News / Warning to Dutch government over Schiphol Airport slot reduction plan

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Dutch cargo associations have fired warning shots at the government’s plan to reduce slots at Schiphol Airport, calling it overly political and potentially illegal.

Henk Venema, DHL Global Forwarding’s western Europe CEO – and recently appointed president of Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN) – did not pull any punches in his initial statements for the association.

“Shrinkage is politically a temporary solution to make aviation quieter, but it is not the real solution,” he said. “Certainly not when you look at the global ...