News / Schiphol awaits results of EU slot consultation as MAA bans older widebodies

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Just as the slot argument in the EU reaches new heights, Maastricht Airport (MAA) is set to ban older 747s and MD-11s, a move that will hit freighter operators.

The ban is expected to come into effect in April, and will see 747-200s prohibited from using the airport, which has sometimes been used as an air cargo overflow for Schiphol.

But Air Cargo Netherlands was sanguine about the move. MD Maarten van As said countries needed to take a proactive policy towards ...