It is now more than one hundred years since Albert Plesman dreamed of transporting people by air. This was a revolutionary idea that would ultimately lead to the establishment of KLM. But before this could happen, Plesman had a difficult challenge to overcome: organising KLM’s very first flight.
KLM is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. For the occasion, the KLM podcast ‘The Journey’ is presenting a special episode on ‘the flight that changed everything’. It is a nod to the theme of the podcast, in which everyday travellers tell about life-changing journeys: ‘the trip that changed everything’. With this flight, KLM wrote world history and stood at the forefront of commercial aviation.