Aerial view of Schiphol airport near Amsterdam April 9, 2014. REUTERS/Yves HermanAMSTERDAM - 31 October 2017:Authorities in the Netherlands tried on Tuesday to defuse a Russian threat to close Russian air space to Dutch planes in a dispute over landing slots at Schiphol, Europe's third-busiest airport.Russia has threatened to enforce the ban from Saturday. "It's only a threat but you have to prepare," Van Doesburg said. "Russia does this sometimes when it feels countries aren't giving appropriate attention to a complaint. A KLM spokeswoman said the airline would respond later.A spokeswoman for Airport Coordination Netherlands, the organization which allocates slots at Schiphol, said it only responds to written questions and would try to answer them "in a timely manner.

Source: Egypt Today October 31, 2017 16:30 UTC