Busy, but no long lines at Schiphol on first day of May holidays
by NL Times
NL Times— It was busy at Schiphol Airport during the first Saturday of the April/May holiday break, an airport spokesperson said. There were consistent queues of people over the course of the morning, but passengers have not had to wait for very long."It is busy, but manageable, and the atmosphere is good among passengers," she said at around 9 a.m. on Saturday. Peak days were expected to draw about 80,000 departing passengers, and the airport predicted an average of more than 70,000 departing passengers...
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