KLM Makes A Boeing 777 Change

KLM is making further international changes, including a focus on its Amsterdam-to-Minneapolis/St. Paul’s operation, with shifts following seasonal demand and broader fleet planning.

As part of the adjustment flagged by aeroroutes.com, KLM will keep the flight operational with three flights per week through late October 2026; however, it’ll then be paused for the peak Winter months.

Under the current schedule, the flight will return in February 2027, with one of the three weekly flights currently operated by the Boeing 777-200ER being shifted to the more modern and efficient Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, effective from 28 February 2027.

However, the biggest change fundamentally is the decision to maintain service longer than imagined. Initially, the flight was scheduled to stop on 25 October, 2026, but instead it will continue through the first window before pausing for the winter on 4 January, 2027.

That pause will be for less than two months, from 20 February 2027, with KLM committing to returning this three-times-weekly service in preparation for the Northern Summer 2027 schedule, which will then come into effect at the end of the following month.

KLM’s Minneapolis/St. Paul Details

Previously, KLM operated this service to Minneapolis/St. Paul year-round; this was until March 2024, when the airline decided to convert the service to a summer-only operation, which continued throughout 2024 and 2025, but now is seeing further shifts for the next 12 months.

KL655 departs Amsterdam at 1650 and arrives in Minneapolis at 1840 the same day. Meanwhile, the return leg, KL656, departs Minneapolis at 2125 for a next-day arrival at 1225 back in Amsterdam.

This lunchtime arrival into Amsterdam allows those coming from the United States to jump aboard a KLM short-haul service across Europe with maximum flexibility to access the primary network, or even via their Cityhopper division if deemed neccesary.

The flexibility of both the Winter and North Summer schedules for Minneapolis is exactly what KLM and its customers can benefit from, as transatlantic traffic remains highly seasonal and fluctuates with economic trends and patterns.

KLM trimming part of the route, even for just five to six weeks, opens up the chance to redeploy aircraft if neccesary to strong yield markets during this period, but still relying on Minneapolis during the summer and certainly now for longer.