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High winds lead to flight delays and cancellations | FairPlane UK / 15.09.2017
It was reported in the Independent Newspaper this week that more than 10,000 airline passengers had missed flights in recent days as a result of the storms across Northern Europe.
Amsterdam was amongst those areas worst hit, with a number of flights to UK airports being cancelled by the Dutch airline, KLM.
Similarly, many flights into Dutch airports from the UK were also cancelled.
KLM, the worst hit airline, have invited all passengers to delay any planned trips up to 18th September.
Wind speeds of almost 70 mph have been recorded across the UK, Germany and the Low Countries.
Cancellations have been less of an issue in the UK, although British Airways have been known to have cancelled at least a dozen flights. A statement from BA says that they are more than happy to offer refunds or alternative bookings to passengers affected by the problems.
An EasyJet flight from London Gatwick to Amsterdam was cancelled with passengers being informed that as a result of traffic control restrictions, some crew members had reached the maximum amount of working hours allowed.
Flight delay compensation
In these ‘extraordinary circumstances’, flight delay compensation would be unavailable to passengers, although the airline should still provide food, drink and accommodation to those requiring it.
