Thousands stranded amid flight cancellations in Amsterdam
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🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: One of Europe's busiest airports has canceled more than 700 flights today as a disruption caused by snow and ice enters a sixth day. The problem was made worse because of a shortage of anti-freeze for de-icing planes at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Dutch airline KLM is the main one affected. Then, China's Foreign Ministry calls President Donald Trump's demands for Venezuelan oil "typical bullying" from the U.S.
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| 0:31.3 | Snow way out. |
| 0:32.8 | Plains are grounded in the Netherlands because of a shortage of anti-freeze. |
| 0:36.6 | Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:40.9 | I'm Stuart Clarkson. Good morning. |
| 0:43.0 | One of Europe's busiest airports has cancelled more than 700 flights today |
| 0:46.7 | as disruption caused by snow and ice enters a sixth day. |
| 0:50.3 | The problem's been made worse because of a shortage of anti-freeze for de-icing planes at Scipal in Amsterdam. |
| 0:56.3 | Dutch airline KLM is the main one affected. |
| 0:58.4 | We can talk now to Ithaca de Jong, who's the aviation reporter for the Telegraph newspaper. |
| 1:03.7 | Good morning, Itica. |
| 1:04.9 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:05.9 | So how bad has this been overnight? |
| 1:08.4 | Well, the situation on Skippole is still horrible, even worse than yesterday from the perspective |
| 1:16.7 | of going back into flight operations again. |
| 1:21.3 | Today, 90% of the flights is cancelled. |
| 1:25.1 | The last five days, there have been thousands of people stranded here in |
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