With Jet Airways suspending operations, a huge void has been created, especially in the international sector. KLM and Air France operated additional flights to India to help stranded passengers in April 2019. British Airways, in the meanwhile, will start a new 4x weekly flight between Mumbai and London from June 2, 2019.
In early April 2019, we confirmed that KLM will deploy its Boeing 787-10 on Mumbai and Delhi routes from March 29, 2020. The 787-10 is interesting because KLM has just 8 of these on order. The 787-10 will feature a new business class seat onboard, Jamco’s Venture seat. It is reverse herringbone just like the Cirrus seat on KLM’s 787-9 but a slightly modified version specifically built for the 787.
It now looks like KLM is advancing the debut of the Boeing 787-10 on Indian routes as well as increasing capacity from Amsterdam to Mumbai and Delhi.
KLM, will add one extra frequency between Amsterdam (AMS) and Mumbai (BOM) on Thursdays, starting from 2 September 2019. As of 30 September 2019, KLM will add another frequency on Wednesdays, making a total of five flights per week. All additional flights will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
