Schiphol grows cargo volumes – but airport stakeholders want more
News that Schiphol (AMS) has grown its cargo volumes in the first half of the ...
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By Alex Lennane
Airlines with an interest in Schiphol are taking the Dutch government to court, challenging its decision to cut flights at the airport.
KLM, which accounts for 60% of the airport’s traffic, has joined with Martinair, Delta, Corendon, easyJet and TUI to argue that airlines themselves can cut noise levels and emissions while maintaining flight numbers.
The airlines claim the decision to cut Schiphol capacity from 500,000 to 460,000 flight movements a year “is incomprehensible”.
They argue: “The airlines have already made multi-billion-euro investments ...
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