KLM cancels flights over ground crew strikes
KLM canceled a total of 11 departures and 10 arrivals at Schiphol airport on Monday due to a strike by the Dutch airline's ground crew. All flights are within Europe.
The strike is happening between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. due to a conflict over a collective bargaining agreement. Union FNV wants an 8 percent wage increase over two years, a less flexible roster for ground crew, and for KLM to give more of its ground crew employees a permanent contract, according to NU.n. During negotiations, KLM did not agree to any of these demands.
FNV expects that a large part of the ground crew will take part in the strikes.
A spokesperson for KLM told the newspaper that the flights are canceled as a precaution, to help ensure that the rest of the Dutch airline's flights takeoff and land as on-time as possible.
The following KLM flights are canceled on Monday morning:
Departures:
- KL1105 to Stockholm
- KL1925 to Geneva
- KL1141 to Oslo
- KL1699 to Madrid
- KL1125 to Copenhagen
- KL1277 to Edinburgh
- KL1665 to Barcelona
- KL1639 to Florence
- KL1973 to Budapest
- KL1541 to Lees Bradford
- KL1443 to Aberdeen
Arrivals:
- KL1124 from Copenhagen
- KL1140 from Oslo
- KL1276 from Edinburgh
- KL1698 from Madrid
- KL1104 from Stockholm
- KL1540 from Leeds Bradford
- KL1638 from Florence
- KL1972 from Budapest
- KL1662 from Barcelona
- KL1824 from Geneva
