News / Schiphol Airport could gain 40,000 more slots, but must keep it quiet

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Schiphol Airport could gain an extra 40,000 aircraft slots to ease its capacity issues – providing it meets strict new government criteria on noise levels.  

Minister for Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen said more slots would be made available to the Dutch gateway if it showed a “demonstrable reduction in nuisance levels for local residents”, including a cut in the number of night flights.  

She said: “Schiphol is one of the pillars of the Dutch economy; we are a trading country and we earn our living ...