Dutch airline forced to cancel flights despite reaching agreements with three other unions, as FNV and CNV unions declined negotiations with a second, longer strike planned for next week
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Dutch airline KLM has today cancelled more than 100 flights as a result of strike action carried out by ground workers at two unions.
The airline this morning announced that a two-hour strike would take place between 8am and 10am. As a result, KLM said it would cancel more than 100 flights.
A spokesperson for the airline’s cargo division said that to mitigate the impact of the strikes, it had closed free sales on the cancelled flights upfront.
All related cargo already in the airline’s network would be switched to alternative flights as soon as possible.
The strike took place despite an agreement being reached last week between KLM and three other unions: NVLT, VKP, and De Unie.
FNV and CNV declined the invitation to enter into discussions about a new collective agreement, KLM said.
According to Reuters, a second strike is planned for next Wednesday, this time lasting for four hours.
