Five airlines to sue Dutch government for reducing flights from Amsterdam
The airlines KLM, Delta Air Lines, Corendon Airlines, EasyJet and TUI announced Friday that they will take the Dutch government to court for what they consider “a unilateral decision” to reduce “drastically” and “without seeking alternatives” the number of flights at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
In a statement, the five airlines explain that they will “initiate summary proceedings against the Dutch government to ensure that the Netherlands remains connected to the rest of the world through Schiphol.”
“The airlines are convinced that they can reduce noise and CO2 emissions by maintaining the destination network for the millions of passengers and tons of cargo they transport to and from Schiphol each year,” the companies claim.
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They consider “incomprehensible the unilateral and sudden decision” of the Dutch Executive to reduce from a maximum of 500,000 flights per year, to 440,000 in 2024, and believe that this type of measures are “operational restrictions” that want to be implemented “without investigating viable alternative solutions” to reduce noise.
They also recall that this airfield makes “an important contribution” to the Dutch economy, since, in addition to the money left by millions of passengers passing through each year, it “generates, directly and indirectly, more than 100,000 jobs” and is an attraction for foreign companies wishing to set up in the Netherlands.
The airlines have not specified on what date they plan to initiate summary proceedings against Mark Rutte’s government, but the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure has already said in a brief response that it will not comment as there is a possible legal procedure on the table, reported EFE.
“We want to maintain the way of working whereby Schiphol’s runways are used in such a way as to cause the least disturbance,” the Ministry warns.
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