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Government Requirements: Amsterdam Airport has a growth limit

Government Requirements: Amsterdam Airport has a growth limit

The government of the Netherlands imposes restrictions on flight movements at the largest airport. Amsterdam Airport accepts this – but wants a different solution for 2025.

Before the pandemic, it was the third busiest airport in Europe. 71.7 million people used Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in 2019, which counted 497,000 flights in that time. Even if the demand for air travel is currently high, it will no longer reach this mark. Because the Netherlands government has ordered the airport to limit flight movements from 2023.

Infrastructure Secretary Mark Harpers originally wanted to cap the number of takeoffs and landings to 440,000 per year, then proposed 460,000 as a temporary solution. So far, 500,000 flight movements have been considered the limit. The reason for this procedure is to reduce noise and environmental pollution. Meanwhile, Amsterdam Airport has accepted the new proposal – initially for a period of two years.

required growth as of 2025

From 2025, the Schiphol Group wants to be able to grow again. It is calling for the government and parliament to put in place the new traffic regulations at airports, which have been in the works since 2016 but have never been implemented. Rather than imposing restrictions on flying, it relies on disincentives for older, noisier and more polluting aircraft.

In 2022, Amsterdam Airport counted 397,646 flights. So the new borders shouldn’t hurt too much. However, KLM has already stated that the restriction to 440,000 flight movements could lead to a curtailment of about 30 destinations.