In 2024, Schiphol is raising its airport charges not by 12%, as was previously expected, but by 14.8%. The additional increase is necessary due to lost income in 2022, when there was less air traffic. At the start of 2022 there were still some travel restrictions in place because of COVID-19, and airlines operated fewer flights than planned. Security staff shortages also led to a reduction in flights, but Schiphol has not included the estimated share of that in the calculation. (....)