KLM unveiled its 107th Delft Blue miniature house on 7 October 2026, marking the Dutch airline’s 107th anniversary. This year’s model recreates Wijnhoeve De Kleine Schorre, a winery in Dreischor, in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The estate has supplied wines for KLM’s World Business Class for around twenty years. It now joins the collection of miniature buildings given to passengers travelling in that cabin on intercontinental flights. The new model is the first winery in the series and the third landmark from Zeeland.
De Kleine Schorre was founded in 2001, when growing grapes for quality wine in the Netherlands still attracted scepticism. Its location on Schouwen-Duiveland exposed the vineyard to salty winds and the region’s heavy clay soil. Over the following years, the estate developed its wine production and established a partnership with KLM. The airline began serving its wines in 2006, introducing passengers on international routes to a less familiar wine-producing country.
Today, the winery supplies wines made from grape varieties including Rivaner, Auxerrois and Pinot Blanc. Passengers can find its wines in World Business Class from September to November, with limited production restricting their availability. “It is an enormous honor for our wine estate to become part of KLM’s miniature house collection,” said Johan van de Velde, owner of De Kleine Schorre. He described the miniature as recognition of the work built up over the estate’s first 25 years. The choice also gives KLM another way to introduce passengers to a Dutch producer whose products they may encounter during their flight.
The winery’s miniature joins a tradition that began in 1952, when KLM started giving passengers small ceramic houses. The blue-and-white models reproduce notable buildings, allowing travellers to take home a small piece of architectural heritage. They contain genever, a traditional Dutch spirit flavoured with juniper, with Bols supplying the filling since the 1990s. Although many models represent Amsterdam buildings, the collection also includes landmarks elsewhere in the Netherlands and beyond.
Since 1994, the number of houses in the main collection has matched the airline’s age. A new model is unveiled each year on 7 October, KLM’s anniversary. Previous editions have included Villa Rameau in Leiden and Amsterdam’s house on three canals, known as Het Huis aan de Drie Grachten. Zeeland already had two buildings in the collection before the winery’s arrival. These are house No. 6 in Middelburg and house No. 22 in Veere.
Alongside its annual numbered series, KLM also creates special editions. Earlier in 2026, it unveiled a miniature of The New York Historical Museum building to mark 80 years of flights between Amsterdam and New York. Other special models have included Amsterdam’s Royal Palace and the Frans Hals Museum. These editions are separate from the houses normally distributed on flights. Collectors can use the KLM Houses app to record the models they own, add notes and learn about the buildings behind them.
Beyond the miniature house unveiling, the anniversary event also brought news about onboard internet access. KLM announced plans to introduce Starlink’s satellite-based Wi-Fi on intercontinental flights from mid-2027. The airline aims to complete the rollout across its intercontinental fleet by mid-2028. Access will be free for members of Flying Blue, its frequent flyer programme, across all cabin classes. Membership is free, so passengers will not need business class tickets to use the service.
The announcement follows KLM’s introduction of free Wi-Fi on European flights from January 2026. That service uses technology from satellite communications company Viasat and also requires a Flying Blue account. The European rollout began with around half of the aircraft operating those routes equipped for the service. KLM said it would extend coverage to all its Airbus A321neo and Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, alongside selected Boeing 737-800s, in the coming years.
