
Dutch flag service KLM lately made an thrilling addition to its fleet, by taking supply of its sixth Boeing 787-10 ‘Dreamliner’ plane. This was its first new 787-10 for over two years, with the fifth having arrived in February 2020. With this in thoughts, let’s check out the place the airline has been flying its 5 current 787-10s.
California, right here we come
knowledge generated two days in the past by RadarBox.com, we will see that, aside from the Dutch flag service’s Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) hub, Los Angeles Worldwide (LAX) is the commonest vacation spot for KLM‘s Boeing 787-10s. Certainly, it ranks first for 4 of the 5 plane, and second for the fifth instance.
PH-BKG has been the commonest customer to LAX, with 104 actions there within the final 12 months. Subsequent on the checklist is PH-BKD with 90, adopted by PH-BKA (85) and PH-BKC (82). Even PH-BKF, for which LAX is the second-most visited vacation spot, has nonetheless flown to the southern Californian hub 74 instances within the final 12 months.
Whereas with regards to PH-BKF, it’s value seeing which airport it has visited extra instances than Los Angeles Worldwide. Quite than being one other US metropolis, its primary vacation spot is Kenya’s Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Worldwide (NBO). All in all, this instance of the 787-10 has flown there 78 instances previously 12 months.
PH-BKF is the one KLM 787-10 to not have LAX as its high vacation spot. Picture: Vincenzo Tempo | Easy Flying
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Different US locations additionally rank extremely
LAX isn’t the one US airport to function prominently in the case of KLM’s utilization of its 787-10s within the final 12 months. Certainly, PH-BKA has one other 4 American locations in its high 10, with Chicago O’Hare rating second on 82. In the meantime, New York JFK is fourth (57), Houston is sixth (48), and San Francisco is ninth (40).
We will see the same sample throughout the fleet, with these 4 airports additionally consecutively rating fifth to eighth for PH-BKC. In the meantime, PH-BKD has an all-US podium, with New York JFK (74) and Chicago O’Hare (68) becoming a member of LAX (90) within the high three. Chicago, Houston, New York, and San Francisco function in PH-BKF’s high 10.
Apparently, contemplating that PH-BKG has probably the most visits to LAX within the final 12 months of any of KLM’s Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners, the opposite US locations don’t rank fairly as excessive. Certainly, none are on the rostrum, with fifth-placed Chicago O’Hare (66 visits) being the subsequent most-visited American airport for this plane. Nonetheless, Houston, New York, and San Francisco all nonetheless make the highest 10 as soon as once more.
Away from the US, KLM’s 787-10s are additionally regularly deployed on African routes. Picture: Vincenzo Tempo | Easy Flying
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African hotspots
Staying on PH-BKG, we will see that this plane additionally flies to Africa on a reasonably common foundation. Certainly, second to fourth place for this instance is an all-African affair, made up of Dar es Salaam (87 visits within the final 12 months), Nairobi (80), and Kilimanjaro (69). In the meantime, Zanzibar ranks tenth for this plane, with 26 visits.
the remainder of KLM’s 787-10 fleet, we will see that these 4 African airports are all a typical function, with two different plane having all 4 of their high 10. The exceptions are PH-BKC and PH-BKD. Nonetheless, even in these cases, Zanzibar nonetheless ranks pretty extremely, being present in twelfth and thirteenth place respectively.
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