25 Mar

Last Flight of Captain Steven Verhagen @ KLM

Captain Steven Verhagen made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. A very special occasion because of the medical circumstances. Steven’s retirementflight got operated by captain Paul Driessen, first officer Ruud van der Wal and second officer Mark Brinkman as his ‘Wingmen’. The cabincrew got leaded by senior purser Petra Hop. A last flight heading for destination San José – Costa Rica. Flight KL759,AMS-SJO , stand E6. Planned for RWY18L but got a runwaychange to RWY24. After the pushback a hydraulic issue appeared and so they needed to get back to the gate. After the technicians solved the problem […]
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17 Dec

Last Flight of Captain Reinder Zwaart @ KLM

Captain Reinder Zwaart made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Special detail is that Reinder’s wife Karina joined this flight as well and actually they retired together. Karina did retire during the corona period as Senior Purser after a career of 35 years at KLM. And it keeps going on with wonderful details…………..on this flight also Senior Purser Saskia van den Boogert got her retirementflight and  joined by her husband and retired KLM Captain Willem Bos. So it’s a ‘double couple retirementflight’ heading for Santiago de Chile via Bueonos Aires. The departure from Amsterdam should be on fridaynight the […]
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17 Jun

Last Flight of Captain Arno ‘Slick’ Besselaar @ KLM

Captain Arno ‘Slick’ Besselaar made his last flight due to retirement at KLM. Together with his ‘Wingwoman’ Lisa Woortman and her father Bart Woortman as ‘Wingmen’ on their way to Bogota-Cartagena. I (Bokito) operated his final pushback at gate Echo 19. In front of this pushback I got a pushback from stand F3 ,left on taxiway Alpha. Because of time limit I asked permission to apprach KL741 via taxiway alpha and Alpha 14. This was a real surprise for Arno. Captain Bart Woortman was his mate at Royal Airforce Netherlands. KL741 got operated with the B789 Dreamliner reg PHBHG. Backflight […]
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