Amsterdam Schiphol plans to enact a blanket ban on private jets and further restrict take-offs and landings in order to bring about a "quieter, cleaner and better aviation". Under new rules at the airport, no aircraft will take off between midnight and 06:00 or land between midnight and 05:00, barring emergency or medical services. Schiphol is also abandoning its Kaagbaan second runway and banning the noisiest aircraft. Pressure on Schiphol to improve its environmental performance has increased in recent years, with the Dutch government announcing deep cuts to the number of flights operating from the airport as part of a "new equilibrium". Several airlines have since declared their intention to sue over the plans, arguing that they can cut noise and carbon without slashing the number of services. Schiphol says its latest actions will result in 10,000 fewer night flights per year and phase out the noisiest aircraft over time. The ban on private jets and "small business aviation" will likewise take out activity that causes a "disproportionate amount of noise nuisance and CO2 emissions per passenger", it adds. Some 30-50% of these flights are to leisure destinations such as Ibiza, Cannes and Innsbruck, where there is plenty of alternative connectivity, notes the airport. Enacting these measures by 2025-26 will reduce the number of people around Schiphol experiencing severe nuisance by 16% and cut sleep disturbance by 54%, it calculates. "Schiphol connects the Netherlands with the rest of the world," states Ruud Sondag, chief executive of Royal Schiphol Group. "We want to keep doing that, but we must do it better. The only way forward is to become quieter and cleaner more rapidly. "We have thought about growth but too little about its impact for too long. We need to be sustainable for our employees, the local environment and the world. I realise that our choices may have significant implications for the aviation industry, but they are necessary."

SAS has launched two new biofuel SAF tickets to make it easier for travellers to fly more sustainably. Called Go Smart and Plus Pro, the tickets will be available on all SAS domestic, Scandinavian and European flights, the airline says. it adds that the two ticket types include the cost of approximately 50% biofuel SAF, which is calculated on an average journey, corresponding to approximately 60 minutes on Swedish or Norwegian domestic, 60 minutes within Scandinavia, 35 minutes on Danish domestic or 90 minutes on European flights. The amount of biofuel SAF purchased will be used to replace the equivalent amount of fossil fuel in SAS's operations. The airline says the purchase of biofuel SAF will take place within 12 months and it will make no profit from the purchase. "Our journey toward a more sustainable aviation continues and by increasing the use of biofuel we are bridging the gap to zero-emission flights," says SAS's head of sustainability Ann-Sofie Horlin. "We know it is important for our customers, both leisure and corporate, to actively take part in these efforts and SAS Bio will fill this demand."

Finnair plans to axe two of its shortest domestic routes "due to economic and environmental considerations" and replace them with bus connections. This will end the Oneworld carrier's air links to Turku and Tampere from Helsinki at the end of the month. Bus services will begin on 1 May. Finnair has already replaced its midday flight from there cities with busses to reduce carbon emissions.. "The flights to Tampere and Turku are very short, and the relatively low passenger numbers – around 35% load factors – on these routes cause them to have a higher CO2 emission per passenger than many other short routes in our network, " states Perttu Jolma, Finnair's vice-president for network. "Road, or rail, transportation is a more sustainable option for connections between Helsinki airport and these cities." The scheduled flight times to Turku and Tampere are both 35min, but the actual flight times are about 25min.