KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) and TUI Netherlands have announced that they will expand their existing partnership framework by cooperating on various routes while at the same time substantially expanding their combined capacity on routes they already serve together.
The two Dutch firms said in a statement that as part of the plan, TUI will restore Kenya to its range of destinations. As such, from November of this year onwards, TUI will offer capacity on KLM's new 3x weekly return service to Mombasa, with an intermediate stop in Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta. In addition, TUI will acquire blocks of seats on KLM's new 3x weekly direct service to Mauritius that will commence in November. TUI has an existing presence on the Indian Ocean island through its chain of RIU Hotels.
In South America, TUI will develop synergies with KLM on its Cartagena Rafael Núñez International, Colombia, and San José Juan Santamaría, Costa Rica, services. At the latter, TUI will begin operating tours under the Kras brand next winter. In the Caribbean, TUI fly (Netherlands) (OR, Amsterdam Schiphol) will suspend flights to St. Maarten this winter, but TUI will continue to offer the Dutch market package trips to this island in cooperation with KLM.
KLM and TUI will also jointly serve various European cities, with KLM taking part in TUI’s “City of the Month” campaign, which highlights a specific city trip within Europe every month.
