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==Fleet== {{Main|KLM fleet}} ===Fleet strategy=== KLM's first of eight [[Boeing 787-10]] aircraft was delivered on 28 June 2019; it featured centennial markings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-11 |title=KLM A Dutch of Class |url=https://www.key.aero/article/klm-dutch-class |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Key Publishing Ltd |archive-date=25 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125121225/https://www.key.aero/article/klm-dutch-class |url-status=live }}</ref> On 19 June 2013, KLM ordered seven [[Airbus A350-900]]s. In June 2019, Air France-KLM announced that KLM will not take up any of the group's ordered A350s, because of fleet rationalization purposes. CEO Ben Smith announced at Air France's Investor Day (5 November 2019) in Paris that "in the near future", KLM will only use the [[Boeing 777|777]] and [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner|787]] as their long-haul fleet, retiring their thirteen A330's.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/2/airlines/klm-neemt-definitief-afscheid-van-airbus-a330-vloot |last=Klaas |first=Jan van Woerkom |date=November 5, 2019 |title=KLM Neemt Definitief Afscheid Van Airbus A330-VL00T |work=Luchtvaart Nieuws.nl |access-date=June 17, 2020 |language=nl |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422190738/https://luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/2/airlines/klm-neemt-definitief-afscheid-van-airbus-a330-vloot |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2021, [[Air France-KLM]] ordered 100 [[Airbus A320neo family]] aircraft to replace KLM and [[Transavia]]'s [[Boeing 737 Next Generation]].<ref name="A32N" /> On 25 September 2023, Air France-KLM announced that they had signed an agreement with [[Airbus]] for a total of 50 Airbus A350-900 and [[A350-1000]] aircraft, with an option for 40 more. The type is set to serve [[intercontinental flight]]s from 2026, replacing its fleet of [[Boeing 777-200ER]]s, [[Airbus A330-200]]s and [[Airbus A330-300]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KLM to invest in cleaner, quieter and more fuel-efficient long-haul aircraft with an order of new Airbus A350s |url=https://klmf.ly/3PQv4SR |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=KLM to invest in cleaner, quieter and more fuel-efficient long-haul aircraft with an order of new Airbus A350s |language=en}}</ref> ===Special liveries=== [[File:KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner PH-BKA (100 Years livery).jpg|thumb|left|PH-BKA in a special 100 Years livery]] [[File:KLM PH-BVA in TPE AUG 2017.jpg|thumb|PH-BVA painted in a special "Orange Pride" livery]] KLM has several aircraft painted in special liveries; they include: * PH-BVA, a [[Boeing 777-300ER]], features an orange forward fuselage that fades into the standard blue to commemorate the Netherlands national team's participation in the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.klm.com/orangepride-klms-unique-orange-aircraft-to-promote-the-netherlands |date=June 14, 2016 |title=Orangepride: KLM's unique orange aircraft to promote the Netherlands |work=KLM |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=16 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616172748/https://news.klm.com/orangepride-klms-unique-orange-aircraft-to-promote-the-netherlands/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 20 November 2023 KLM launched a new version of this livery in which the fade was replaced by a Dutch flag. * PH-KZU, a Fokker F70, had been applied with a special livery featuring [[Anthony Fokker]] before its phase-out, the founder of [[Fokker]], commemorating the airline's long-standing history with Fokker aircraft and the phase-out of the [[Fokker 70]] aircraft in October 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lammertse |first=Kim |date=2017-06-06 |title=A Fond Farewell to Fokker β KLM Blog |url=https://blog.klm.com/farewell-to-fokker/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729092544/https://blog.klm.com/farewell-to-fokker/ |archive-date=29 July 2017 |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=blog.klm.com}}</ref> * Several aircraft bear the silver [[SkyTeam]] alliance livery, including PH-BVD (a 777-300ER), PH-BXO (a 737-900), and PH-EZX (a KLM Cityhopper ERJ-190). *PH-BKA, a [[Boeing 787-10]], features the standard KLM livery with a 100 wrapped around its lettering on the plane, this was to celebrate KLM's centennial as an established airline.
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