Leeds Bradford: KLM Flight Status, Hub News & Discussion

[dmrodgers]

Had a 5 day break to Arnhem booked departing LBA 23 April 2021. Due to Boris's announcement of the international travel ban lasting till May 17th at the earliest I cancelled my outward and return flight LBA to AMS on KLM Tuesday morning. Received an email this morning advising the my full fare has been refunded and paid back into my credit card account. Checked my account and yes the money s there. Two days and all sorted, we are lucky at LBA to have 2 airlines that look after their customers, Jet2 and KLM, and give you confidence in booking and using them in the future. Just a shame not all airlines take this attitude.

 

[AirBingley]

We opted for vouchers last year and they were so easy to use - flights for June so maybe just maybe they will go ahead but they were booked under the rebook scheme like yours so unlike BA (who were a nightmare) good job done!

 

[KARFA]

We opted for vouchers last year and they were so easy to use - flights for June so maybe just maybe they will go ahead but they were booked under the rebook scheme like yours so unlike BA (who were a nightmare) good job done!

You were lucky. KLM refused to give me a refund for a cancelled flight last year in clear breach of EC261, and would only give me a voucher. I did a chargeback on my card and was successful, and then three months later KLM lied to the card company in an attempt to claw it back by saying they didn't have to refund and the fare was not refundable. Left a very nasty taste, and I will not be booking with them again.

 

[AirBingley]

Gosh you don’t need dirty tricks like that! I’m glad you stood upto them!

 

[dmrodgers]

That's not good KARFA trying dirty tricks like that. Perhaps they have learnt from last year if they were inundated with complaints and threated with legal action. KLM emailed me telling me I could claim a refund or voucher and included a link to take me directly to the refund page. Always worried about links being a scam so did it through the KLM website and was refunded back to my card within 2 days.

 

[Seasider]

I can't complain about KLM, they gave me a voucher for my flight to TLS last September even though it was a "non-refundable fare". I am hoping to use to go to Oslo in early July.

 

[lbaspotter]

KLM have further delayed the restart of operations. They are now due to restart ops from Sunday, March 28th still just 1+ daily E190

 

[White Heather]

KLM have further delayed the restart of operations. They are now due to restart ops from Sunday, March 28th still just 1+ daily E190

Because the Dutch Government have extended the ban on UK passengers until later in the month.

 

[imagineif]

Because the Dutch Government have extended the ban on UK passengers until later in the month.

Unexpectedly, noise coming out of the Netherlands is that the block on flights from the UK is to be lifted in the next 24 hours. Reason given is that the UK strain is now dominant across Holland and so the continuation of blocking UK traffic serves no purpose. Restrictions on ferry passengers is also to be lifted. I don't anticipate KLM will significantly re-jig plans but it does offer some hope for better loads once flights resume. UK residents who need to travel for essential reasons will again be able to use KLM and the AMS hub, it won't be a case of KLM just bringing in UK bound customers and a handful of NL residents back to AMS. KLM will be breathing a sigh of relief as access to one of their biggest markets starts to open up again.

 

[imagineif]

The Dutch Government lifted the flight ban for the UK as of 00:01 09MAR. Ferry passenger ban was also lifted and haulage drivers no longer need a test to enter the Netherlands.

 

[lbaspotter]

KLM have put back the relaunch of the Amsterdam - Leeds route. It now looks like they plan to restart on Thursday, April 1st with a 1x daily service before increasing back to full 3x schedule by the final weekend of April. Lets hope this goes to plan.

April
Thu 1st
-----------------------------------------/ KL1549 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 E190
Fri 2nd
KL1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 E190 / KL1549 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 E190
Sat 3rd
KL1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 E190 / ----------------------------------------
Sun 4th
-----------------------------------------/ KL1549 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 E190
Mon 5th
KL1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 E190 / KL1549 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 E190
Then 1x daily as follows until..............................................................................................

Sat 24th
KL1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 E190 / KL1541 AMS 09:25 – LBA 09:35 E190
KL1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 E190 / KL1549 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 E190
Sun 25th
KL1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 E190 / KL1541 AMS 09:15 – LBA 09:25 B737
KL1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 B737 / KL1549 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 E190
KL1550 LBA 17:20 – AMS 19:35 E190 / KL1551 AMS 22:10 – LBA 22:20 E190
Then Normal service resumes .............................................................................................

 

[mdobuk21]

Nice to see the 737 in schedule

 

[lbaspotter]

KLM have put back the relaunch of the Amsterdam - Leeds route by another 3 weeks.

It's now scheduled to restart flights on Saturday, April 24 with a 1x daily Embraer 190 service operating as follows.

KLM1541 = AMS 09:20 - LBA 09:30
KLM1542 = LBA 10:05 - AMS 12:20

 

[LBA4EVER]

No travel now upto the 30th june or else a £5000 fine so i can see why klm have put their schedule back, and im sure it will be delayed further. I believe 21st june was the official date for holiday travel. Lost for words with all whats going off!

 

[Aviador]

No travel now upto the 30th june or else a £5000 fine so i can see why klm have put their schedule back, and im sure it will be delayed further. I believe 21st june was the official date for holiday travel. Lost for words with all whats going off!

Notwithstanding the foreign travel update on the 12th April. Always read the small print!

 

[LBA4EVER]

Notwithstanding the foreign travel update on the 12th April. Always read the small print!

roll on the 12th april when i can get back to work, i hope anyway, who knows!

 

[KARFA]

Notwithstanding the foreign travel update on the 12th April. Always read the small print!

Yes, those headlines today are misleading. It is extrapolated from the fact the new law starting 29 Mar has an expiry date of end of June, and assumes nothing happens with travel which is a separate conversation anyway. I don’t think it’s been decided to ban travel until the end of June.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Notwithstanding the foreign travel update on the 12th April. Always read the small print!

Thats when the task force will release the report. The task force full of industry body experts, Chief Executives, Managing Directors etc everyone in travel. Thankfully very minimal input from SAGE and the government.

 

[lbaspotter]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1374461881537105920

 

[lbaspotter]

KLM Schedule changes. - Flights are still due to recommence on April 24th but the will be only a limited service for first 2 weeks before daily service resume from May 8th then reverts to 3+ daily from June 21st with a night stopper again. It also looks like we have a reduced 2x daily peak (summer) service operating which starts from July 4th and runs until August 30th when the 3rd daily flight resumes.

Sadly the Boeing 737-700 rotations have been removed for the whole of the summer 2021 schedule

April
Sat 24th
KLM1541 AMS 09:20 – LBA 09:30 / KLM1542 LBA 10:00 – AMS 12:15 = E190
Sun 25th
KLM1541 AMS 09:15 – LBA 09:25 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190

May
Sun 2nd
KLM1541 AMS 09:15 – LBA 09:25 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190
Sat 8th
KLM1541 AMS 09:20 – LBA 09:30 / KLM1542 LBA 10:00 – AMS 12:15 = E190
Sun 9th
KLM1541 AMS 09:15 – LBA 09:25 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190
Then 1+ daily until

June
Sat 19th
KLM1541 AMS 09:20 – LBA 09:30 / KLM1542 LBA 10:00 – AMS 12:15 = E190
Sun 20th
KLM1541 AMS 09:15 – LBA 09:25 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190
Mon 21st
KLM1541 AMS 09:15 – LBA 09:25 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190
KLM1549 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 / KLM1550 LBA 17:20 – AMS 19:35 = E190
KLM1550 AMS 21:50 – LBA 22:00 / ------------------------------------ = E190
Tue 22nd
------------------------------------ / KLM1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 = E190
KLM1541 AMS 09:15 – LBA 09:25 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190
KLM1549 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 / KLM1550 LBA 17:20 – AMS 19:35 = E190
KLM1550 AMS 21:50 – LBA 22:00 / ------------------------------------ = E190
Then continues 3+ daily until

July
Fri 2nd
------------------------------------ / KLM1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 = E190
KLM1541 AMS 09:15 – LBA 09:25 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190
KLM1549 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 / KLM1550 LBA 17:20 – AMS 19:35 = E190
KLM1550 AMS 21:50 – LBA 22:00 / ------------------------------------ = E190
Sat 3rd
------------------------------------ / KLM1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 = E190
KLM1541 AMS 09:20 – LBA 09:30 / KLM1542 LBA 10:00 – AMS 12:15 = E190
KLM1550 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 / ------------------------------------ = E190
Sun 4th
------------------------------------ / KLM1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 = E190
KLM1541 AMS 09:20 – LBA 09:30 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190
KLM1550 AMS 22:25 – LBA 22:35 / ------------------------------------ = E190
Mon 5th
------------------------------------ / KLM1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 = E190
KLM1541 AMS 09:20 – LBA 09:30 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190
KLM1550 AMS 22:25 – LBA 22:35 / ------------------------------------ = E190
Then continues 2+ daily until

August
Sat 28th
------------------------------------ / KLM1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 = E190
KLM1541 AMS 09:20 – LBA 09:30 / KLM1542 LBA 10:00 – AMS 12:15 = E190
KLM1550 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 / ------------------------------------ = E190
Sun 29th
------------------------------------ / KLM1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 = E190
KLM1541 AMS 09:20 – LBA 09:30 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190
KLM1550 AMS 22:25 – LBA 22:35 / ------------------------------------ = E190
Mon 30th
------------------------------------ / KLM1540 LBA 06:20 – AMS 08:40 = E190
KLM1541 AMS 09:15 – LBA 09:25 / KLM1542 LBA 10:05 – AMS 12:20 = E190
KLM1549 AMS 16:40 – LBA 16:50 / KLM1550 LBA 17:20 – AMS 19:35 = E190
KLM1550 AMS 21:50 – LBA 22:00 / ------------------------------------ = E190
Then remains following 3+ daily schedule until end of summer season - Last weekend in October.