Maarten Koopmans, Managing Director, KLM Cityhopper

Session 2 - Maarten Koopmans has worked for KLM since 1998, after graduating with a Masters degree from the Delft University of Technology. He started in a two-year management trainee program and worked as an operational manager in jet engine maintenance afterwards. In 2003 he became director Airport Strategy. In 2006 he was appointed Head of Airport and Environmental Strategy within KLM. Two and a half years later he moved to Inflight Services to become Vice President Crew Planning & Assignment. In August 2012 he was appointed Vice President Passenger Services, managing Customer Processes and Services for KLM at Schiphol. Summer 2016, he started to manage KLM’s Component Services business as VP Component Services. In November 2022, Koopmans was appointed Managing Director of KLM Cityhopper.