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JetBlue's Amsterdam expulsion exposes EU-US Open Skies stress

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Among the unintended consequences of capacity cuts at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, aimed at reducing noise, is that they may also limit competition and contravene the EU-US Open Skies Agreement.

It has been widely reported that the Schiphol slot coordinator, Airport Coordination Netherlands (ACNL), has not allocated the US carrier JetBlue any slots for northern summer 2024. This results from aircraft movement limits to be imposed next year.

JetBlue had anticipated this and its fears now appear to have been confirmed by ACNL's initial slot allocation on 2-Nov-2023.

As a result, JetBlue has called for suspension of KLM's New York JFK services, limiting ATI for KLM and Delta Air Lines, or the transfer of slots.

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