KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands and the oldest existing airline in the world, founded on 7 October 1919. KLM entered into a joint venture with Air France in 2004 and joined the SkyTeam alliance that year.
1919–1921[]
1921–1926[]
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1926–1938[]
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1938–1949[]
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1938–1944[]
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1949[]
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1950–1956[]
1950–1951[]
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1951–1956[]
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1956–1958[]
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1958–1961[]
1958[]
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1959–1961[]
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1961–present[]
1961–1971[]
Designer:
Henrion Design Associates
Typography:
Venus Extended (modified)
Launched:
1961
The basic KLM logo - an abstract representation of a crown, has remained unchanged since 1961.
In 2011, the airline introduced the Noa font as its corporate typeface for commercial and branding applications. The Royal Dutch Airlines byline was updated to include this font.