Ben Swagerman heads KLM Security

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced the appointment of B.J. (Ben) Swagerman as senior vice-president of KLM Security Services, effective September 1, 2006. Ben Swagerman has been working as interim head at Security Services since February 1.

Ben Swagerman succeeds Mr. T.J. (Teun) Platenkamp, who will retire from KLM at the beginning of 2007. Teun Platenkamp will use the last months of his active career at KLM to round off his international responsibilities relating to the AEA and IATA.