Last flight of Captain Jan Kees Wilbrink @ KLM

Captain Jan Kees Wilbrink made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Flight KL735-736 heading for Curacao and back to Amsterdam. Together with First Officer Cees Vriezen. A runway 24 departure with a one hour delay. Caused by a aircraft change by PH-BFN to PH-BFL. A phenomenal ‘last flight departure’ with a huge cloudburst. Backflight with the PH-BFY,landing at runway 18R with a strong crosswind landing. Windshear at short final.   Videolink>>>>>Last Flight of Captain Jan Cees Wilbrink @ KLM  
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Last Flight of Captain Eelco Niemeijer @ KLM

Captain Eelco made his very last fligh due to retirement at KLM. Flight KL887-KL888 to Hong Kong and back to Amsterdam with a delay of about 3 hours. Actually the delay was arranged by heaven to provide Eelco with the best weather circumstances. The flights got operated with the B747-Combi’s ‘PH-BFU’ as KL887 and the ‘PH-BFI’ as KL888. His very last landing was at runway 27 and docked at gate Echo 7. Videolink >>>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjtPfCY3UaA
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Last flight of Captain Hans Klijn

Captain B747 at KLM, Hans Klijn,made his retirementflight. After many years making his final flight. Flight KL735-736 to Curacao and back to Amsterdam,both operated by the B747 PH-BFL. Departure at runway 36L with great foggy conditions,delivering amazing footages. His last landing was a crosswindlanding at runway 36C. Videolink>>>>> Last flight of Captain B747 Hans Klijn Videostills>>>>
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Last Flight of Captain Eric Zaar @ KLM

Captain Eric made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Flight KL765 heading for Aruba-Bonaire and back to Amsterdam. Operated by the PH-AOC and PH-AOF. Airbus A330-200. Departure and landing at runway 36L-18R. Together with First Officer Casper Pappot and Sr Purser Rene Kwak. Videolink>>>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASusvNe-nCU Videostills;
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Last Flight of First Officer Rob Willekes

FO B747 Rob Willekes made his last flight ,due to retirement at KLM. Together with Captain Otto van Bruggen he was heading for Hong Kong and back to Amsterdam. Flight KL887 and KL888 got operated by the B747-combi’s PH-BFC and PH-BFV. His departure and landing was at the same runway. Runway 36L and 18R. Watch the video by clicking next link >>>>> Last Flight of FO B747 Rob Willekes
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Last flight of Captain Harm Feenstra

Captain Harm made his final flight due to retirement at KLM. Flight KL875-876 to Bangkok and back to Amsterdam for his last landing. Together with First Officer Tom Huisman. Landing at runway 18C with the PH-BQF. Watch the video by click at next link>>>>>Last flight of Captain Harm Feenstra
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Last flight of Captain Rene van Tol

Captain Rene made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Flight KL729-730 to St Martin and back to Amsterdam. Together with First Officer Frank and operated by the PH-AOC and PH-AOF. Watch the video of his last takeoff and landing at AMS >>>>>Last Flight of Captain Rene van Tol
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Last flight of Captain Ad Barla @ KLM

Captain Ad Barla did have his last flight due to retirement at KLM. After almost 20,000 flight hours he made his last trip to Salt Lake City. Flight KL609 departed at runway 36L ,the 21rd of June. Captain Ad made his last landing at runway 06 with flight KL610 at the 26th of June at 14.12pm. Both flights got operated by the B789 Dreamliner ‘PH-BHF’. Watch the video by clicking next videolink>>>>>Last flight of Captain Ad Barla   Videostills……………..
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Last flight of Captain Frans Besteman @ KLM B747

Captain Frans Besteman made his very last flight due to retirement at KLM. His last flight was to JFK New York and back. Flight KL643 and KL644 got operated by the PH-BFV and PH-BFF. The last start and landing was at the same runway,Aalsmeerbaan. Runway 18L at takeoff and 36R at landing. Watch the video by clicking at next link  >>>>>Last flight of Captain Frans Besteman
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Last flight of Captain Hans Biesters @ KLM A330

Captain Hans Biesters made his last flight due to his retirement at KLM. Flight KL729-730 to St Maarten. Operated by the PH-AOM and PH-AOD. Together with his wife Mascha Biesters-Engbers and First Officers Dimitri van der Vieren and Sander ‘t Hart. Watch the video by clicking next link >>>>>Last flight of Captain Hans Biesters
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Last flight of Captain Rien Bastiaanse @ KLM B777

Captain Rien did have his retirementsflight at KLM. His final trip was to Capetown and back to Amsterdam. Together with FO Bas Seijffert and SO Michiel Breukelman . Flight KL597-598 , callsign 393-394, got operated by the PH-BQE and PH-BQH. Starting at gate F4 to runway 18L for final takeoff at SPL and his last landing at runway 18R heading for gate E20 as final destination. Watching the video by clicking next link>>>>>Last flight of Captain Rien Bastiaanse
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