KLM running out of de-icing fluid for planes in Amsterdam


Aircraft at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, as snowfall causes disruptions to air, rail and road traffic in the Netherlands, in Schiphol, Netherlands January 6, 2026. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

AMSTERDAM, ‌Jan 6 (Reuters) - Dutch airline KLM said on Tuesday that it ‌was running out of fluid to remove ice from aircraft ‌at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport where cold weather has caused thousands of flight cancellations over the past five days.

KLM said its 25 de-icing trucks have been in continuous ‍use in Amsterdam, its main hub, consuming ‍around 85,000 litres per day ‌of the mixture of heated water and glycol it uses to clear ‍departing ​aircraft of snow and ice before take off.

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