Schiphol airport asks airlines to cancel flights due to labour shortages

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has requested airways to cancel flights between 4pm and 11pm native time on Monday on account of labour shortages, it mentioned in an announcement.

The transfer comes as certainly one of Europe’s busiest airports once more grapples with lengthy traces, resulting in some travellers lacking their flights.

Journey at Schiphol has been disrupted on and off since April. A whole bunch of flights have been cancelled, and queues have grow to be routine.

“After weeks of enchancment, Schiphol didn’t anticipate to need to take these measures. Workers within the terminal are working as onerous as they’ll to make sure that everybody can journey right this moment, however sadly there’s a probability that vacationers will miss their flight on account of lengthy ready instances,” the airport’s assertion mentioned.

Airways that adjust to the request to cancel flights shall be compensated, it mentioned.

(Reporting by Bart Meijer, Charlotte Van Campenhout; Enhancing by Catherine Evans)