Dutch government scraps plan to cap flights at Schiphol next summer

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Facing pressure from the U.S. government and the European Union, the Dutch government on Tuesday gave up on a plan to cap the maximum number of flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport next summer, calling the decision "a bitter pill".

The decision is a victory for the airline industry including Air France-KLM's Dutch subsidiary, and U.S. airlines including Delta and JetBlue, who had opposed the cap -- and a loss for environmentalist and resident groups living near Schiphol who had supported the cap.