The airline’s routes from Amsterdam to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen are in
jeopardy after KLM said it was to slash passenger capacity by an additional 10 per cent and axe up to 2,500 jobs. The cutbacks come on top of a 5 per cent reduction in services previously announced.
KLM does not operate any Scottish routes. They are all operated by KLMuk. The job losses are at KLM, not KLMuk
The carrier estimated the attacks resulted in a loss in September of £31 million.
This relates to KLM, not KLMuk.
KLM’s continued presence in Scotland has come under threat from the challenge posed by low-cost airline easyJet. The no-frills carrier flies to Amsterdam from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen and is understood to be keen to increase the frequency of its service on those routes.
EasyJet’s arrival on the routes has had virtually no affect on KLMuk’s traffic. EasyJet is point to point, KLMuk is mostly interlining traffic. In fact, with the reduction in trans Atlantic services from Scotland, KLMuk is expecting to see a rise in pax to AMS.