Long queues snaking through Schiphol airport after hellish weekend for travellers

Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has been the scene of long queues, delays and flight cancellations over the last few days.

Chaotic scenes continued this morning as travellers queued for up to two hours for security and six flights were cancelled, but the airport has denied rumours of a security worker strike.

The airport - Europe’s third busiest - has today warned of “long queues at check-in, security and passport control.”

But they have denied claims by Dutch trade union FNV that security workers went on a “wildcat” strike on Wednesday morning.

"The process at the security checks continues,” Schiphol airport tweeted.

At least six flights have been cancelled today, including five flights to UK airports and one to Vienna.

Furious passengers took to social media to vent their frustration.

“What a drama… waiting, waiting, waiting! All done with #Schiphol,” one man tweeted.

Over the weekend, the Netherlands’ national airline KLM cancelled more than 70 flights from Schipol, while other airlines - including Transavia, Tui and Corendon - rerouted flights to other Dutch airports.

The airport had requested the cancellations due to a staff shortage.

“It is an annoying but necessary measure to reduce the numbers of travellers, in order to manage the crowds in the right direction together with our partners," a Schiphol spokesperson explained.

On Saturday, passengers were asked to arrive more than four hours before departure, and the fire department were called in to distribute water bottles to queueing passengers.

The airport suffered from lengthy delays earlier in April after KLM baggage handlers staged a strike to protest working conditions.

Long delays are expected over the coming weekend. Local newspaper Het Parool predicts that 194,000