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= Boeing in the Netherlands = Boeing has partnered with the Netherlands and with Dutch industry for eight decades. In the 1930s, Royal Dutch Airlines - known by the Dutch acronym KLM, which stands for Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij - became the first airline outside the United States to fly a Douglas airliner. Today, Boeing’s annual direct supplier spend in the Netherlands is over 105 million USD and Boeing has nearly 40 Tier 1 suppliers in the Netherlands.

Boeing has nearly 400 employees in the Netherlands with over 170 employees and over 20 nationalities represented in the headquarters in Amsterdam. The offices are placed at a number of locations as well as at its Spare Parts Center near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. Boeing in the Netherlands is a part of the Benelux and Nordics region that is led by Tineke Bakker - van der Veen, managing director for Boeing Benelux & Nordics.

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1 Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the Netherlands

2 Boeing Defense, Space and Security in the Netherlands

3 Boeing Global Services in the Netherlands

4 Boeing Global Engagement in the Netherlands

4.1 Coding Summer School

4.2 Mobile Newton Flight Academy

4.3 RED Engineers Challenge

Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the Netherlands
Boeing has delivered more than 300 commercial aircraft to Dutch customers. Royal Dutch Airline KLM, part of the Air France-KLM Group, is the world’s oldest international airline and in 1960, KLM entered the jet age with the purchase of the DC-8. Today, the KLM fleet includes Boeing Next-Generation 737, 747, 777 and 787 models. In partnership with Air France, KLM has one of the largest fleets of 777s in the world.

Boeing and KLM Engineering and Maintenance cooperate on offering a component service program by using the Boeing Spare Parts Center near Schiphol Airport, which provides fast access to critical parts and offers airlines cost savings that can equal 30 percent of their component repair and inventory costs.

Air France-KLM Cargo and Martinair Cargo make up the dedicated air cargo business of the Air France-KLM Group. Their fleet consists of 747-400 and 777 freighters.

Transavia is a Dutch low-cost airline that offers charter flights across Europe. Transavia was founded in 1965 as Transavia Holland and is a wholly owned subsidiary of KLM and a member of the Air France-KLM Group. It operates as an independent member within the group and has an all-Boeing fleet of 737-700s and 737-800s.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security in the Netherlands
Boeing Defense, Space & Security has been working closely and successfully with the Dutch military customers and the country’s defence industry. The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) was the first international customer of the Apache AH-64D, which has supported several Dutch missions around the world. Until today, Boeing has delivered over 40 rotorcraft to the Royal Netherlands Air Force and in 2016, the Netherlands ordered additional 14 Chinooks.

The Netherlands is a member of the 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) consortium that operates the C-17 Globemaster III. It is also one of the 15 countries involved in the NATO AWACS program, with a fleet of 17 Boeing AWACS E-3A aircraft and three trainer airplanes.

Boeing Global Services in the Netherlands
Boeing Global Services supports the whole life cycle of Boeing aircraft. With more than a century of experience, Boeing delivers agile, cost-competitive solutions to its customers, leading to reduced costs, higher efficiency and optimized operations. This is done through innovative services in engineering, digital aviation and analytics.

Boeing Global Services in the Netherlands are represented by AerData and Aviall, fully-owned Boeing subsidiaries.

AerData: Digital Aviation and Analytics
Founded in the Netherlands in 2007, AerData has been a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company since 2014 and is a part of Boeing’s Digital Aviation and Analytics, a capability within Boeing Global Services. AerData employs more than 100 employees in the Netherlands where the company covers more than 300 engines across KLM’s fleet of Boeing 747 and 737 aircraft.

Aviall: Spare Part Management
Aviall has a branch office in Amsterdam with nearly 50 team members that provide parts distribution and core airline, MRO, business and general aviation support for customers in Europe, Russia, Israel and Africa. Aviall has a strong partnership with KLM and Air France to manage repairs for their global agreements. In addition to serving as a central location for Boeing’s Repair Management Services, Aviall establishes processes to use regional repair and overhaul shops in an effort to reduce lead times for customers and reduce freight expenses.

Boeing Global Engagement in the Netherlands
More than 3,000 students have been impacted by Boeing Global Engagement projects in the Netherlands since 2013. Two brand new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) projects were launched in 2018 in the Netherlands under the patronage of Tineke Bakker - van der Veen, managing director for Boeing Benelux & Nordics. .

Coding Summer School
Boeing and its NGO partner ThinkYoung hosted a 5-day Coding Summer School in Amsterdam in July 2018. Students from primary schools learned the basics of computer programming and experienced the importance of coding in the aerospace industry. The participants received a comprehensive introduction to programming and explored future job opportunities in Information and Communications Technology.

Mobile Newton Flight Academy
In May 2018, Boeing partnered with FIRST Scandinavia to expand the successful Newton Flight Academy concept from Norway to the Netherlands for the first time. The Mobile Newton Aviation Room features innovative, interactive educational modules that support teachers to explain aeronautical principles and the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in a unique learning environment with access to state-of-the-art flight simulator technology. With this project, Boeing inspired students aged 10 to 14 about a potential career future in the aerospace and to pursue a career in the STEM fields.

RED Engineers Challenge
Between 2013 and 2016, Boeing supported the RED Engineers Challenge together with Lego, Saxion University of Applied Sciences and the University of Twente. More than 100 schools and 2,500 students have participated in the challenge, practicing engineering, technology and renewable energy sciences as well as teamwork and communication.