Cancellation of nearly 200 flights to Schiphol Airport for tomorrow, and the cancellation of 700 flights today.
Airlines at Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol) canceled about 200 scheduled flights for Tuesday, following widespread disruptions on Monday when around 700 flights were canceled due to severe winter weather following Storm Anna.
Airlines have been suffering for several days from snowfall and ice formation in the Amsterdam area, leading to continuous cancellations at the second largest airport in the European Union in terms of passenger numbers. According to the official Schiphol website, 82 departing flights were canceled for Tuesday, most of them operated by KLM, which alone canceled 56 morning flights.
The disruptions were not limited to departing flights, as 115 incoming flights scheduled for Tuesday were also canceled, in addition to delays recorded in several other flights. The European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol reported that air traffic is still operating at low capacity, even after Schiphol implemented a temporary halt to flights earlier.
By late Monday morning, the number of canceled flights at Schiphol approached 500. Eindhoven Airport also experienced similar disruptions, with several flights canceled and delayed, reflecting the widespread impact of weather conditions in the region.
To alleviate the pressure, nearby airports such as Brussels, Oostende-Bruges, Cologne-Bonn, Düsseldorf, and Eindhoven coordinated flight diversion plans. At the same time, the Dutch Meteorological Institute KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) warned of dangerous conditions, predicting hail, freezing rain, fog, and strong winds along the coasts, which is likely to continue travel disruptions.