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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 12:58 am
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KLM means Koninklijke (Nederlandse) Luchtvaart Maatschappij, interestingly translated as Royal Dutch Airlines - literally all it says is Royal Airlines Company' (without the 'Dutch')

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