2023-07-07 15:22:00
The Netherlands is allowed to reduce the number of take-offs and landings at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. In an appeal, a court in Amsterdam declared a government order to be lawful. It thus overturned a contrary decision by an administrative court before which airlines had appealed against the restrictions.
The government had previously decided that the major European airport would have to reduce the number of flights from the current maximum of 500,000 a year to 460,000 flights from November in order to reduce noise and carbon dioxide emissions. In the coming year, the upper limit of 440,000 flights should apply.
Caption: Fewer machines will take off and land at Schipol Airport in the future. IMAGO / René Traut
As the court in Amsterdam ruled, the government violated neither national nor European law with this order. The order also ends a procedure that has been practiced since 2015, with which more flights are tolerated than are actually permitted for noise protection reasons. The airlines have no right to continue this illegal situation.
The court supports the position of the residents
The airline KLM and four other companies had sued against a restriction on the number of flights. You had argued that the government had not examined any alternatives. The companies were convinced that they could reduce noise and CO₂ emissions even if the number of flights remained the same.
With regard to the balancing of interests, the court stated that it attached considerable weight to the concerns of the residents. The airlines’ concerns about serious damage and the concerns of the airport and passengers could not outweigh them.
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