SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
of June 5, 2003
KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES
Amsterdamseweg 55, 1182 GP Amstelveen, The Netherlands
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F [ X ] Form 40-F [ ]
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes [ ] No [ X ]
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
| INTENDED APPOINTMENTS TO THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES | ||||||||
| TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS — MAY 2003 | ||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | ||||
| Date: June 5, 2003 | By | /s/ R.A. Ruijter |
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| Name : R.A. Ruijter Title : Managing Director & CFO |
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| By | /s/ H.E. Kuipéri |
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| Name : H.E. Kuipéri Title : Senior Vice President & General Secretary |
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03/048
INTENDED APPOINTMENTS TO THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF
KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES
AMSTELVEEN, May 30, 2003 — The KLM Supervisory Board intends to appoint Wim Kok (64) and Cees J.A. van Lede (60) as supervisory directors of the Company. Messrs. Kok and Van Lede will take the seats vacated by Arie Maas, who will resign at the end of his current term, and Max Albrecht, who will resign after 27 years on the KLM Supervisory Board. Neither Mr. Maas nor Mr. Albrecht is available for reappointment. The Supervisory Board also intends to reappoint Messrs. Floris A. Maljers (69) and Dudley G. Eustace (66) as supervisory directors.
Wim Kok was Prime Minister of The Netherlands until the summer of 2002. Mr. Kok’s knowledge of the national and international sociopolitical arena and his experience in public office will be a great asset to the KLM Supervisory Board. Mr. Kok previously served as Chairman of the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV), leader of the parliamentary delegation of the Dutch Labor Party (Partij van de Arbeid) in the Dutch Lower House, and Minister for Finance. Earlier this year, Mr. Kok was appointed to the Supervisory Boards of the ING Group, Shell (Royal Dutch Petroleum Company) and TPG. The intended appointment of Mr. Kok is based, among other things, on a recommendation of the KLM Works Council.
Cees J.A. van Lede was Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Akzo Nobel nv until May 1 of this year. Mr. van Lede’s experience in leading internationally oriented corporations and in the field of national and international sociopolitical relations will be of great value to the KLM Supervisory Board. Mr. van Lede was previously a member of the Board of Managing Directors of HBG and Chairman of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO). He is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Central Bank and holds seats on the Supervisory Boards of Heineken, Sara Lee Corporation, Scania, Philips, Reed Elsevier, L’Air Liquide, and Akzo Nobel.
The KLM Supervisory Board will present the intended appointment of Messrs. Kok and Van Lede and reappointment of Messrs. Maljers and Eustace to the KLM Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in Amstelveen on June 25, 2003.
AMS/DR/JCH
03/049
TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS — MAY 2003
# Passenger load factor at 73.7 percent
# Passenger load factor on North Atlantic stable at 85.3 percent
# Passenger traffic on Asia/Pacific falls by 35 percent due to SARS
# Cargo traffic increased by 8 percent
Passenger Traffic
Passenger load factor decreased by 3.5 percentage points year-on-year to 73.7
percent. While passenger capacity decreased by 5 percent year-on-year,
passenger traffic was down 10 percent primarily due to the effects of SARS on
the Asia/Pacific route area.
On the Asia/Pacific route area, load factor decreased by 21.2 percentage points
to 60.2 percent. Traffic decreased by 35 percent, while capacity was 12 percent
lower year-on-year. Due to SARS, especially traffic to Hong Kong, Beijing and
Shanghai was affected.
On the North Atlantic, load factor remained stable at 85.3 percent with both
traffic and capacity 3 percent lower than last year.
Traffic on the Middle East routes is recovering. Despite a 10 percent drop in
traffic compared to last year on the MESA route area, the decline was less
pronounced than in previous months. As capacity was 14 percent lower, load
factor increased by 3.1 percentage points to 73.3 percent.
Cargo Traffic
Cargo load factor increased by 2.3 percentage point to 71.9 percent. Cargo
traffic was 8 percent higher than last year on a 5 percent capacity increase.
Load factor on the Asia Pacific routes improved by 3.1 percentage points to
82.7 percent. Traffic increased by 15 percent on a 10 percent capacity
increase. The increase in capacity is the result of the introduction of the two
new freighters and the full deployment of the 747-400 combi fleet on this route
area.
Traffic on the North Atlantic routes increased by 9 percent while capacity
increased by 3 percent. As a consequence, load factor improved with 4.1
percentage points to 73.5 percent.
Amstelveen, June 4, 2003
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| Month of May | Year to date | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | 2002 | change (%) | 2003 | 2002 | change (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Revenue passenger km (RPK) (in millions) |
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Europe |
864 | 898 | (4 | )% | 1,679 | 1,766 | (5 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
North Atlantic |
1,158 | 1,193 | (3 | )% | 2,352 | 2,277 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Central and South Atlantic |
663 | 620 | 7 | % | 1,316 | 1,264 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Asia / Pacific |
692 | 1,068 | (35 | )% | 1,500 | 2,131 | (30 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Middle East / South Asia |
355 | 397 | (10 | )% | 623 | 800 | (22 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Africa |
515 | 529 | (3 | )% | 1,062 | 1,085 | (2 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Total |
4,248 | 4,704 | (10 | )% | 8,533 | 9,324 | (8 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Available seat km (ASK) (in millions) |
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Europe |
1,155 | 1,193 | (3 | )% | 2,286 | 2,345 | (3 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
North Atlantic |
1,358 | 1,404 | (3 | )% | 2,760 | 2,666 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Central and South Atlantic |
906 | 898 | 1 | % | 1,769 | 1,758 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Asia / Pacific |
1,151 | 1,312 | (12 | )% | 2,490 | 2,531 | (2 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Middle East / South Asia |
484 | 565 | (14 | )% | 844 | 1,106 | (24 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Africa |
711 | 721 | (1 | )% | 1,410 | 1,403 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total |
5,765 | 6,092 | (5 | )% | 11,560 | 11,809 | (2 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Passenger load factor (%) |
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Europe |
74.8 | 75.3 | (0.5 | )pts | 73.5 | 75.3 | (1.8 | )pts | ||||||||||||||||
North Atlantic |
85.3 | 85.0 | 0.3 | pts | 85.2 | 85.4 | (0.2 | )pts | ||||||||||||||||
Central and South Atlantic |
73.2 | 69.0 | 4.2 | pts | 74.4 | 71.9 | 2.5 | pts | ||||||||||||||||
Asia / Pacific |
60.2 | 81.4 | (21.2 | )pts | 60.2 | 84.2 | (24.0 | )pts | ||||||||||||||||
Middle East / South Asia |
73.3 | 70.2 | 3.1 | pts | 73.8 | 72.4 | 1.4 | pts | ||||||||||||||||
Africa |
72.4 | 73.3 | 0.9 | )pts | 75.3 | 77.4 | (2.1 | )pts | ||||||||||||||||
Total |
73.7 | 77.2 | (3.5 | )pts | 73.8 | 79.0 | (5.2 | )pts | ||||||||||||||||
Revenue freight ton-km (RFTK) (in millions) |
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Europe |
4 | 5 | (26 | )% | 7 | 10 | (24 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
North Atlantic |
87 | 80 | 9 | % | 171 | 158 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Central and South Atlantic |
35 | 37 | (4 | )% | 72 | 74 | (3 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Asia / Pacific |
190 | 166 | 15 | % | 368 | 334 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Middle East / South Asia |
23 | 23 | 1 | % | 39 | 45 | (13 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Africa |
26 | 27 | (5 | )% | 50 | 53 | (6 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Total |
365 | 338 | 8 | % | 707 | 674 | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Available freight ton-km (AFTK) (in millions) |
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Europe |
24 | 25 | (4 | )% | 50 | 50 | (1 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
North Atlantic |
119 | 115 | 3 | % | 236 | 225 | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Central and South Atlantic |
61 | 62 | (2 | )% | 118 | 121 | (3 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Asia / Pacific |
230 | 209 | 10 | % | 452 | 413 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Middle East / South Asia |
36 | 35 | 3 | % | 61 | 67 | (10 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Africa |
38 | 40 | (4 | )% | 74 | 77 | (3 | )% | ||||||||||||||||
Total |
508 | 485 | 5 | % | 990 | 953 | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Cargo load factor (%) |
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Europe |
14.5 | 18.7 | (4.2 | )pts | 14.7 | 19.4 | (4.7 | )pts | ||||||||||||||||
North Atlantic |
73.5 | 69.4 | 4.1 | pts | 72.5 | 70.4 | 2.1 | pts | ||||||||||||||||
Central and South Atlantic |
57.7 | 59.1 | (1.4 | )pts | 60.8 | 61.3 | (0.5 | )pts | ||||||||||||||||
Asia / Pacific |
82.7 | 79.6 | 3.1 | pts | 81.4 | 80.9 | 0.5 | pts | ||||||||||||||||
Middle East / South Asia |
65.3 | 66.6 | (1.3 | )pts | 65.1 | 67.4 | (2.3 | )pts | ||||||||||||||||
Africa |
67.6 | 68.6 | (1.0 | )pts | 66.9 | 68.8 | (1.9 | )pts | ||||||||||||||||
Total |
71.9 | 69.6 | 2.3 | pts | 71.4 | 70.8 | 0.6 | pts | ||||||||||||||||
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