A new airline enters the Salt Lake City market

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Salt Lake City airport Executive Director Maureen Riley speaks during a reception to welcome KLM to Salt Lake City after KLM609 landed the first non-stop flight from Amsterdam into the airport, Thursday, May 5, 2016.

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KLM Vice President of Network Planning, Pieter Groeneveld, speaks during a reception to welcome KLM to Salt Lake City after KLM609 landed the first non-stop flight from Amsterdam into the airport, Thursday, May 5, 2016.

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KLM airlines flights begin to show up on the airport's arrival and departure update screens after KLM609 landed it's inaugural flight to Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 5, 2016.

Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune
KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - is given a water cannon salute on Thursday.

Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune
KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - arrives at it's gate. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016.

Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune
KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - is led to it's gate by airport Operations vehicles. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016.

Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune
KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - taxis down the runway after landing. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016.

Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune
KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - lands. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016.

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The pilot of KLM609 - KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - waves and flies the Utah state flag out the window as the aircraft taxis to it's gate. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016.

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Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City airport Executive Director Maureen Riley speaks during a reception to welcome KLM to Salt Lake City after KLM609 landed the first non-stop flight from Amsterdam into the airport, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune KLM Vice President of Network Planning, Pieter Groeneveld, speaks during a reception to welcome KLM to Salt Lake City after KLM609 landed the first non-stop flight from Amsterdam into the airport, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune KLM airlines flights begin to show up on the airport's arrival and departure update screens after KLM609 landed it's inaugural flight to Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - is given a water cannon salute on Thursday. Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - arrives at it's gate. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - is led to it's gate by airport Operations vehicles. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - taxis down the runway after landing. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - lands. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - KLM609 - lands. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune The pilot of KLM609 - KLM airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City - waves and flies the Utah state flag out the window as the aircraft taxis to it's gate. The airport gave the arriving flight a water cannon salute, Thursday, May 5, 2016.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· May 5, 2016 6:36 pm

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' first non-stop flight to Salt Lake City is given a water cannon salute by fire engines on Thursday marking KLM's entry into the Utah market. Initially, the flights will be offered twice a week on Thursdays and Saturdays. Frequency will increase to three times per week, including Mondays, beginning July 4. The new KLM flights will supplement the existing daily flight in the summer between Salt Lake City and Amsterdam operated by Delta Air Lines in partnership with Air France KLM.