The Dutch government has now granted permission to operate an additional A380 flight at Amsterdam Schiphol, according to reports.
Emirates already operates a twice daily service (the other flight is currently flown by B777-300ER) from the Dutch airport so it means it will be able to both offer a more attractive product for both flights and provide more seats to passengers.
As we have previously reported (see news November 19), the news that Emirates wished to operate a twice daily A380 service at Schiphol did not go down well with both national airline KLM and the Dutch pilots’ union VNV.
But really the opportunities for the Dutch government to intervene and restrict Emirates are limited. Holland favours “open skies” and its aviation treaty with the UAE is a liberal one.
According to Dutch financial newspaper fd.nl, Sharon Dijksma, the State Secretary for Intfrastructure and the Environment emphasises that “Only if it is shown that the companies [airlines] from the UAE do not comply with the provisions of the aviation agreement can we stop the second daily service of the A380.”
The Dutch ruling will allow the carrier to start its second daily A380 service from February 1, 2016.
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Stowaway found at Schiphol
(CNN)-The body of a stowaway was discovered Saturday in the landing gear of a cargo plane at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, a Dutch border police official told CNN.
A forensic investigation is ongoing, said Dennis Muller, spokesman for the border police, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.
The man’s body has been taken to a morgue, where the authorities hope to identify him, he said.
The plane landed at the airport between 6 and 6:30 a.m. local time, having departed from Africa, Muller said. He declined to specify from which country.
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I’m suspecting this flight to be Martinair Holland 8342 from NBO.
Sébastien