Originally Posted by
johan rebel
It has become a bad habit of theirs. All it takes is the slightest intimation that a snowflake or two may perhaps be spotted in the vicinity of Schiphol, or that a gust of wind may ruffle somebody's hair.
They seem to like it that way, so presumably the operational advantages outway the disruption caused to the travel plans of thousands and thousands of passengers.
Johan
Or is it the airport? If they say they will only allow 50% of the normal number of flights to land, what can KLM do?
Don't exactly know how this works, but Schiphol itself can be rather authorative and the relationship between KLM and the airport is/was not optimal.
They either wait until the day itself to see if the weather is as feared and if so, face numerous delays with stranded passengers or be prudent and rebook them the days ahead to cause less trouble for both passengers and airline.
If the weather/situations was beter then expected, they were too prudent, but I expect them to go to Schiphol with that hindsight and hope next time the airport is a little more giving.