Wijziging van de Luchtvaartwet BES ter invoering grondslag openbare dienstverplichting

This Dutch parliamentary bill amends the Aviation Act for the BES islands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), the Caribbean public bodies of the Netherlands. It creates a legal basis for imposing a public service obligation (openbare dienstverplichting) on air transport routes. Such obligations allow authorities to require airlines to maintain air services that would not otherwise be commercially viable, ensuring island connectivity. The main affected parties are residents of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba who depend on air links to the mainland and other islands, as well as airlines serving these routes. The bill gives the responsible minister the power to set such obligations. Based on metadata only; the full legislative text was not reviewed.