Should you start flying from Germany? More and more Dutch travellers are: here’s why

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- Advertisement -Why pay €29 in taxes to fly from Amsterdam when you can hop across the border, grab a bratwurst and save some money? That is the question more and more Dutch travellers seem to be asking, and the answer is increasingly “Auf Wiedersehen, Schiphol.”According to AD, in 2024 alone, a record-breaking 2.3 million Dutch travellers packed their suitcases and headed to Germany’s border airports, mostly Düsseldorf and Weeze. Weeze, meanwhile, is practically a Dutch colony at this point: 40% of its passengers are from the Netherlands. And Dutch airports are only getting more expensiveGerman airports become even more appealing when you consider that, starting in 2027, Dutch flight taxes are set to climb even higher: €47 for medium-haul flights and €71 for long-haul. - Advertisement -A trend that will continueGovernment research predicts 45,000 Dutch travellers will ditch home airports for foreign ones in 2030.