KLM Scraps Flights Amid Amsterdam Schiphol Labor Turmoil
- Cancellations have piled up in past weeks amid staff shortage
- Airports, airlines have suffered from labor-market disruptions
Passenger aircraft operated by KLM, the Dutch arm of Air France-KLM Group, on the tarmac at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam.
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Flight cancellations at Dutch airline KLM have surpassed 225 in the past few weeks as its Amsterdam Schiphol hub is hit by labor shortages and industrial strife.
The Air France-KLM unit is in discussions with the airport about service levels this weekend, a spokesman said Thursday. That follows 75 cancellations last weekend amid a lack of airport personnel including security staff and cleaners, and 150 scrapped KLM flights over four days from April 23 due to a strike by the carrier’s ground staff.