Dutch govt to cut Schiphol capacity to 478,000 flights

The Netherlands government has announced that total flight capacity at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport will be cut by 4.4 per cent to 478,000 flights per year in 2025.

But the decision was criticised by KLM, Schiphol’s largest airline, which said the move was “incomprehensible” and could lead to “retaliatory measures” from other countries.

The new Dutch coalition government announced in September that it would cut Schiphol’s capacity from its current 500,000 annual flights to between 475,000 to 485,000 per year to reduce noise pollution from the hub airport.

The infrastructure ministry has now confirmed the reduction to 478,000 flights next year – although this is higher than the previous government’s plan to cut the…