KLM reinstates Miami and Las Vegas flights after border relaxations

KLM has re-expanded its US network for the coming winter season, in an abrupt change of fortunes following the relaxation of travel restrictions at home and abroad. Earlier in September, the SkyTeam carrier said it had been “forced” it to remove planned flights from Amsterdam to Las Vegas, Miami and Orlando from its winter schedule, in light of a Dutch government announcement that travellers arriving in the Netherlands from the USA would be required to quarantine for 10 days from 4 September, regardless of their vaccination status. But later in the month, the Dutch government’s move to reverse that decision coincided with the Biden administration’s announcement that it would allow fully vaccinated travellers from Europe into the USA from November. “Thanks to the recent easing of travel restrictions, KLM will be allowed to operate additional services to destinations in the United States this winter,” the carrier states on 24 September.<br/>