amsterdam authorities netherlands try tuesday defuse threat moscow close russian air space dutch plan dispute land slot amsterdam schiphol airport dutch airline pilot association say russia indicate enforce ban saturday would mainly hurt air france subsidiary klm former dutch flag carrier dutch airline fly russia dispute center reduction 23 13 number slot available russian freight carrier airbridgecargo europe third-busiest airport follow schiphol half-yearly reallocation.on oct. 28. dutch transport ministry talk several party availability slot freight traffic schiphol say spokesman roel vincken decline comment fear negatively impact talk spokesman russian transport ministry say klm airbridgecargo talk klm give slot part possible compromise russian-dutch relations tense since 2014 down malaysia passenger flight mh17 eastern ukraine kill 298 people dutch airbridgecargo dutch chief henk-jan van keulen say telephone interview company force reroute almost half traffic liege belgium use truck reallocation slot schiphol van keulen say financial damage difficult estimate lessen low fee liege partly bear various freight-forwarding company work spokesman joost van doesburg say dutch airline pilot association receive request klm add extra pilot flight travel asia re-route begin saturday russia follow ban hours travel time add asian flight threat prepare van doesburg say russia sometimes feel countries give appropriate attention complaint de telegraaf newspaper report around 15 percent klm flight would affect klm spokeswoman say airline would respond late airport coordination netherlands organization allocate slot schiphol say airbridgecargo slot cut failure fully utilize exist slot accord european rule power grant additional slot cap impose airport dutch authorities try avoid russian air ban schiphol land slot