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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 labour shortages and industrial strife.
The Air France-KLM unit was supposed to be in discussions with the airport about service levels, a spokesman said. 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 due to a strike by the carrier’s ground staff.
“Passengers should not be the victims of the personnel problems at Schiphol,†KLM said. “Additional cancellations are no long-term solution to solving the staff shortages.â€
Disruption isn’t limited to
the Netherlands, with airlines and airports among companies hardest hit by the roiling of labour markets during the pandemic as millions of people lost their jobs, were furloughed or moved to new posts.