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Ostend Airport

Cargo at Ostend Airport could be constricted if a complaint from three NGOs over finance and environmental issues results in overnight closure. 

The biggest gripe against the airport is what the groups claim are illegal government subsidies.

The 2015-2017 annual accounts show the airports of Ostend and Antwerp with aeronautical turnover of €17m ($19m), but receiving subsidies of €32m. 

The latest available figures for Ostend, which has a reputation for cargo charter flights, show it handled 27,719 tonnes of cargo in 2018, up ...