Thick fog is again causing chaos for airports in the Netherlands. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or experienced delays at Eindhoven and Schiphol Airport.
Foggy conditions continued in Belgium on Wednesday, but also in neighbouring the Netherlands. Here, it resulted in air traffic coming to a standstill. At Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, 100 flights were cancelled on Wednesday 15 January.
"Due to fog, flights to and from Schiphol Airport may be delayed or cancelled," the airport wrote on its website. "Even if the fog clears, it may still affect your flight for the rest of the day." People flying to or from Schiphol are advised to check the current flight information before leaving for their flight.
As of Wednesday afternoon, several flights are either scheduled to depart one or two hours later than expected, while several others have been cancelled. Dutch airline KLM already cancelled 40 flights on Thursday as a precautionary measure.
This marks the second time this month that the major airport, which is also a key transfer hub for flights outside the European Union (EU) has seen its services disrupted by the weather. On 5 January, winter conditions triggered cancellations.
Eindhoven also affected
Air traffic at Dutch airport Eindhoven Airport, not far from the border with Belgium, was also at a complete standstill on Wednesday. All flights scheduled to depart on Wednesday have been diverted (via Schiphol, Cologne, Rotterdam and other airports), or in some cases cancelled.
A spokesperson for the airport told Belga News Agency that it is possible air traffic will still be affected on Thursday. "Weather forecasts indicate that it could also be foggy in Eindhoven tomorrow morning."
