Amsterdam Airport Schiphol announced on Tuesday the upcoming ban on night flights and private jets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and noise pollution.
Planes will be banned from taking off between midnight and 6 a.m. and will not be allowed to land before 5 a.m., the airport’s chief executive said in a statement. These changes to one of Europe’s biggest air hubs are set to come into effect from 2025-2026.
“The only way forward is to get quieter and cleaner, faster“, Royal Schiphol Group CEO Ruud Sondag said in a statement. “For too long we have thought only of growth and too little of the price to pay“, he added. The ban on night flights will bring “peace in the surroundings“Said Schiphol, following years of noise complaints.
This means 10,000 fewer flights per year, the airport said.
