Published on 30.04.2022
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Amsterdam Airport » KLM canceled dozens of flights to and from Amsterdam Schiphol over the weekend, following an appeal from the airport to airlines asking them to reduce the number of travelers to prevent crowds there, the company announced yesterday. Dutch air transport.
“On the one hand, the cancellations must contribute to Schiphol’s demand to keep the processes at the airport manageable due to the lack of staff there,” KLM said, as the airport has been overloaded for several days.
“On the other hand, these cancellations in KLM’s flight schedule contribute to reducing the workload” of the company’s employees, KLM said in a press release.
KLM has so far canceled 47 flights (return and one-way) for Saturday and Sunday, while 28 return flights were canceled yesterday.
Schiphol, Europe’s busiest airport by plane movements in 2019 – with more than 70 million travelers that year – has seen its numbers plunge during the pandemic. ATS/AFP
