KLM is to return to Liverpool airport after a 70 year absence.

The airline has just announced it is to launch a new service from of Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Amsterdam, connecting the Liverpool with more than 100 worldwide destinations on KLM’s own intercontinental network and with over 650 destinations across KLM’s Skyteam partner networks.

Starting on 29 March 2009, KLM cityhopper will operate the new scheduled service three times daily using Fokker 70 jet aircraft carrying up to 80 passengers.

KLM operated flights from Liverpool to Amsterdam between 1934 and 1939, however, at the start of WW2 the flights were discontinued.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flies to over 650 destinations worldwide with its Skyteam partners from the following UK airports: Aberdeen airport, Birmingham airport, Bristol, Cardiff, Durham Tees, Edinburgh airport, Glasgow, Humberside, London City, London Heathrow, Leeds airport, Liverpool, Manchester airport, Newcastle and Norwich.

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