Europe collapses: in Amsterdam flights are restricted, in Germany hundreds of flights are canceled

Lack of manpower and endless queues, led to the unconventional decision to limit the number of flights to 70,000 a day, at one of the busiest airports in Europe.

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18/06/2022

Saturday, 18 June 2022, 19:54 Updated: 20:03

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Against the backdrop of a manpower crisis, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam has announced a reduction in the number of flights and a reduction in the number of passengers, in order to help make queues more bearable, in a way that will allow them to be optimally managed.

There is no doubt that this is certainly not the post-Corona epidemic recovery picture that European airlines have been expecting.

The limit was set last Thursday, and it pertains to the number of passengers who can pass through the port during the summer season.

The announcement also mentioned the problem of manpower shortages.

This move, by one of Europe's busiest airports, means that airlines - including KLM, the national airline of the Netherlands that is part of the Air France-KLM corporation, will have to cancel a small number of flights, which are currently unknown.

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Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam (Photo: AP)

"Passengers pay for capacity problem"

The announcement said that Schiphol will receive about 70,000 passengers a day.

This is a 16% reduction in the number of passengers planned by the airlines.

"Placing a limit at this stage means that the vast majority of passengers will be able to fly from Schiphol safely and responsibly," said airport CEO Dick Benshop

. "It is not possible that those who use the airport will have to pay for Schiphol's capacity problem," the company said. The company also stated that they did not expect to "cancel existing bookings on a large scale."

Will cancel about 900 flights in July.

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Lufthansa is also reducing flights

Airports across Europe have been hit hard by manpower and logistics issues, after the airline industry reopened in full force after the removal of corona restrictions and the return of passengers.

For example, various companies, including Lufthansa and EasyJet, have already announced plans to reduce the number of flights this summer.

Since April this year, there has been a real damage to flights calling at Schiphol Airport, due to a shortage of security and logistics personnel.

The result: Hundreds of flights were canceled, and long queues became a common sight.

In neighboring Germany, Lufthansa is expected to cancel 900 flights (both within Germany and to other destinations in Europe) at its centers in the cities of Frankfurt and Munich.

These are flights that are expected on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays this coming July.

Its low-cost carrier, Eurowings, is also canceling hundreds of flights expected in that period.

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