Local rule for Schiphol cargo flights given thumbs up

The ‘local rule’ reissuing 25% of unused slots to cargo flights at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has been approved by minister of infrastructure and water management, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen. Cargo flights came under pressure in the summer of 2017 when Schiphol reached the maximum of 500,000 flight movements. Stricter regulations made it harder for cargo flights […]

Freighters at Schiphol dealt ‘death strike’ as local rule is rejected

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s position as an international mainport is at risk after low cost carriers rejected a ‘local rule’ to give priority for spare slots to freighter flights. The airport is nearing its limit of 500,000 flight movements per year, and freighters are likely to suffer, with the FNV trade union warning that 30 weekly […]