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Luxembourg flight impacted: Dozens of flights cancelled at Amsterdam airport due to strong winds
Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest hubs, cancelled dozens of flights Sunday because of strong winds caused by Storm Boelo.
A number of flights were cancelled at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Sunday due to strong winds associated with Storm Boelo, according to RTL Today’s briefing of AFP and airport statements.
Schiphol’s departures page showed about 90 cancellations, with many affected routes heading to European cities such as Paris, Rome, and Dublin, AFP reported. Dozens of arrivals were also impacted by delays or cancellations.
The airport attributed the disruption to strong winds, noting that fewer flights were expected to take off and land on Sunday, October 25. No exact tally of affected flights was provided by Schiphol in initial statements.
Among the impacted services was a KLM-operated flight from Findel Airport to Amsterdam scheduled for 2:45 pm on Sunday, as reported by lux-airport.lu. The Schiphol arrival time for that flight was rearranged, with the new estimate from 4:00 pm to 5:07 pm.
The report does not specify any injuries, aircraft details, or the final outcomes for individual flights beyond the updated arrival time and general cancellation pattern.