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Amsterdam City Joins Fight to Cut Schiphol Airport’s Capacity
A passenger aircraft, operated by Air France-KLM, taxies to the Polderbaan for take off from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Amsterdam’s municipality called for flights at Schiphol airport to be cut by 12% to reduce noise pollution, intensifying the battle between politicians and airlines over the hub’s capacity.
The municipality, which holds a 20% stake in Europe’s biggest transfer hub, is now an “activist shareholder of Schiphol” and will take a tougher stance on proposals for a ban on private jets and the cancellation of night flights at the hub, Amsterdam councilor Hester van Buren said in an interview with Dutch newspaper Het Parool published on Monday.