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KLM B777-200ER business class AMSTERDAM-HONG KONG

BACKGROUND KLM’s Amsterdam-Hong Kong route operates once a day.

BOARDING I was connecting from London Heathrow (to read reviews of that flight plus the new KLM Crown Lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol, visit businesstraveller.com/tried-and-tested). We boarded at Gate 22 at 1620 for the 1700 departure on KL887 from Schiphol to Hong Kong International, a flight time of 11 hours.

I was greeted on board and directed to my seat, 1K, at the front of the cabin by the window. My jacket was taken and I was offered water, orange juice or champagne, although there were also small cans of Heineken as

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