Irish Examiner view: Dutch on the double

Reduction in Schiphol flights

Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam is a popular cheap-flight destination.

You have to hand it to the Dutch. First, they take on an age group who are the most assiduous, committed, and enthusiastic users of mobile technology — teenagers — by banning phones in secondary school classrooms.

Now, in a reversal of effort to position Schiphol Airport as a European hub to rival and replace Heathrow, appeal court judges in Amsterdam have ruled the Netherlands government can order a reduction in flights from 500,000 per annum to 460,000.