US EditionWinter Weather Chaos: Flight Cancellations Hit Schiphol
Snow and ice caused 450 flight cancellations at Amsterdam Schiphol, with knock-on effects on trains, buses, and roads, and a record 688km of traffic queues, officials said.
- On Monday morning, Amsterdam Schiphol airport grounded all flights after heavy snow made runways unusable, cancelling 450 flights and warning the total could rise until 1pm, ANP reported.
- KNMI issued a code orange warning on Monday morning as snow and ice made Amsterdam Schiphol airport runways unusable and snowploughs and gritters became stuck.
- Rijkswaterstaat reported up to 688km of queues while the A32 motorway in Friesland closed both ways; Aberdeen Airport recorded 11 cancellations as regional disruptions spread on Monday.
- Flights en route were being escorted to other airports, many expected to divert to Düsseldorf, and airport authorities warned cancellations could increase, urging travellers to delay journeys until the amber warning expires.
- Beyond airports, public services and exams were hit across the region as the CBR cancelled more than 600 tests and hundreds of schools in Shetland, Orkney and the Highlands closed.
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einnews.comSevere snowfall triggers transport shutdown in Netherlands
Heavy snowfall has brought severe disruption to transport networks in the Netherlands and France, with Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport cancelling hundreds of flights and all train services in the Netherlands suspended because of ice and snow. Schiphol warned that disruption will continue for days as winter weather persists. By early Tuesday morning, at least 455 flights had been cancelled. A further 210 cancellations were already confirmed for Wedn…
KLM scraps 300 flights on Tuesday due to snow in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Dutch airline KLM expects to cancel at least 300 flights at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on Tuesday as problems caused by a cold spell and snowfall continue, a spokesperson for the Dutch arm of airline group Air France KLM AIRF.PA said on Monday.
KLM is canceling more than three hundred flights to and from Schiphol Airport again on Tuesday due to the weather conditions. "This number may increase over the course of Tuesday…
About 450 flights are cancelled. Hundreds of kilometres of traffic jams occur on the motorways.
Snow chaos is causing problems in Europe.
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