China Airlines and KLM begin daily direct flights to Amsterdam

Taiwan-based China Airlines has announced that it is partnering with Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) to expand cooperation on code-share flights to provide daily direct flights on the Taipei-Amsterdam route from January 9, 2017. Travelers will be able to connect to other destinations such as London, Manchester, Barcelona, Madrid and Paris as well. Ticket bookings are now being accepted.

China Airlines will ramp up this route by offering four direct flights to Amsterdam in December. Previously, passengers had to transit through Bangkok and direct flights reduce flying time by four hours to 14 hours. From January 8, 2017 China Airlines will introduce the all new Airbus A350 for direct flights to Amsterdam. The code-share agreement with KLM established in 2012 will also be expanded to provide one Taipei-Amsterdam direct flight every day.

China Airlines will switch to direct flights to Amsterdam, Vienna, Rome and Frankfurt in early December. This will likely see closer cooperation with KLM, Czech Airlines and Air Europa on code-share flights in the future. 

China Airlines is part of the SkyTeam frequent flyer alliance along with KLM. China Airlines' frequent flyer program is known as Dynasty. It is a good program that can be a little complex if you want to use miles to buy or upgrade flights on airlines other than China Airlines. We only recommend it if you are based in Taiwan or fly there regularly (four times or more a year).