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KLM resumes most flights to the Middle East

  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, April 06 - 2003 at 11:56
  • PRESS RELEASE

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced that from April 14th it will resume flights to those destinations in the Middle East that were temporarily suspended from March 24th.

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KLM will resume flight operations to Abu Dhabi on a daily basis, Dammam twice a week, Bahrain three times a week, Doha twice a week, Beirut four times a week and Amman and Damascus three times a week. Flights to Kuwait will remain suspended for the time being, but KLM is closely monitoring the situation in the Middles East and will return to its normal schedule when the situation allows. Flights to Dubai, which were never suspended, will remain daily.

"Unlike other airlines, KLM does not make an intermediate stop in places like Larnaca, but flies directly from the Gulf to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol", said Vincent Knoops, General Manager, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & the Maldives.

Information on KLM's updated schedule can be found on its special webpage on www.KLM.com. KLM's service and reservations staff or any travel agent in the Middle East can be contacted for further information.

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KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the oldest scheduled airline in the world still operating under its original name. Measured by international revenue ton-kilometer, KLM ranks 6th among the 250-plus International Air Transport Association (IATA) carriers. KLM and its partners serve over 400 cities in 78 countries on six continents. In its core activities of passenger and cargo transport, KLM has established itself as one of the market's leading carriers. In fiscal 2002/2001 KLM carried more than 16.1 million passengers and 502,000 tons of cargo and provided engineering and maintenance services to more than 35 airlines.

For further information, please contact:
Hamish Phillips
Memac Ogilvy Public Relations,
Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 2825414 Mob: +971 50 5646673 Fax: +971 4 282 5150

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