Link”ping is to be joined to Amsterdam with a twice-daily KLM Royal flight from the start of the summer season next year. This makes KLM the first of the large international airlines to begin activities in Sweden outside the major metropolitan areas and offers an attractive link from UK airports.
Air France and KLM country manager Sweden, Anko van der Werff, said: ”The ”sterg”tland area has long aspired to become Sweden's fourth metropolitan area and many national and international companies have a strong presence in this region.
”The fact that Link”ping is a university city with a research hospital and a top class Science Park, and that Norrk”ping has the Baltic”s largest port clearly demonstrates the strategic importance of this area."
”Important to KLM, is also incoming traffic to the region, looking at the business segment and the leisure attractions. With the opening of the Link”ping route, we will be the first large international airline with three gateways in Sweden ” Stockholm, Gothenburg and Link”ping.”
A Fokker 70 will be used on the route in a two-class layout, offering KLM Europe Select, and KLM economy.
In a separate announcement KLM has confirmed that it has completed its transfer of all ticketing to electronic format (e-ticket), well in advance of the IATA deadline for the end of March next year.
Passengers travelling from any one of the airline”s 124 departure points only need to show an identity document when checking in for a flight. Customers can also now use their own computer to check in and select a seat from 30h before departure.