Overview
- KLM scrubbed roughly 600 flights on Wednesday at Amsterdam’s Schiphol, its sixth straight day of disruption as heavy snow, ice and winds hit Western Europe.
- The airline said its 25 de-icing trucks have been operating around the clock, consuming about 85,000 litres per day, and it warned stock levels are running low.
- KLM dispatched staff to a German supplier to secure more aircraft de-icer but could not give a timeline for replenishment, while Schiphol said runway de-icer remains ample.
- Schiphol reported more than 1,000 people slept in the terminal and set up camp beds, with at least 700–800 flight cancellations expected through the day and only limited air traffic possible.
- France’s regulator ordered airlines to cut 40% of flights at Paris Charles de Gaulle and 25% at Orly as snow halted buses in the capital, with broader transport woes reported in Brussels and the UK and at least six weather-related deaths across Europe.