Sustainability and Environment
Environmental Groups Increase Pressure on Bizav in Europe
Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s largest airports, plans to ban private jets and small business aircraft, a step that might be followed by others.
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Although a ban on business aviation flights at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has been proposed, the airport is a public facility and subject to providing a legal basis for such a ban. (Photo: Jeroen Komen)

In a move that has sent shockwaves through the industry, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport announced early last month that it plans to ban private jets and small business aircraft from operating at its facility starting in 2025. The decision underscores the growing influence of the European Green Deal and the push toward climate neutrality, which are shaping public opinion and policy across the region.

By choosing to remove a part of its business that is perceived as being contentious from an environmental and social perspective, one of Europe’s largest airports took a step that might be followed by others.