KLM celebrates 1 year of A 321 neo procedures

At 14: 15 neighborhood time on August 27 th, 2024, KLM’s very first Airplane A 321 neo, registration PH-AXA, took off from Hamburg for Amsterdam on its delivery flight, arriving at 14: 53 regional time after a 38 -minute flight. Following its presentation at AMS, this aircraft performed several test trips in September before the start of routine operations.

Its first examination trip was on September 5 th, 2024, and till September 14 th, 2024, it made more than 55 examination flights around Europe, primarily in Aarhus, Amsterdam, Leipzig, Paris Vatry Chalons Flight Terminal, and Prestwick, as you can see in our data source. The initially set up trip happened on September 16 th, 2024, with flight KL 1267 in between Amsterdam and Copenhagen, departing from Schiphol at 07: 45 neighborhood time.

KL 1267 AMS-CPH · September 16 th, 2024

Virtually a year later on, on August 21 st, 2025, at 16: 32 local time, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ tenth Jet A 321 neo, the most recent enhancement to the airline company’s fleet, landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport from Hamburg on a ferryboat flight. The aircraft, with registration PH-AXK, was introduced at the main Dutch flight terminal after its arrival and got in service on August 24 th with flight KL 1583 in between Amsterdam and Lisbon.

KLM has actually gotten to 10 Plane A 321 neo aircraft in its fleet for the very first time and plans to add at least seven even more. Regarding the various other eight A 321 neo, the second Plane A 321 – 252 NX was supplied on September 27 th, 2024, the third on December 10 th, 2024, the fourth on December 19 th, 2024, the fifth on March 27 th, 2025, the 6th on April 4 th, 2025, the seventh on April 15 th, 2025 , the eighth on May 30 th, 2025, and the ninth on July 3 rd, 2025

  1. PH-AXA: August 2024
  2. PH-AXB: September 2024
  3. PH-AXC: December 2024
  4. PH-AXD: December 2024
  5. PH-AXG: March 2025
  6. PH-AXE: April 2025
  7. PH-AXF: April 2025
  8. PH-AXH: May 2025
  9. PH-AXI: July 2025
  10. PH-AXK: August 2025

The registrations for KLM’s following seven Airplane A 321 neo aircraft have actually currently been submitted, which will be PH-AXL, PH-AXM, PH-AXN, PH-AXP, PH-AXR, PH-AXT, and PH-AXU. Just recently, the very first image of KLM’s 11 th A 321 neo was released It will certainly be signed up as PH-AXL and is currently in Hamburg undertaking final preparations prior to joining the fleet.

All Jet A 321 neo airplane belonging to Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, also called KLM , are set up for 227 guests in single course These aircraft only operate within Europe to/from Amsterdam Schiphol Flight terminal, where they are based.

At the time of magazine, according to our database, all KLM narrow-body aircraft serve flights in Europe, while its paths to various other continents are operated by wide-body airplane, with Africa, America, and Asia being the marketplaces.

Nation Location Flights Seats
Czechia Prague (PRG) 7 weekly 1, 589 once a week
Denmark Billund (BLL) 7 once a week 1, 589 regular
Finland Helsinki (HEL) 7 regular 1, 589 regular
France Great (NCE) 2 once a week 454 weekly
Germany Berlin (BER) 7 once a week 1, 589 once a week
Greece Athens (ATH) 7 regular 1, 589 once a week
Hungary Budapest (BUD) 7 regular 1, 589 weekly
Italy Rome (FCO) 13 weekly 2, 951 regular
Norway Bergen (BGO) 7 once a week 1, 589 regular
Portugal Lisbon (LIS) 7 once a week 1, 589 regular
Spain Barcelona (BCN)** 7 weekly 1, 589 once a week
Sweden Stockholm (ARN) 7 regular 1, 589 regular
United Kingdom Edinburgh (EDI)* 14 once a week 3, 178 weekly
London Heathrow (LHR) 21 regular 4, 767 weekly
Manchester (MALE) 14 once a week 3, 178 once a week

From To Flight
Amsterdam (AMS) Athens (ATH) KL 1953/ 1954
Amsterdam (AMS) Barcelona (BCN) KL 1517/ 1518 **
Amsterdam (AMS) Bergen (BGO) KL 1169/ 1170
Amsterdam (AMS) Berlin (BER) KL 1775/ 1776
Amsterdam (AMS) Billund (BLL) KL 1297/ 1298
Amsterdam (AMS) Budapest (BUD) KL 1367/ 1368
Amsterdam (AMS) Edinburgh (EDI) KL 921/ 922 *
Amsterdam (AMS) Edinburgh (EDI) KL 931/ 932
Amsterdam (AMS) Lisbon (LIS) KL 1587/ 1578
Amsterdam (AMS) Lisbon (LIS) KL 1583/ 1584
Amsterdam (AMS) London (LHR) KL 1001/ 1002
Amsterdam (AMS) London (LHR) KL 1005/ 1006
Amsterdam (AMS) London (LHR) KL 1017/ 1000
Amsterdam (AMS) London (LHR) KL 1017/ 1006
Amsterdam (AMS) Manchester (MALE) KL 1031/ 1032
Amsterdam (AMS) Prague (PRG) KL 1357/ 1358
Amsterdam (AMS) Rome (FCO) KL 1601/ 1602
Amsterdam (AMS) Rome (FCO) KL 1603/ 1604
Amsterdam (AMS) Rome (FCO) KL 1609/ 1600
Amsterdam (AMS) Stockholm (ARN) KL 1223/ 1224

* Trip KL 921/ 922 switches from A 321 neo to Boeing 737 – 800 since September 1 st.

** Trip KL 1517/ 1518 buttons from Boeing 737 – 800 to A 321 neo as of September 1 st.

Athens, Barcelona, Bergen, Berlin, Billund, Budapest, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London Heathrow, Manchester, Rome Fiumicino, and Stockholm Arlanda are the normal routes for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ A 321 neo aircraft, which will be preserved throughout summer 2025 New additions or additional flights might be added in the future.

KLM has 187 aircraft in its fleet, making up 21 Plane, 102 Boeing, and 66 Embraer airplane, including KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, KLM Freight, and KLM CityHopper. 10 are A 321 neo, six are A 330 – 200, 5 are A 330 – 300, six are 737 – 700, 31 are 737 – 800, 5 are 737 – 900, three are 747 – 400 (F), 15 are 777 – 200, 16 are 777 – 300, 13 are 787 – 9, 11 are 787 – 10, 26 are E 190, 23 are E 295 -E 2, and 17 are E 175

The airline company aims to replace its Boeing 737 s with Airplane A 321 neo airplane. At magazine time, KLM’s order for the A 321 neo had not been specified, yet it expects to have 13 airplane of this key in its fleet by the end of this year.

In December 2021, the Air France-KLM Group put an order for 100 aircraft from the Jet A 320 neo household, with an alternative for 60 extra, which will certainly be included by Transavia. The provider presently has 19 A 320 neo and 13 A 321 neo airplane, averaging one years of age.

When it come to KLM courses, Europe is its primary market, with trips to Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, and the UK, in addition to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Terminal in the Netherlands. Every one of these solutions, which you can translucent our data, are run by the abovementioned narrow-body airplane.

Furthermore, the Dutch business runs in Africa, America, Asia, and the Center East, including Argentina, Bonaire, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Curaçao, Ecuador, Ghana, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, México, Nigeria, Panamá, Perú, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sint Maarten, South Africa, South Korea, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, and the USA.

KLM will certainly provide 161 locations during summer 2025, being 95 within Europe and 66 intercontinental. The airline is boosting its seat ability by 4 % compared to summer season 2024, although its intercontinental offering for summertime 2025 is limited, as revealed by the provider, because of long shipment times for aircraft parts and a lack of pilots.

Based on our data, Wizz Air, Turkish Airline Companies, Faucet Air Portugal, Lufthansa, Aegean, British Airways, easyJet, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Jet 2, Azores Airlines, ITA, Icelandair, Transavia, Titan Airways, Vueling, Swiss, SAS, Sunclass Airlines, La Compagnie, and Eurowings are some of the European airlines to have Airplane A 321 s in their fleets, consisting of A 321 – 200, A 321 neo, A 321 neo LR, and A 321 XLR.

7, 614 airplane from the Airbus A 320 family are signed up in our database. Of the total, 53 are Airbus A 318 s , 1, 401 are Jet A 319 s , 4, 399 are Airplane A 320 s, and 1, 761 are Airplane A 321 s. You can track all of them using Flightradar.


Cover photo: © Oaktree Aeronautics– JetPhotos (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands)

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