Strong August for Pristina Airport

GLOBAL AVIATION NEWS

Schiphol to cap flights

The Dutch government has made a historic announcement that the number of flights arriving at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport will be capped to bring down pollution. Schiphol, which is the third largest airport in Europe, will be limited to 440.000 flights a year from 2023. This represents an 11% reduction from the pre-pandemic numbers in 2019. The announcement received backlash from industry leaders who spoke out against flight number reductions, despite being broadly committed to sustainability goals. The European aviation association ACI Europe criticised the move for damaging an economic hub in the region. ACI Europe says it is committed to netzero by 2050 and actively encourages airports to assess the emissions of their commercial partners, including aircrafts, as part of their Airport Carbon Accreditation scheme. “Amsterdam Schiphol makes the Netherlands bigger than it is. The decision of the government to significantly reduce the capacity of the airport will make the Netherlands smaller”, says Olivier Jankovec, ACI Europe director general, in reference to the airport's role in the regional economy. In an earlier statement on working alongside law-makers to achieve sustainable air travel, ACI Europe President Javier Marin criticised pushes to reduce regional flights and warned against governments caving in to ‘climate populism’. Other criticisms came from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which spoke out against the government’s move. “Schiphol has been struggling to cope with demand, which shows how important the airport is”, says Willie Walsh, director general of IATA, in reference to the staff shortages which are plaguing European airports including Schiphol. “This crazy decision to cut the airport off at its knees will achieve none of the stated environmental aims, but it will cause irreparable harm to jobs and prosperity. The government should reverse course”, Walsh adds.

Strong August for Pristina Airport

NEWS FLASH

Pristina Airport has registered a strong start to August with passenger numbers growing 18.7% during the first week of the month when compared to the same period last year. The airport has welcomed an average of 11.420 travellers per day or a total of 79.937 passengers on 521 flights between August 1 and 7. It follows on from a record 1.338.994 travellers handled during the first seven months of the year.

Comments

Anonymous14:15
Bad news for SKP, the difference will be quite big this year if PRN continues like this. Such strong performance will also reduce the difference with DBV. The three airports were literally tied last month!
ReplyDelete
Replies
Anonymous14:47
They are publishing results on a weekly basis now? xD
ReplyDelete
Replies
Anonymous17:45
300k PAX this August then! this months PRN should detach from SKP
ReplyDelete
Replies
azdren20:38
going to go down to wire bewteen PRN and SKP !
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

Search This Site

Strong August for Pristina Airport

Comments

Post a Comment