KLM fleet
KLM operates a fleet of 125 aircraft. The narrow-body fleet consists of mostly Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft which will be replaced by Airbus A320neo family aircraft. Airbus A330, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft are used on medium and long-haul flights. In September 2023, Air France-KLM announced an order for 50 Airbus A350 aircraft which will be shared between KLM and Air France to replace their aging Airbus A330 and Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.
Current fleet
, KLM operates the following aircraft:Historical fleet
Over the years, KLM has operated the following aircraft types:| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes | Ref |
| Airbus A310-200 | 10 | 1983 | 1997 | ||
| BAC 1-11-301AG | 1 | 1968 | 1968 | Leased from British Eagle. | |
| Boeing 737-200 | 3 | 1987 | 1995 | ||
| Boeing 737-300 | 19 | 1986 | 2011 | ||
| Boeing 737-400 | 19 | 1989 | 2011 | ||
| Boeing 747-200B | 7 | 1971 | 1995 | One crashed as Flight 4805 | |
| Boeing 747-200M | 7 | 1975 | 1986 | ||
| Boeing 747-200B/SUD | 3 | 1985 | 2003 | ||
| Boeing 747-200M/SUD | 7 | 1985 | 2003 | ||
| Boeing 747-200/SUD/SF | 3 | 1998 | 2003 | ||
| Boeing 747-300M | 3 | 1983 | 2003 | Largest operator of its type along with Swissair and Singapore Airlines. | |
| Boeing 747-400 | 5 | 1989 | 2020 | ||
| Boeing 747-400M | 17 | 1989 | 2021 | ||
| Boeing 767-300ER | 12 | 1995 | 2007 | ||
| Carley Werkspoor Jumbo | 1 | 1930 | 1940 | ||
| Convair CV-240 | 12 | 1948 | 1959 | ||
| Convair CV-340 | 12 | 1954 | 1963 | ||
| Convair CV-880 | 1 | 1963 | 1965 | Leased and operated by Viasa. Painted in KLM livery on one side and Viasa livery on the other. | |
| de Havilland DH.9B | 4 | 1921 | 1926 | ||
| de Havilland DH.16 | 4 | 1920 | 1924 | Operated KLM's first flight. Leased from Aircraft Transport and Travel. | |
| de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide | 2 | 1945 | 1947 | ||
| de Havilland DH.89B Dominie | 4 | 1945 | 1947 | ||
| Douglas C-47 Skytrain | 49 | 1944 | 1965 | Includes "A" and "B" variants. | |
| Douglas C-54 Skymaster | 29 | 1945 | 1959 | ||
| Douglas DC-2 | 18 | 1934 | 1940 | ||
| Douglas DC-3 | 27 | 1936 | 1946 | ||
| Douglas DC-4 | 6 | 1946 | 1958 | ||
| Douglas DC-5 | 4 | 1940 | 1941 | Transferred to KNILM due to World War II. | |
| Douglas DC-6 | 17 | 1948 | 1965 | ||
| Douglas DC-7 | 15 | 1957 | 1969 | ||
| Douglas DC-8-30 | 7 | 1960 | 1973 | ||
| Douglas DC-8-50 | 19 | 1961 | 1981 | 2 leased from Philippine Airlines. | |
| Douglas DC-8-60 | 11 | 1967 | 1985 | ||
| Douglas DC-9-15 | 6 | 1966 | 1989 | ||
| Douglas DC-9-30 | 19 | 1967 | 1989 | ||
| Fokker F.II | 2 | 1920 | 1927 | ||
| Fokker F.III | 14 | 1921 | 1930 | ||
| Fokker F.VII | 30 | 1924 | 1940 | Includes "F.VII", "F.VIIA" and "F.VIIB" variants. | |
| Fokker F.VIII | 7 | 1927 | 1938 | ||
| Fokker F.IX | 2 | 1930 | 1936 | ||
| Fokker F.XII | 8 | 1931 | 1936 | ||
| Fokker F.XVIII | 5 | 1932 | 1936 | ||
| Fokker F.XX | 1 | 1933 | 1936 | ||
| Fokker F.XXII | 3 | 1935 | 1939 | ||
| Fokker F.XXXVI | 1 | 1934 | 1939 | ||
| Fokker 100 | 6 | 1989 | 1998 | ||
| Ilyushin Il-62 | 7 | 1971 | 1972 | Joint operation with Aeroflot. Used for the Tokyo ~ Moscow ~ Amsterdam service. | |
| Koolhoven FK-33 | 1 | 1925 | 1927 | ||
| Koolhoven FK-40 | 1 | 1929 | 1936 | ||
| Koolhoven FK-43 | 9 | 1932 | 1940 | ||
| Koolhoven FK-48 | 1 | 1934 | 1940 | ||
| Lockheed L-049 Constellation | 6 | 1946 | 1950 | ||
| Lockheed L-749 Constellation | 20 | 1947 | 1959 | Includes "A" variant. | |
| Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation | 22 | 1953 | 1965 | Includes "C", "G", and "H" variants. | |
| Lockheed L-188C Electra | 12 | 1959 | 1969 | ||
| Lockheed Super Electra-14 | 2 | 1938 | 1939 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | 12 | 1972 | 1995 | 3 aircraft were leased to other airlines and never entered service with KLM. Excludes 1 aircraft operated by Northwest Airlines with a hybrid KLM-Northwest Airlines livery between 1998 and 2000. | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | 10 | 1993 | 2014 | Last commercial passenger operator. | |
| Stearman Hammond Y-1S | 1 | 1937 | 1939 | ||
| Vickers Viscount 803 | 9 | 1957 | 1966 |
Fleet development
Fleet strategy
KLM's first of eight Boeing 787-10 aircraft was delivered on 28 June 2019; it featured centennial markings.CEO Ben Smith has announced at Air France's Investor Day on 5 November 2019 in Paris that "in the near future", KLM will only use the Boeing 777 and 787 as their long and medium-haul fleet, respectively, after retiring their thirteen Airbus A330s. This move would have made KLM an all-Boeing carrier, however, KLM announced in December 2021 that an order was placed for 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft which will be shared with Transavia and Transavia France. This order will replace KLM's short-haul Boeing 737 fleet alongside Transavia's.
There was considerable speculation on the replacement of KLM’s aging 777 and A330 fleet, of which the oldest 777-200ERs date back to 2003. On 23 August 2023, it was reported that contrary to prior speculation that KLM was considering Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X aircraft types, it would likely opt to further increase the number of Boeing 787 Dreamliners in the existing fleet. This was disproven when Air France–KLM placed an order for 50 Airbus A350s.
Special liveries
KLM has several aircraft painted in special liveries; they include:- PH-BVA, a Boeing 777-300ER, features an orange forward fuselage that fades into the standard blue to commemorate the Netherlands national team's participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
- PH-KZU, a Fokker 70, has been applied with a special livery featuring Anthony Fokker, the founder of Fokker, commemorating the airline's long-standing history with Fokker aircraft and the phase-out of the Fokker 70 aircraft in October 2017.