What does the airline name KLM stand for in English?
Answer
Royal Dutch Airlines
KLM stands for Royal Dutch Airlines in English.
The full Dutch name is Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, which translates literally as Royal Aviation Company. The airline was founded in 1919 and received a royal designation from Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
KLM began scheduled operations in 1920, making it one of the world’s oldest continuously operating airlines under its original name. Its first regular route connected Amsterdam with London using a leased aircraft.
The abbreviation KLM comes from the Dutch name, not from an English phrase. The airline is headquartered near Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and forms the main Dutch component of the Air France-KLM group.