Regulations and Government
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Plans To Ban Business Aircraft in 2025
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is proposing a ban on business aircraft starting in 2025 as part of a wider strategy to reduce noise and CO2 emissions.
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Amsterdam Schiphol Airport's proposed ban on business aircraft to reduce noise and CO2 emissions would hurt on-field businesses such as Jet Aviation, which provides FBO/ground handling services for these aircraft. (Photo: Jet Aviation)

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (EHAM) intends to ban private jets and small business aircraft starting in 2025 as part of a wider strategy to introduce a system that focuses on the structural reduction of noise and carbon dioxide (COs) emissions in line with the Paris climate agreement. According to the Dutch airport operator, business aviation flights cause a “disproportionate amount of noise nuisance and CO2 emissions per passenger.” It maintains that business flights produce “around 20 times” more CO2 than commercial flights.

The airport’s revamped environmental strategy, announced on Tuesday, also includes a ban on night flights and nixes a project for an additional runway. However, police and ambulance flights would continue to be allowed.