Eyaziwa ngokuba ngumphathi wesizwe waseDatshi, i-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines nge-7 ka-Okthobha iza kubhiyozela iminyaka engama-99 ukuba ibe yiyo kuphela inqwelo moya emhlabeni ukufikelela kwesi siganeko. Ukusukela ngo-1919, i-KLM iqhubekile nokusebenza phantsi kwegama layo lokuqala, iyenza ukuba ibe luhlobo oluthile kwicandelo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya.
I-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, ngokusemthethweni i-Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV, yinkampani ethwala iflegi yaseNetherlands. Ikomkhulu le-KLM lizinze e-Amstelveen, kunye ne-hub yayo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseAmsterdam Schiphol. Iyinxalenye yeqela le-Air France–KLM, kwaye lilungu lomanyano lweenqwelomoya zeSkyTeam.
Olu kuzalwa lukhethekileyo lweminyaka engama-99 yenkampani yeenqwelomoya luya kubhiyozelwa kuwo onke amaziko e-KLM kwihlabathi liphela.
“Kuthi, eli lithuba lokubulela abathengi bethu ngokuqhubeka bethembekile kule minyaka idlulileyo. Abathengi bethu basembindini weshishini lethu kwaye sibakhathalela ngononophelo olukhethekileyo kunye nothando. Yiyo le nto esenza sahluke,” utshilo UJean – uNoel Rault, uMphathi Jikelele
Wongeze wathi, "Kwiminyaka engama-99 edlulileyo, besisoloko sibhabha abathengi abavela kwihlabathi liphela kwaye sisenza iinkumbulo ezintle kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. Sisondeze iYurophu kunye nehlabathi liphela kubathengi bethu baseIndiya ngentsebenziswano yethu neJet Airways. Sisonke sinika iinqwelomoya ze-31 ngeveki ukuya e-Amsterdam, ukudibanisa ukusuka kwizixeko ze-45 zaseNdiya. Sijonge phambili kulo nyaka uzayo kunye nesikhumbuzo sethu seminyaka eli-100, oko kusenza sibe kuphela kwenqwelo moya ehlabathini ukubhiyozela iminyaka elikhulu”
I-KLM iphethe irekhodi ye-32.7 yezigidi zabagibeli kwi-2017, inikezela abagibeli bayo ngeenqwelo-moya ngqo kwiindawo ze-165 kunye neenqwelo zanamhlanje ezingaphezu kwe-160 yeenqwelomoya. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya iqeshe abasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-32,000 kwihlabathi liphela. IQela le-KLM ngokubanzi lithuthe abakhweli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-41 kwi-2017. Ukongeza kwi-KLM, iQela le-KLM libandakanya i-KLM Cityhopper, i-Transavia kunye ne-Martinair. Uthungelwano lwe-KLM ludibanisa iNetherlands kunye nayo yonke imimandla yezoqoqosho engundoqo yehlabathi kwaye iyinjini enamandla eqhuba uqoqosho lwaseNetherlands.
