KLM Riles Belgian Leader With Post-Terror Train-to-Plane Freebie

  • Not `fair play,' Michel says of free rides to Dutch airport
  • KLM says offer not new, airs ads due to Brussels capacity cuts
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Belgium’s prime minister lashed out at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for offering free train tickets to Amsterdam to lure passengers away from the bomb-crippled Brussels airport.

A month after the Brussels terrorist attacks, Prime Minister Charles Michel said the freebies touted in Belgian radio commercials play on unjustified fears over security at Belgium’s main air gateway.