ANVR: It seems that Schiphol is trying to sweep its street clean
Sondag stated in an interview with Het Financieele Dagblad on Friday that the dealing with corporations, that are employed by the airways and never by Schiphol itself, are nonetheless wanting a whole lot of individuals. In response to him, if they don’t remedy that drawback inside just a few weeks, the airport must intervene once more.
“It can’t be the case that we are actually going accountable one another,” ANVR spokeswoman Hanita van der Meer responds. “Plainly Schiphol is now throwing it on the handlers to say later: we have now every thing so as.” She thinks this “slide-off coverage” is “not honest to vacationers”. It could solely confuse them. Final 12 months there was already lots of chaos at Schiphol with lengthy queues, cancellations and passengers lacking their flights.
Hanita van der Meer. Picture (c) Journey media
Assured
The tone of Sondag’s new ultimatum deviates strongly from the message that the Schiphol boss got here up with final month. In mid-January, he stated that the restrict on the variety of vacationers who can depart from the airport day by day will expire after March. “That Might vacation, we’re simply going to do it”, Sondag was nonetheless assured on the time.
“That was just a few weeks in the past,” emphasizes van der Meer. The journey trade is in nearly steady contact with Schiphol on this topic. In these conversations, the ANVR will even categorical its opinion on Sondag’s new statements. Identical to final 12 months, having all flights canceled will not be an choice for the journey organizations for the approaching vacation intervals. “Not after all of the plans which have been made, all the guarantees and all of the onerous phrases from Schiphol itself.”
Tooth up
A spokesman for Schiphol signifies that there’s “no query of shifting”. It could be one thing that the events have to resolve collectively. BARIN, the curiosity group for the airways, thinks the identical manner. “We’ll all should go the additional mile to make sure that we will accommodate the vary of vacationers,” says BARIN chairman Marnix Fruitema. “I’ve each confidence that this can work.”
