Netherlands aviation threatened by limit to Schiphol flight numbers

The Dutch government has announced that annual flight movements at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will be limited to 440,000 from November 2023, citing environmental concerns and the impact on local residents. Schiphol warned of major risks to its network, while IATA called the cut "a throttling of air connectivity" and KLM said it "strongly undermines the hub function". Schiphol dominates Netherlands aviation, with 86% of all flights to/from/in the country, and other airports are not able to absorb the cut in Schiphol's flight numbers.