Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines celebrate
Published: 03/07/08
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines executives were celebrating this week at the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines world headquarters based in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the joint agreement that started off as a codeshare - heralding it as "the longest and most successful alliance in the airline industry."
"The partnership first started as a codeshare agreement in 1990. Now it has grown to 237 flights jointly operated by the two carriers between the US and Europe and has created $4 billion annually in shared revenue", according to KLM's president and CEO Peter Hartman.