Marjan Rintel
Air France-KLM has confirmed that KLM’s president and CEO Marjan Rintel is to stay in her position at the Netherlands airline for a second term of four years.
The aviation company’s board of director’s approved Rintel’s mandate for another four years on Monday (2 February). She first became KLM’s CEO in July 2022 and is a member of the group’s executive committee.
In a statement, Air France-KLM emphasised that the priority for Rintel in her second term would be to “accelerate KLM’s transformation and to restore its operational performance”.
Florence Parly, chair of Air France-KLM’s board of directors, said: “Under the helm of Marjan Rintel, KLM has taken strong action to improve its performance, with promising results. Much remains to be done, and having stability in challenging times like these is essential.”
Benjamin Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM, added that Rintel and the KLM management team “have worked tirelessly to restore KLM’s capacity in the post-Covid era, facing an adverse Dutch aviation environment with significant increases of taxes and external costs”.
“The demanding work on restoring operational and financial performance will continue in the years ahead, and I am confident that with Marjan’s resolve and leadership, KLM will reach its targets, bringing strong value to our group,” said Smith.
KLM’s main hub at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is due to have its annual capacity cut from 500,000 to 478,000 flights from the start of the current 2025-26 winter season. The airport has also scrapped a planned 5 per cent increase in airline charges this year.