	18	—	36	210	264	To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350.[6][7]
Airbus A330-300	5	—	30	—	40	222	292
Airbus A350-900	—	11	34	26	33	238	331[8]	Order with 40 options to be shared between Air France and KLM and delivered from 2026 to 2030.[7][9] Replacing Airbus A330 and Boeing 777-200ER.[7] It is confirmed through manufacturer order records that the split will consist of 39 A350-900s and 11 A350-1000s.[10] Preliminary delivery data suggests that KLM will take up all of the group's ordered -1000 variant aircraft and at least 11 of the -900 variant, leaving at most 28 -900 variant aircraft for Air France.[11]
Airbus A350-1000	—	11	34	28	32	297	391[8]
Boeing 737-700	6	—	20	—	6	106	132	To be retired and replaced by Airbus A320neo family.[4]
Boeing 737-800	31	—	20	—	6	150	176
Boeing 737-900	5	—	20	—	30	132	182
Boeing 777-200ER	15	—	35	24	54	175	288	To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350.[6][7]
Boeing 777-300ER	16	—	35	24	56	266	381
Boeing 787-9	13	—	30	21	48	176	275
Boeing 787-10	11	4	38	28	39	213	318
KLM Cargo fleet
Airbus A350F [12]	—	3	Cargo[a]					Replacing Boeing 747-400BCF and Boeing 747-400ERF.[13] To be operated by Martinair.
Boeing 747-400BCF	1	—	Cargo[a]					To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350F.[13] Operated by Martinair.
Boeing 747-400ERF	3	—	Cargo[a]
Total	115	64

1. No seats, cargo configuration

Gallery

• KLM current fleet
• 
  Airbus A321neo
• 
  Airbus A330-200
• 
  Airbus A330-300
• 
  Boeing 737-700
• 
  Boeing 737-800
• 
  Boeing 737-900 in SkyTeam livery
• 
  Boeing 747-400F
• 
  Boeing 777-200ER
• 
  Boeing 777-300ER in "Orange Pride" special livery
• 
  Boeing 787-9
• 
  Boeing 787-10 in "100 Years" special livery

Historical fleet

Over the years, KLM has operated the following aircraft types.

KLM historical fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Ilyushin Il-62	7	1971	1972	Joint operation with Aeroflot. Used for the Tokyo ~ Moscow ~ Amsterdam service.[14]

Fleet development

Fleet strategy

KLM's first of eight Boeing 787-10 aircraft was delivered on 28 June 2019; it featured centennial markings.^[15]

CEO Ben Smith has announced at Air France's Investor Day (5 November 2019) in Paris that "in the near future", KLM will only use the Boeing 777 and 787 as their long and medium-haul fleet, respectively, after retiring their thirteen Airbus A330s.^[16] This move would have made KLM an all-Boeing carrier, however, KLM announced in December 2021 that an order was placed for 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft which will be shared with Transavia and Transnavia France. This order will replace KLM's short-haul Boeing 737 fleet alongside Transavia's.^{[citation needed]}

There was considerable speculation on the replacement of KLM’s aging 777 and A330 fleet, of which the oldest 777-200ERs date back to 2003. On 23 August 2023, it was reported that contrary to prior speculation that KLM was considering Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X aircraft types, it would likely opt to further increase the number of Boeing 787 Dreamliners in the existing fleet.^[17] This was disproven when Air France–KLM placed an order for 50 Airbus A350s.^[1]

Special liveries

KLM has several aircraft painted in special liveries; they include:

• PH-BVA, a Boeing 777-300ER, features an orange forward fuselage that fades into the standard blue to commemorate the Netherlands national team's participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[18]
• PH-KZU, a Fokker F70, has been applied with a special livery featuring Anthony Fokker, the founder of Fokker, commemorating the airline's long-standing history with Fokker aircraft and the phase-out of the Fokker 70 aircraft in October 2017.^[19]

See also

• List of KLM destinations