Today, Dutch flag carrier KLM predominantly operates its long-haul flights with twin-engine Boeing widebodies, and its intercontinental fleet features aircraft from the US manufacturer's 777 and 787 'Dreamliner' families. On the other side of the commercial aviation industry's primary manufacturing duopoly, Airbus A330s are also present. However, did you know that it also previously operated the Boeing 767? According to historical fleet data made available by , KLM had a total of 13 767-300ERs between 1991 and 2007.
Of these, three examples joined the Dutch flag carrier during its first years of 767 operations. Its maiden aircraft from this widebody family was PH-MCK, which joined the airline on a brand-new basis in October 1991. However, its tenure at was rather unsuccessful.
Love ? Discover more of our stories here! Indeed, data from ATDB.aero shows that this particular aircraft ended up being unused at KLM, and it departed the Dutch flag carrier just two months later to serve Austrian operator Lauda Air as OE-LAT. This marked the start of a long career for the aircraft, which made its final flights three decades later for Austrian Airlines, still bearing the same registration.
It is now sitting derelict in Marana-Pinal, Arizona. Of KLM's remaining 12 examples of the Boeing 767-300ER, three joined the carrier in 1995. According to , all of these twin-engine widebodies were named after bridges, and the first, PH-BZA , arrived on July 28th, 1995, and left a decade later for C.
