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https://www.pilootenvliegtuig.nl/2024/0 ... zoen-2024/
...well, they had a good run since 1982, considering the trials and tribulations in the past....
Google Translation:
...also seeDDA will stop flying activities after the 2024 season
February 13, 2024
SCHIPHOL-OOST - DDA Classic Airlines is forced to put an end to its flying activities.
After the 2024 flying season,
a period of more than forty years of Dakota flying in the Netherlands will end.
The DDA board informed members and sponsors of the organization about the decision on Monday.
The board gives several reasons for the decision to discontinue activities.
These are related to, among other things,
housing problems at Schiphol and the growing uncertainty about the
availability of take-off and landing rights (slots) at Schiphol in the coming years.
The DDA does not see any options for locating the PH-PBA at another airport in the Netherlands.
The reduced availability of Avgas,
increasingly strict environmental and noise regulations and
high insurance and training costs
also played a role in the decision.
The cessation of flying activities in 2024 falls in a special year.
The DC-3 'PBA' turns eighty this year
and also took part in the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy eighty years ago.
The aircraft also took part in Operation Market Garden eighty years ago.
The PH-PBA will be present at commemorations in Normandy and around Market Garden this year.
It is not yet clear what will happen to the PH-PBA.
https://www.upinthesky.nl/2024/02/13/dd ... t-vliegen/