Articles tagged “klm”

Good morning from Skift. It's Friday, June 3, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Departing KLM CEO Pieter Elbers's confidence in the value of a strong hub was confirmed during the pandemic. He leaves the airline on strong footing after eight-years at its helm as he departs for India's IndiGo.

Pieter Elbers, who retires from the helm of KLM on July 1, will be Indian airline IndiGo's next CEO.

European airlines and authorities are eager to tap rail links to replace short flights on the continent. But a recent air-rail connection in Paris showed the limits of the partnerships that take a lot more than will power to make work and, more importantly, woo travelers.

After years of hype, Air France-KLM finally plans to take stronger measures to prompt corporate travel agencies to adopt next-generation methods of processing bookings. Yet its serial delays underscore how hard it is to make industry changes.

In Skift's top stories this week, Air India bans agents from booking flights to Canada, KLM appoints its first ever female CEO, and European authorities approve the merger of two major railway operators.

Good morning from Skift. It's Friday, April 1, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Air France-KLM continues to lead on female leadership in the airline industry. Rail executive Marjan Rintel will become KLM's first female CEO when she succeeds outgoing Pieter Elbers in July.

Have airlines passed an inflection point and will 2022 be the year demand recovers more fully? Airline executives at the Skift Aviation Forum believe so, although they warn that the road to recovery will be bumpy.

Speaking at Skift Aviation Forum, Pieter Elbers says the world is on its way to recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, but he tempers his optimism by saying the road ahead will be "bumpy."