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Schiphol Expects Nearly 1,400 Daily Flights as European Summer Travel Season Ends

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol expects an average of 1,395 daily flights in the final week of August, maintaining heavy traffic as the summer season winds down while the airport continues to operate under environmental and noise-related capacity constraints.
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