KLM: train seats for plane seats
One way to cut CO2 emissions in aviation, is to eliminate short haul flights for which there are good travel alternatives, such as trains. To make this switch from planes to trains easy for passengers between Amsterdam and Brussels, KLM has purchased seats on four more Thalys trains in both directions to offer more air/rail services.
The extra seats form part of KLM’s efforts to scale down its four daily flights still operated between Amsterdam and Brussels. The extended service will be available from March 26 on five different trains in each direction, and will be offered via KLM's website. From that date, passengers transferring between Amsterdam and Brussels will enjoy more opportunities to travel by rail instead of air on this route, with the integrated air/rail product being offered on five different trains.
Between last July and and October 2022, KLM replaced one daily roundtrip between the two cities with seating on the train instead. KLM did not add the eliminated flights back to their schedule after the pilot program ended.
KLM supports the Dutch Action Plan for Rail and Air Services, aimed at improving international train travel as an alternative to flying at six priority destinations. These destinations are Brussels, Paris, London, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Berlin.
