In this way, the government says it meets both the interests of the aviation sector and the interests of local residents.
22,000 less (or 5,000 more?)
In the previous version of the airport traffic decree, the maximum was set at 500,000 flight movements per year. In practice, however, that number was not achieved: in 2024 there were 473,000 starts and landings. Although the new maximum of 478,000 is lower than the earlier 500,000, so from November around 5,000 flight movements are more permitted than actually carried out last year.
Nevertheless, according to Minister Madlener of Infrastructure and Water Management with This adjustment ‘Implementing the decision of the court in The Hague of 20 March 2024 by limiting the noise nuisance by determining a volume ceiling’.
In that judgment, the court ruled that the state had to do more to protect neighbors. For Prosecutor RBV Foundation (Right to Airplane Hinder protection) Reason for a partyalso because, according to the lawyer, the judgment meant that a maximum of 400,000 flights would be realistic. So Madlener does not go that far.