Laura Ash
Plans for Amsterdam’s second airport have hit troubled water as concerns for the environment grow. There are now brewing tensions between government ministers who support the airport launch and those who say the economic benefit is not worth the environmental cost.
Nearly two years after it was expected to open, Lelystad Airport remains vacant. It was supposed to be the second airport in the Dutch capital, designed to help the country meet customer demand and generate further economic interest in the Netherlands. However, plans for launching the project have now hit turbulent headwinds as minsters deliberate over the environmental repercussions.