News / Schiphol Cargo eyes a more 'favourable wind' as plan to cut slots is ruled out

15/07/2024

UPDATED 15.7.24 AT 17.05 GMT to include Schiphol statement and correction.

The infighting at Schiphol could be set to end following the news that the Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that the previous government and airport’s plan to cut slots was illegal.

The court ruled that the ’Balanced Approach’, proscribed by IATA and the EU, must be used to cut noise, rather than the unilateral decision to reduce slots to 460,000.

The four pillars of the Balanced Approach are:

reduction of noise at source; land-use ...