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Order of the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management no. IenM/BSK-

of [date], containing rules for the implementation of the Schiphol and Lelystad

Airports (Traffic Distribution) Decree

The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management,

Having regard to article 2, paragraph 3 of the Schiphol and Lelystad Airports (Traffic

Distribution) Decree;

ORDERS:

Article 1

1. All flights to a destination listed in schedule 1 to this Order are designated as

transfer flights.

2. Only destinations that satisfy the following criteria are listed in schedule 1:

a. an average transfer percentage of all flights departing from Schiphol Airport of at

least 10%, measured over the five calendar years preceding publication of the

designation;

b. more than ten flights per year in the three years preceding publication of the

designation.

Article 2

1. All flights to a destination listed in schedule 2 to this Order are designated as point-

to-point flights.

2. Only destinations the satisfy the following criteria are listed in schedule 2:

a. an average transfer percentage of all flights departing from Schiphol Airport of

less than 10%, measured over the five calendar years preceding publication of

the designation;

b. more than ten flights per year in the three years preceding publication of the

designation.

Article 3

This Order enters into force on the day the Schiphol and Lelystad Airports (Traffic

Distribution) Decree enters into force.

This Order and the explanatory memorandum pertaining to it will be published in the

Government Gazette.

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THE MINISTER OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATER MANAGEMENT

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Schedule 1, pertaining to article 1 (destinations served by transfer flights)

Airport Code

Aalborg AAL

Aarhus AAR

Aberdeen ABZ

Accra ACC

Addis Ababa ADD

Aalesund AES

Alma Ata ALA

Alicante ALC

Stockholm ARN

Athens ATH

Atlanta ATL

Aruba AUA

Abu Dhabi AUH

Bahrain BAH

Barcelona BCN

Belgrade BEG

Bergen BGO

Belfast BHD

Birmingham BHX

Bilbao BIO

Bangkok BKK

Billund BLL

Bologna BLQ

Bangalore BLR

Bordeaux BOD

Bogota BOG

Mumbai BOM

Bonaire BON

Boston BOS

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Bremen BRE

Bristol BRS

Brussels BRU

Basle/Mulhouse BSL

Budapest BUD

Cagliari CAG

Cairo CAI

Guangzhou CAN

Paris CDG

Clermont-Ferrand CFE

Jakarta CGK

Cologne CGN

Cali CLO

Colombo CMB

Copenhagen CPH

Cape Town CPT

Cartagena CTG

Chengdu CTU

Curacao CUR

Cardiff CWL

Dar Es Salaam DAR

Delhi DEL

Dallas/Fort Worth DFW

Dammam DMM

Doha DOH

Denpasar Bali DPS

Dresden DRS

Detroit DTW

Dublin DUB

Düsseldorf DUS

Dubai DXB

Entebbe EBB

Edinburgh EDI

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Newark EWR

Buenos Aires EZE

Rome FCO

Florence FLR

Freetown FNA

Frankfurt FRA

Fukuoka FUK

Gdansk GDN

Rio de Janeiro GIG

Glasgow GLA

Genoa GOA

Gothenburg GOT

São Paulo GRU

Graz GRZ

Atyrau GUW

Geneva GVA

Guayaquil GYE

Hannover HAJ

Hamburg HAM

Havana HAV

Helsinki HEL

Hangzhou HGH

Hong Kong HKG

Harare HRE

Humberside HUY

Washington IAD

Houston IAH

Seoul ICN

Tehran IKA

Inverness INV

Istanbul IST

New York JFK

Johannesburg JNB

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Kilimanjaro JRO

Kiev KBP

Kigali KGL

Osaka KIX

Krakow KRK

Kristiansand KRS

Kuala Lumpur KUL

Kaunas KUN

Kuwait KWI

Luanda LAD

Los Angeles LAX

Leeds LBA

Larnaca LCA

Lodz LCJ

London LCY

St. Petersburg LED

Leipzig LEJ

London LHR

Lima LIM

Milan LIN

Lisbon LIS

Ljubljana LJU

Lagos LOS

Linköping LPI

Lusaka LUN

Luxembourg LUX

Lyon LYS

Madrid MAD

Manchester MAN

Muscat MCT

Mexico City MEX

Miami MIA

Durham MME

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Manila MNL

Montpellier MPL

Marseille MRS

Mauritius MRU

Manston MSE

Minneapolis MSP

Minsk MSQ

Munich MUC

Nairobi NBO

Nice NCE

Newcastle NCL

Norrköping NRK

Tokyo NRT

Nantes NTE

Nuremberg NUE

Norwich NWI

Oporto OPO

Chicago ORD

Cork ORK

Oslo OSL

Bucharest OTP

Portland PDX

Beijing PEK

Perpignan PGF

Prague PRG

Panama City PTY

Shanghai PVG

Riga RIX

Rennes RNS

Monrovia ROB

Santiago SCL

Seattle SEA

San Francisco SFO

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Singapore SIN

Salt Lake City SLC

Sofia SOF

Stuttgart STR

Stavanger SVG

Moscow SVO

Strasbourg SXB

St. Maarten SXM

Tbilisi TBS

Tallinn TLL

Toulouse TLS

Tel Aviv TLV

Taipei TPE

Trondheim TRD

Sandefjord TRF

Turin TRN

Astana TSE

Berlin TXL

Quito UIO

Venice VCE

Vienna VIE

Valencia VLC

Vilnius VNO

Vaxjo VXO

Warsaw WAW

Windhoek WDH

Xiamen XMN

Edmonton YEG

Montreal YUL

Vancouver YVR

Calgary YYC

Toronto YYZ

Zagreb ZAG

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Zürich ZRH

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Schedule 2, pertaining to article 2 (destinations served by point-to-point

flights)

Airport Code

Arrecife ACE

Izmir ADB

Adler/Sochi AER

Agadir AGA

Malaga AGP

Al Hoceima AHU

Ajaccio AJA

Amman AMM

Karpathos AOK

Aqaba AQJ

Kayseri ASR

Antalya AYT

Belfast BFS

Banjul BJL

Bodrum BJV

Bournemouth BOH

Bourgas BOJ

Bari BRI

Berne BRN

Bratislava BTS

Rabil BVC

Brive BVE

Cambridge CBG

Corfu CFU

Chania CHQ

Chambery CMF

Casablanca CMN

Catania CTA

Cancun CUN

Dubrovnik DBV

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Djerba DJE

Dakar DKR

Dalaman DLM

Dundee DND

Doncaster Sheffield DSA

Dubai DWC

Erbil EBL

Ercan ECN

Kefallinia EFL

Bergerac EGC

Eindhoven EIN

Nottingham EMA

Ankara ESB

Evenes EVE

Exeter EXT

Faro FAO

Fez FEZ

Funchal FNC

Fortaleza FOR

Fuerteventura FUE

Gerona GRO

Alanya GZP

Heraklion HER

Holguin HOG

Hurghada HRG

Ibiza IBZ

Innsbruck INN

Islamabad ISB

Ivalo IVL

Jersey JER

Chios JKH

Mikonos JMK

Sitia JSH

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Skiathos JSI

Thira JTR

Kuusamo KAO

Reykjavik KEF

Kos KGS

Kithira KIT

Kalamata KLX

Kittila KTT

Katowice KTW

Kavala KVA

Konya KYA

La Coruna LCG

Lourdes/Tarbes LDE

Almeria LEI

London LGW

Lahore LHE

Las Palmas LPA

Liverpool LPL

London LTN

Luxor LXR

Menorca MAH

Mombasa MBA

Montego Bay MBJ

Mytilene MJT

Malta MLA

Milan MXP

Naples NAP

Natal NAT

Enfidha NBE

Nador NDR

Ohrid OHD

Olbia OLB

Paris ORY

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Oujda OUD

Paramaribo PBM

Ponta Delgada PDL

Paphos PFO

Philadelphia PHL

Palma Mallorca PMI

Palermo PMO

Puerto Plata POP

Pisa PSA

Punta Cana PUJ

Pula PUY

Preveza/Lefkas PVK

Praia RAI

Marrakech RAK

Reus REU

Rhodes RHO

Marsa Alam RMF

Rimini RMI

Rotterdam RTM

Rovaniemi RVN

Istanbul SAW

S. de Compostela SCQ

London SEN

Orlando SFB

Sal SID

Thessaloniki SKG

Samos SMI

Shannon SNN

Southampton SOU

Santa Cruz De La Palma SPC

Split SPU

Sharm El Sheikh SSH

London STN

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Lamezia-Terme SUF

Seville SVQ

Berlin SXF

Salzburg SZG

Terceira Island TER

Tenerife TFS

Tirana TIA

Tivat TIV

Tangier TNG

Treviso TSF

Tetouan TTU

Tunis TUN

Ovda VDA

Volos VOL

Varadero VRA

Verona VRN

Sao Pedro VXE

Chalons sur Marne XCR

Jerez XRY

Zanzibar ZNZ

Zakynthos Is ZTH

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Introduction

This Order is part of the traffic distribution rules. It elaborates on the rules laid down in

the Schiphol and Lelystad Airports (Traffic Distribution) Decree. It first designates

transfer flights and then point-to-point flights.

Transfer flights

Flights are designated as transfer flights on the basis of their destination. All flights to

destinations listed in schedule 1 to the Order are designated as transfer flights.

Pursuant to this Order, destinations are listed in schedule 1 only if they satisfy the

following two criteria:

a. an average transfer percentage of all flights departing from Schiphol Airport of at

least 10%, measured over the five calendar years preceding publication of the

designation;

b. more than 10 flights per year in the three years preceding publication of the

designation.

Re a.

The transfer percentage is a distinguishing criterion because transfer flights contribute to

Schiphol Airport’s hub function. Transfer flights are particularly important to Schiphol

Airport on account of the limited domestic market. The existence of transfer flights

enables, for instance, the profitable operation of long-haul intercontinental flights.

The transfer percentage is known because air carriers that use Schiphol Airport are

obliged to provide the airport with their passenger loading figures for every flight. A

distinction is made between transfer passengers and non-transfer passengers. The

operator charges a different fee for each group (transfer or non-transfer) independently

of the traffic distribution rules.

Re b.

Finally, a minimum frequency is specified. A total frequency of less than 10 flights per

year for a particular destination is so low that it often concerns diverted flights.

Point-to-point flights

Point-to-point flights are also designated on the basis of their destination. Point-to-point

flights are the mirror image, as it were, of transfer flights. All flights to destinations

listed in schedule 2 to the Order are designated as point-to-point flights.

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Destinations are listed in schedule 2 to the Order if they satisfy the following two

criteria:

a. an average transfer percentage of all flights departing from Schiphol Airport of

less than 10%, measured over the five calendar years preceding publication of

the designation;

b. more than ten flights per year in the three years preceding publication of the

designation.

It should be noted that the above criteria are applied consistently to all destinations. A

flight is designated as a transfer flight or a point-to-point flight regardless of the air

carrier concerned.

New destinations will be included in one of the above lists if they satisfy the set criteria.

New destinations can be served from Schiphol Airport using slots that do not fall under

the scope of the traffic distribution rules.

Under the Schiphol and Lelystad Airports (Traffic Distribution) Decree, destinations are

designated every two years. The destinations must be announced at least one year

before publication. Furthermore, air carriers will be consulted before publication.

Air carriers will thus know which destinations they can serve for a period of two years

and will also know at least one year in advance what changes will be made for the

following two-year period.

Entry into force

This Order is part of the traffic distribution rules and is inseparable from the Schiphol

and Lelystad Airports (Traffic Distribution) Decree. Its entry into force is accordingly

linked to the Decree’s entry into force.

THE MINISTER OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATER MANAGEMENT