KLM will take delivery of its 17th and final A330 by the end of the year.

The airline's remaining four MD-11s will be phased out in October 2014.

St Maarten in the Dutch Antilles, currently served with a 747, is one of the destinations KLM’s 787 Dreamliners will fly to after entering service.

KLM's 48 Boeing 737s, along with Cityhopper’s E-Jets and Fokker 70s, feed its Schiphol hub.

KLM’s hub at Amsterdam Schiphol is central to the airline’s business model.