Overview
- France's aviation regulator ordered airlines to reduce schedules by 40% at Paris Charles de Gaulle and 25% at Orly as heavy snow hit the capital.
- KLM scrubbed 600 flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol, warning of dwindling de-icing fluid for aircraft, though the airport said runway supplies remain ample.
- Paris bus services were suspended, while cold-weather alerts covered large areas of France and Britain with further snow forecast by national meteorological agencies.
- Authorities in the Netherlands urged people to work from home, and Brussels logged cancellations and delays due to the time needed for de-icing.
- French officials banned trucks and school buses across roughly a third of departments, with Carrefour warning the restrictions will disrupt fresh-produce deliveries.