KLM Royal Dutch Airline will begin operating flights between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Boston in the United States with effect from 31 March 2019.

The three weekly service will be operated with a 292-seat Airbus A330-300 offering 30 seats in World Business Class, 40 seats in Economy Comfort Class and 222 seats in Economy Class.

The new service will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays but from 1 July 2019, a fourth weekly flight will be operated on Mondays.

KL0617 departs Amsterdam Schiphol at 17.00 CET, arriving Boston at 18.30 local time. KL0618 departs Boston at 22.00 local time, arriving Amsterdam at 10.35 CET the following day.

Boston is in the north of New York and is the largest city in the state of Massachusetts. Renowned as the home of Harvard University, Boston is one of the oldest and richest cities in the US.

The city’s Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1876 and now boasts no fewer than 450,000 works of art, making it one of the world’s most comprehensive museums.