KLM must be financially independent

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By Gavin van Marle

26/01/2015

The Loadstar’s recent analysis of the financial health of the Air France-KLM group was one of the most widely read articles this month, and it would appear that trouble is brewing after Dutch junior transport minister Wilma Mansveld responded to Dutch MPs who are enraged by reports that increasing amounts of financial management of the combined entity are being transferred to Paris.

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