KLM celebrates 85 years in Indonesia
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Pictured (from left): Axcel Colen, Air France KLM Country Manager, Indonesia, Marnix Fruitema, Senior Vice President Asia Pacific Air France-KLM, and Paul Rombeek, Air France-KLM General Manager, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia & New Zealand.
Jakarta, 01 October 2009 - In the midst of a year-long celebration of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ 90th Anniversary, yet another historic milestone is being celebrated in Indonesia. Exactly 85 years ago, KLM launched its first intercontinental flight linking Amsterdam and Batavia (since re-named Jakarta).
On 01 October 1924, a Fokker F-VII took off from Schiphol Airport on a 14-day multi-stop flight that culminated in a highly-anticipated arrival at Batavia. In those early days, a return ticket cost the equivalent of
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