Comments on: KLM – THE OLDEST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD GOES WITH BIOFUEL http://cruiselinehistory.com/?p=4970 An historical look at CRUISE SHIPS and OCEAN LINERS... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:26:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cathryn http://cruiselinehistory.com/?p=4970&cpage=1#comment-85239 Cathryn Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:04:14 +0000 http://cruiselinehistory.com/?p=4970#comment-85239 A bit of History for you. The first KLM flight from Holland to Australia was in 1938, carrying Dutch refugees. As covered in the Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 29 June 1938: DUTCH PLANE STARTS. AMSTERDAM, June 28. The first plane of the Amsterdam-Sydney service departed to-day after a brief ceremony at which representatives of the British Legation were present. The K.L.M. has no intention of racing Imperial Airways to Australia, but the plane is expected to arrive in Sydney about the same time as the Cordelia, although It departed from Europe two days later. A bit of History for you. The first KLM flight from Holland to Australia was in 1938, carrying Dutch refugees. As covered in the Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 29 June 1938:

DUTCH PLANE STARTS.
AMSTERDAM, June 28.
The first plane of the Amsterdam-Sydney service departed to-day after a brief ceremony at which representatives of the British Legation were present.
The K.L.M. has no intention of racing Imperial Airways to Australia, but the plane is expected to arrive in Sydney about the same time as the Cordelia, although It departed from Europe two days later.

]]> By: Tish Hammond http://cruiselinehistory.com/?p=4970&cpage=1#comment-84843 Tish Hammond Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:53:04 +0000 http://cruiselinehistory.com/?p=4970#comment-84843 Great historical piece on KLM - terrific to see that they are experimenting with fuels. Wish same could be said with US carriers. I will fly KLM next time. Great historical piece on KLM – terrific to see that they are experimenting with fuels. Wish same could be said with US carriers. I will fly KLM next time.

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