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KLM has received its first Airbus A350-900, PH-ZNA, named De Nachtwacht after Rembrandt’s painting, following handover in Toulouse and delivery to Amsterdam-Schiphol. The aircraft is the first of 22 assigned to KLM and is scheduled to enter passenger service on October 30 on flights to Toronto.
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KLM has received its first Airbus A350-900, PH-ZNA, named De Nachtwacht after Rembrandt’s painting, following handover in Toulouse and delivery to Amsterdam-Schiphol. The aircraft is the first of 22 assigned to KLM and is scheduled to enter passenger service on October 30 on flights to Toronto.
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A passenger who says a male seatmate masturbated beside her during an American Airlines transatlantic red-eye from New York JFK to Milan has been allowed to pursue a lawsuit against the carrier. She alleges the incident left her with post-traumatic stress disorder after being trapped in her window seat for about an hour.
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