Doing this for noise abatement, and to be “green” a la “climate change”.
The effect will eliminate about 27 flights per day.
- Schiphol Airport will add a curfew by 2025, though the goal is to implement it earlier; takeoffs won’t be allowed from 12AM until 6AM, while landings won’t be possible from 12AM until 5AM
- Schiphol Airport will ban private jets by 2025, in order to minimize traffic
- Schiphol Airport wants to ban “noisy” aircraft, including the Boeing 747, by 2025, though exact details remain to be seen
- Schiphol Airport won’t be getting an additional new runway, which was under consideration for quite some time
Source: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Plans Curfew, Private Jet Ban – One Mile at a Time
Will other airports follow this? Will we see a gradual cutback in available flights leading to sharply higher airfares, making air travel impossible for many?