Schiphol capacity to be decimated???
We will be having parliamentary elections on november 22 here in NL. One of the hot items is the planned reduction of flights at Schiphol.
Depending on which political party you ask, the target amount of flights varies greatly. Problem of course are the many international treaties that don’t allow such reduction just like that. This might have serious repercussions, including sanctions by the USA or China on the Netherlands. And rightly so.
this debate has started with over-zealous environmentalists like Extinction Rebellion and ExPlane. (and Dutch affiliated parties, especially Schipholwatch)
Unfortunately their actions have spilled over into politics, and schiphol is in serious danger of being hijacked by our elections. Left wing parties call for 50% reduction. Even right wing parties are calling for outright reductions, (10%) despite several treaties which prohibit this, such as:
the European Union
Icao
Open Skies (EU-USA)
Bilateral treaties (NL-China etc)
This creates an unsurvavable situation for local carriers: KLM and Transavia. (Both AFKL)
The most confronting of all this is the fact that aviation is booming, and schiphol will be the only airport worldwide, that will reduce flights.
Have we gone crazy here in NL? You might be able to see a country’s self destruction….