Schiphol cuts 14,500 flights as permanent contraction begins
Perhaps that headline should actually read "slots" rather than "flights"....
Schiphol cuts 14,500 flights as permanent contraction begins
Schiphol cut 14,500 flight movements, slot coordinator Hugo Thomassen told De Telegraaf. These are flight slots that have become available but will not be redistributed to the airlines.
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The airport will decide later this week whether it will cut even more flight movements in the coming months. Sources told the Telegraaf that the airport aims to cut 40,000 flight movements this year.
A spokesperson for Schiphol told the Telegraaf that the 14,500 cut to flight movements is separate from the Cabinet’s plans to shrink the airport. “Schiphol has decided to release slots in phases in the context of a controlled recovery after the coronavirus,” the spokesperson said.