News / New Dutch quarantine restrictions may push KLM to cancel cargo flights

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KLM’s immediate future hangs in the balance, following an indecisive debate in the Dutch parliament yesterday.

The carrier is hoping to acquire exemptions for crew from the new government mandate that every person flying into the Netherlands needs both a PCR test as well as a rapid Covid test.

KLM told the government it would not leave any crew who tested positive in a different country, and if the exemption for crew were not given, it would cancel all flights requiring an ...