CAPA Live. KLM CEO Pieter Elbers: "exit from this will be a bit bumpy"

Talking at the CAPA Live on 9-Jun-2021, KLM President & CEO Pieter Elbers spoke with CAPA's chairman emeritus Peter Harbison. Some of the key highlights can be found verbatim below.

Some of Mr Elbers' quotes:

- " For the last two to three weeks we see an uptick of travel, an uptick of bookings...I think it's fair to say that the exit from this will be a bit bumpy.

- It's time for the EU to make a step forward and the transatlantic market between the US and Europe.

- as an airline, hygiene, flexibility, network, peace of mind, these are the aspects which are important.

- it's so strong that, again, business travellers coming from Hamburg to Boise, Idaho, still the best connection is over Amsterdam.

- I don't believe that COVID has changed our industry, but I do believe that it has accelerated some of the (sustainability) trends which were already there.

- Timing of (Air France-KLM) shareholder structures is probably not parallel. And other factors, like we had elections here in the Netherlands, other factors come into play in these elements as well. But again, it does not affect our day-to-day cooperation."