“Today also applies: it is a busy day. There are queues and they continue well,” says an airport spokeswoman. “It’s busy, but manageable.”
The airport had prepared for the influx of travelers at Pentecost: office staff were also deployed to manage the crowds. These employees help, among other things, with checking the flight times of passengers, who are allowed to enter the departure halls no more than four hours before their flight.
hell
A traveler wrote on Twitter: “I didn’t believe in hell until I arrived at Schiphol today”. The message includes photos of long lines, both inside and outside the departure halls.
Some travelers of KLM airline whose flight has been canceled are angry because they only received information about this shortly before departure.
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Facility project leader Erik Freerks says he has been stuck in the Irish capital since yesterday morning from Dublin because of KLM’s cancellations. He was already checking in his luggage at Dublin airport this morning when he heard that the flight was cancelled. His return flight was also canceled yesterday. “It was sad to see. The staff here didn’t know anything either.”
Staff friendly
KLM, the largest airline at Schiphol, announced that it would cancel up to 50 flights daily this Whitsun weekend to keep the crowds at the airport manageable. The flights from Dublin and to Budapest were canceled due to unfavorable wind direction in combination with limited capacity on the runways, a spokesperson said.
It was not a drama at Schiphol for everyone. “We were well prepared because of all the negative reports,” says Caroline van den Broek from Haarlem. “But the very long line quickly moved on. And I noticed that the employees remained so friendly, even with a small malfunction at security.”
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