KLM revives direct flights from Jersey to Amsterdam

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 15:01

Dutch airline KLM has launched direct flights from Jersey to Amsterdam.

Islanders can already buy tickets to Schiphol Airport for April 2026, with 'all-in' return flights starting from £179.

KLM's Cityhopper service uses smaller jets, the Embraer 175 and 190, with a choice between Economy and Business Class.

It will start with a weekly service from Amsterdam to Jersey, and back, running from 4 April to 3 July 2026.

This moves to a daily summer service from 4 July to 30 August, before resuming its Saturday-only schedule from 31 August to 24 October 2026.

Passengers will be able to connect to around 160 destinations with KLM, from Boston to Singapore and Buenos Aires to Toronto.

The revival of the route comes after EasyJet failed to maintain traffic from the Netherlands to the island in 2023.

READ: EasyJet Scraps Amsterdam Route

However, KLM is confident its business model will be able to boost tourism to the island during the summer months.

Air France and KLM General Manager for the UK, Jersey and Ireland, Jerome Salemi, says we should not compare the EasyJet and KLM services.

"KLM will operate with smaller aircraft with 88 to 100 seats, so that is a driver to fit better for demand, at least in the beginning.

"Secondly, in terms of connecting traffic, EasyJet is point-to-point, so it was very dependent on the traffic from the Netherlands to Jersey and vice versa.

"With KLM, we hope to have as many Dutch visitors to Jersey, but we will also benefit from the hub in Amsterdam, with all kinds of nationalities flying via Amsterdam.

"It's a model which makes it much more resilient."

The Dutch airline will also promote Jersey in the Netherlands, as part of a partnership with Ports of Jersey.