KLM suspends UK

At very short notice KLM cancelled all its UK departures for Saturday (23 January).

On Friday all the inbound passengers were unloaded, the aircraft then returning with no passengers to Amsterdam.

The British airports affected include Aberdeen, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London City, Heathrow, Manchester and Newcastle.

Flights from Amsterdam have also been curtailed to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

No date has been given for a return of flights.  Earlier Friday KLM CEO had issued a statement indicating that there would be a further downsizing of the airline which in July dismissed some 5,000 staff.  A further 800-1,000 jobs are to go including 500 cabin attendants, 100 aircrew and 200 to 400 ground staff. The further staff reduction does not yet encompass any further measures announced by the Dutch government.

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Peter Smart, Laurencekirk

This is a brave interim decision commercially but understandable as an attempt to prevent the spread of the Kent mutation. For the regions from Aberdeen and Inverness to Bristol and Southampton KLM offers an indispensable like to many destinations - so haste ye back!

John Richmond, Lochwinnoch

I hope KLM will resume Glasgow flights soon.It is a very good link to Europe and further afield from Amsterdam.