Politico
Tommasco Lecca
09 June 2025
Winnie de Wit is very familiar with jet engines — between 400 and 700 airplanes roar over her house in Assendelft, a small town 30 kilometers north of Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, every day and night.
Enraged neighbors want the noise cut. Airlines and the city want it to remain a crucial hub. The fight has entangled the central government, Amsterdam’s city administration, the courts, local activists, airlines and business groups, the European Commission and even the United States.
Meanwhile, other European airports are looking on nervously, worrying they’ll be next as the aviation industry runs into growing climate and environmental challenges.
Read on: Dutch brawl over airport noise sets tone for rest of Europe – POLITICO - 09 Jun 2025
