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Old 17th Feb 2020, 13:01
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Stratofreighter
 
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Originally Posted by Stratofreighter
...if you can read Dutch, then try
https://nos.nl/artikel/2322990-topma...-vluchten.html
Published last Friday.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Dutch ATC want to raise flight-capacity/slots from 500,000 flights to 540,000 flights, putting pressure on Dutch national government.
Publicity like
https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/26210...over-landingen
they can ill-afford right now.

It is not that much about sensationalism anymore, it is about censorship.
And certainly not all Dutch institutions have the wellbeing of residents near Amsterdam Airport in mind.
Amsterdam newspaper Parool is not that much sensationalist:
https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/weer...baan~bbf27729/
De affaire komt op een pikant moment.
Vorige week bepleitten twee van de vier regeringspartijen, D66 en ChristenUnie,

nieuw veiligheids*onderzoek voordat er een besluit valt of Schiphol verder mag groeien.
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