Dutch court blocks government’s move to cut Schiphol Airport flights

Dutch court blocks government’s move to cut Schiphol Airport flights
Passengers wait to board flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (Peter Dejong/AP)

A judge has ruled that the Dutch government cannot order Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport to reduce the number of flights from 500,000 per year to 460,000, dealing a blow to efforts to cut emissions and noise pollution.

The ruling came in a summary case brought by airlines and civil aviation organisations led by Dutch carrier KLM which sought to halt the planned cuts unveiled last year.

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