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Schiphol Slashes Flights as Winter Storm Enters Day Five, UK Rail Services Severely Disrupted

Flight-tracking data points to cancellations rising toward 50–60% under severe weather warnings.

Cars drive around a curve in a snow covered forest of the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Freshly fallen snow lies on the roofs of houses in Kronberg near Frankfurt, Germany, early Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Republican Guards walk in the snow covered courtyard of the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
A person cycles in snow, on a bridge over an ice-covered river channel in Amsterdam, amid air, train, and road traffic disruptions caused by snowfall, as hundreds of flights were cancelled and trains came to a standstill, in the Netherlands, January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Charlotte Van Campenhout

Overview

  • About 2,500 flights have been cancelled at Amsterdam Schiphol since last Friday, affecting roughly one-third of a million passengers.
  • Flightradar24 reports roughly one-third of Tuesday’s Amsterdam flights already cancelled, with the rate expected to climb to 50–60% through the day.
  • Schiphol says only limited air traffic is possible and reports round-the-clock runway clearing and aircraft de-icing operations.
  • KLM has dropped numerous services linking Amsterdam with UK airports, while British Airways has also cancelled several HeathrowAmsterdam flights.
  • UK transport remains strained with damaged overhead wires crippling services on the Elizabeth line, Heathrow Express and GWR, LNER advising passengers to defer travel on the East Coast Main Line, and multiple Scottish and Welsh roads closed or blocked by snow and incidents.