I was surprised to see this. Last year I heard from a Delta employee that they were considering adding flights from PDX to London and Paris once the PDX remodel is finished.
Posted by
Minnesota
562 posts
KLM and Delta are codeshare partners so I don’t think you will see much difference.
Posted by
90 posts
Well, it is going to be a problem for some folks.
For example, try flying nonstop PDX to AMS on a Saturday in November with the new schedule. Not possible.
Posted by
OP
22 posts
KLM will fly fewer flights/week than Delta did. Delta was always quite full when we flew (about twice a year) so I imagine demand will be higher.
Posted by
SoCal
1026 posts
The KLM business class flights I took LAX to AMS were in my view quite substandard because the window seat passengers must step over sleeping aisle seat passengers to reach the aisle. Not restful, and a huge downgrade from Delta One, which is lovely.
Posted by
Vancouver, WA
521 posts
I was disappointed to hear this on the local (Portland) news. Delta's PDX-AMS has been our go-to flight since pre-Covid. (I prefer having our connecting flight in Europe, not on the east coast of the US.) Nothing against KLM; in fact I had booked our 2020 trip through them and they were very efficient in refunding us when flights were cancelled. However, the frequency of flights will be reduced significantly-3/week in "winter" and 5/week in "summer".