Schiphol asks airlines to cancel bookings due to holiday crowds and staff shortages

While in Belgium the Easter holidays are already two weeks behind us, in the Netherlands the annual May holiday starts on Friday. That week’s holiday promises to be accompanied by peak crowds at Schiphol airport, especially after the past two corona years. People are traveling again, but the airport does not seem to be prepared for that.

Schiphol is struggling with a staff shortage. This has already led to very busy situations at the airport in recent days, a Schiphol spokesperson told our colleagues from the public broadcaster NOS. It was already very busy last weekend, due to a wild strike among the staff, which has already caused flights to be delayed or canceled

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