Amsterdam Airport departures: Hundreds of flights cancelled - with warning more European cancellations expected
Hundreds of flights are cancelled at Amsterdam Airport today - and more cancellations are to come.
Heavy snowfall and high winds are continuing to cause travel misery for passengers at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Severe disruption from the winter weather is now continuing for the sixth consecutive day.
The situation became so bad on Tuesday that the Dutch flag carrier KLM warned that the airport was close to running dry of deicing fluid, while airport authorities have ordered airlines to cancel 70% of all flights to and from Schiphol on Wednesday. Having gone from cancelling around half of all flights to and from Schiphol on Monday and Tuesday, the airport authority has now ordered airlines to slash service by 70% on Wednesday.
That mandate has resulted in at least 600 cancellations, although the Royal Schiphol Group, which operates the airport, has warned that this number will rise during the course of the day. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has had its operation almost paralyzed by the winter weather, with thousands of flights now cancelled and severely delayed since January 2.
On its website Amsterdam Airport is warning that there will be “very limited flights” on Wednesday 7 January “due to winter weather”. It says: “On Wednesday, due to persistent winter weather and heavy winds, only limited air traffic is possible to and from Schiphol.
“As a precaution, more than 600 flights are cancelled. More cancellations are expected. This will be mostly European flights.”