Last Flight of Captain Klaas van Veen @ KLM

Captain Klaas van Veen got his last flight due to retirement at KLM.

Final destination was Hong Kong and back Amsterdam.

Heading for Hong Kong and assisted by First Officer Arjen Schwartz as his ‘Wingman’. Flight KL887 , stand Echo 6 ,

and a runway 18L departure operated with the B777-200 Reg PHBQB.

Backflight KL888 with the lovely callsign ‘Triple Eight’ got runway 27 to land and after vacating the follow-me cars were waiting.

An awesome final part guided to final stand Fox 9.

KL888 was operated with the B777-200 Reg PHBQD

Filming the last flight of Captain Klaas was orchestrated by his friend and shortly retired Captain Hein Kuipers.

 

 

Videostills………

Written by RalphValkenier in Last Flights - 2023

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