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.
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