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Dutch coalition caps Schiphol at 478,000 moves, proposes midnight–5am curfew and opens Lelystad with 10,000 slots

The new Dutch coalition agreed to cap Amsterdam Schiphol at 478,000 annual aircraft movements, consider a midnight–05:00 closure and transfer up to 10,000 holiday flight movements to Lelystad Airport — which the government plans to open for commercial services in 2027. The package drew pushback from KLM and environmental groups.

Discovered 2026-02-02T01:27:52.573861-08:00 | 2026-02-02T01:27:52.573861-08:00

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  • A 478,000-movement cap and potential 00:00–05:00 curfew will reduce Schiphol’s usable capacity, forcing schedule changes and slot reallocations that will affect hub carriers and feeder networks — see KLM’s recent network adjustments (source:a6891ea7-5920-48e9-a5e6-cc0dbc945df1).
  • Moving up to 10,000 holiday movements to Lelystad provides limited relief and shifts environmental and operational burdens to a new airport; Schiphol’s operational fragility has already produced major schedule disruption (source:785f16b7-290f-4da6-8809-b073e07860cc).
  • The coalition’s package signals a regulatory pivot prioritizing local environmental constraints over growth, strengthening carriers’ arguments for state support on SAF and connectivity policy (source:b69b356f-2e21-49c8-815b-703b187b9793).

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