KLM: a high-flying investment opportunity

As the founding member of one of the strongest and most successful global alliances in the airline industry, KLM is again the first to take leadership in the creation of a global airline system. Today, with a second global partnership in place with Alitalia and a firm business strategy focusing on the company's core activities, the Dutch airline looks set to consolidate its leading market position

Founded in 1919, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the oldest scheduled airline in the world. It operates worldwide from its European homebase with a network of routes covering 164 cities in 75 countries. The group’s core businesses are passenger and cargo transportation, and engineering and maintenance. In the fiscal year 1997/98 KLM employed an average workforce of 26,923 and carried 14.7 million passengers and 620,919 tonnes of cargo.

Strategic positioning KLM’s focus on its core business and core competencies steadily proceeds to maintain and create shareholder value.

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