News / Bumpy ride for Schiphol as COO quits and plan to cut slots comes under fire

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The Dutch parliament is today discussing the plan to cut 60,000 slots at Schiphol – a proposal found to be “arbitrary” and “one-sided”, according to university researchers hired by the government.

The crucial discussion comes as Schiphol faces more significant upheaval: on Friday, chief operating officer Hanne Buis, in the role since June 2020, said she would leave on 1 February over a “difference of opinion on the operational management of the airport”.

The airport said: “The management board and supervisory board ...