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Technology Base. As an example of this, in September and October of 2021, the airport was used as part of a research project to explore changes to how aircraft
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General Aviation users in 2015, and commercial traffic in 2016. Movements would be limited to 22.000 a year under the proposal primarily for noise abatement. However, in June 2014 both the provincial government and the city of
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later that day. Besides the arrival of aircraft for scrapping, additional traffic allowed at the airport include cargo aircraft to transport airplane parts, business charter aircraft of a number of operators that requested permission to use the airfield, a limited number of smaller
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intended to start using the airport to scrap aircraft. As part of the plan, Aeronextlife would become responsible for the costs of certain vital services required for airport operation, such as a fire fighting presence during aircraft operations.
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Enschede Airport Twente and ran by the privately held company Enschede Airport Twente
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Currently there are no scheduled flights from and to Twente
Airport. Historical destinations include charter flights to
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