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Middle East expansion to feature heavily in new KLM Winter Schedule

Middle East expansion to feature heavily in new KLM Winter Schedule
(CAPA) KLM announced it would increase its connections between important oil markets as part of its 2007 Winter Schedule, boosting long-haul capacity to destinations in the Gulf, including Doha, Dubai, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Overall, seat capacity for the Air France KLM Group will increase by 5.2% in the forthcoming 2007/2008 winter season compared to the same season last year, rising 6.2% in the long-haul network and 1.8% in the short and medium-haul network.

KLM will mainly be focusing on Middle East and long-haul destination, and in cooperation with Northwest Airlines on transatlantic routes. Air France will be pursuing growth in the developing regions of Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Middle East capacity will be increased by 14.6% compared to last winter. KLM will launch five times weekly services from Amsterdam to Muscat (Oman) effective 03-Dec-07, its 60 route on its intercontinental network. The service will be operated via Kuwait, taking its number of destinations in the Gulf region to eight.

KLM will also increase its weekly frequencies to Dubai from 13 to 14, while the service to Doha via Dammam will increase from four to five.

KLM will be deploying its most modern fleet to the region, which includes a high proportion of business and premium traffic. Dubai operations will use B777-200 equipment, while the Muscat, Dammam and Doha flights will be operated using A330-200 aircraft, the most modern in the carrier’s fleet.

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