A group of airlines will begin new legal proceedings against a judgement allowing the Dutch government to cut the number of annual flights from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from this winter.
The government received the go ahead to reduce flights at Schiphol to 460,000 per year from November 2023 when the Amsterdam Court of Appeal earlier this month overturned a previous ruling by a lower court in the Netherlands.
The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) said that “numerous airlines” would start so-called “cassation proceedings” against the Amsterdam Court of Appeal’s judgement.
These airlines include the KLM Group, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and JetBlue, as well as industry associations IATA and Airlines for America. The action is also being supported by ERA and Airlines for Europe (A4E).
“The current judgement by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal creates a lack of clarity and causes uncertainty for passengers and the aviation sector,” said a joint statement from the airlines and aviation associations.
“This is because it is unclear how the experimental scheme will be applied, how it should be enforced and ultimately how the ruling will affect the number of aircraft movements at Schiphol airport.
“Moreover, the judgement conflicts with national, European and international regulations. It is in the interests of all parties to obtain clarity.”