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Antonovs are no longer welcome at Maastricht Aachen Airport
Maastricht Airport, 1 November 2018 -
The Maastricht Aachen Airport management has decided to no longer welcome Antonov aircraft.
This decision is a direct result of the many complaints that a series of flights with this aircraft last summer.
At the request of the environment
Director Jos Roeven: 'Last summer we received several comments from local residents about the Antonovs.
This was also discussed during a quarterly consultation with the local residents.
We then investigated the possibilities of excluding these types of devices.
Which was not so easy.
Because you can not just say: you can come and you do not.
That is why we have increased the landing fees of these aircraft with occasional cargo flights in such a way that it is no longer attractive to fly here.
So now no more Antonovs at Maastricht Aachen Airport.
I have to note that exceptions confirm the rule.
Think of emergency situations or humanitarian flights. The latter regularly deploy these types of devices. The ban applies to the AN12, AN22, AN24, AN26 and AN30. '
Other airport
For Maastricht Aachen Airport this may mean that incidental cargo flights now choose another airport.
Like the flights that lead to so many complaints last summer.
This series of flights landed with high-tech components for a customer of a Limburg forwarding agent.
As a result of a production stop by a factory fire, these parts had to be flown in now.
Jos Roeven says: 'Of course this is never fun: saying to customers that they are no longer welcome.
And also the lost revenue of these flights is no news that I like to share with my shareholders.
But we hope to show local residents that we are certainly prepared to take measures to limit the nuisance. '
Noise-limiting measures
No longer allowing Antonovs at Maastricht Aachen Airport is one of the many measures that the airport has already taken to limit the inconvenience for local residents.
Earlier this year, the larger aircrafts were no longer welcome,
cargo planes were no longer welcome between April 6 and 7,
and airlines were urged to use their power supply grid only if necessary for takeoff, landing or refrigerated cargo.
Discussions also take place with airline companies to optimize their program
in order to reduce the chance of landing after 11 pm. Just a few of the different measures.
