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Dutch monarch to spread wings with Boeing 737 training

The conversion training will mean the royal can continue to fly twice a month for KLM as a co-pilot.

Dutch King Willem-Alexander posing in front of a KLM Cityhopper aircraft at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam on May 16, 2017

The airline is currently phasing out the smaller Fokker 70 plane used on short-haul flights, a policy which would have made it difficult for him to continue flying.

"I really wanted to continue as a guest pilot for KLM and therefore it could actually only be on a plane such as the 737... which means short trips," King Willem-Alexander told the paper in an interview.

"Any bigger aircraft than this (737) always means staying overnight, meaning I cannot get back in time to The Netherlands in case of an emergency," the king said.

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The Dutch royal told De Telegraaf daily his conversion training would start at the end of the month.

Passengers, however, will continue to have no idea that there is a member of the royal family in the cockpit. The king's presence is never announced.

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