KLM scraps 160 "uneconomic" flights in coming month
Posted by 68024@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 21 comments
Posted by 68024@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 21 comments
DutchBlob@reddit
How about those 4 or 5 daily flights to Brussels? Cancel those. It’s not like there’s a huge mountain between Amsterdam and Brussels that you cannot cross by car, bus, train, motorcycle or bicycle.
554TangoAlpha@reddit
Those flights are all for connections. Like USA-AMS-BRU or Asia-AMS-BRU. More convenient to fly if already connecting at the airport
levanpidaras@reddit
Are they really more convenient though? There are direct trains between Schiphol and Brussels twice an hour, take less than 2 hours. I would say this is at least equivalent in terms of comfort and much less polluting.
temptar@reddit
They are sometimes full and you cannot book them 300 days in advance
Source: someone who travels from BRU to ORK 6-9 times a year, sometimes train on leg one, sometimes plane.
I prefer the train to Schiphol rather than flying. But I will take what I get.
TailleventCH@reddit
The trains sold by KLM may be full but there is still an hourly direct train (and those can't sold out).
koplowpieuwu@reddit
People don't like taking those on the first leg because if it's not on a klm ticket a train delay can screw them out of their flight
Stoney3K@reddit
If the IntercityDirect is full you'll just have an half-hour break and another one shows up. And that doesn't have reserved seats unlike the Eurostar.
temptar@reddit
If the Eurostar is late and I booked it via KLM, it is KLM’s problem.
Zestyclose-Truth1634@reddit
I’d do it if I could check in my luggage to Bruxelles-Midi
DutchBlob@reddit
I know, but they mostly due it to compete with Brussels Airlines. But there’s the Thalys / Eurostar train, already substituting for flights, and could take over the route in its entirety.
MetroBR@reddit
KLM codeshares with Eurostar between Amsterdam and Brussels, I flew into Schipol and got on an Eurostar there on the same booking
Stoney3K@reddit
Eurostar from Amsterdam to Brussels is also a lot more comfortable and convenient than flying there.
euanmorse@reddit
That's cool.
N205FR@reddit
There’s a flight from Concord, NC to Amsterdam now?
C4-621-Raven@reddit
It’s much worse, there’s Belgian roads.
Stoney3K@reddit
And the Antwerpse Ring!
12TH1JS01@reddit
That’s exactly what they are gonna do, the only flights cancelled will be the ones to destinations with multiple flights a day- some of which operate nearly empty
Stoney3K@reddit
They're budgeting on flights because of the higher fuel prices, which makes perfect sense from an economic standpoint. But it's also surprising since AMS in particular has made a big move to sustainable fuels, and you'd expect HVO to be less vulnerable to the decline in oil supply that we're dealing with now.
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aalp234@reddit
How is “N/A” accepted as a source? What the hell?
Ferdinand00@reddit
„Passengers already booked on the flights will be offered an alternative on the next available flight, KLM said.“
and
„The scrapped flights are all to cities such as London and Dusseldorf, where KLM flies several times a day, so there are plenty of alternatives, the airline said. In total, 1% of the airline’s European flights will be affected.“