Marjan Rintel’s 2022 appointment to CEO of KLM, the world's oldest running airline, was a homecoming of sorts for the executive who first joined the Dutch carrier in 1999 as a vice president.

Dutch national airline KLM is to scrap 250 jobs on the ground as part of a wider efficiency drive. CEO Marjan Rintel said the airline needed to make “painful” choices to secure its future. “One of ...