- Netherlands: the Dutch government announced that it would be floating Amsterdam-Schipol airport on the stock exchange by 2007. However, together with the cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, it will still control 51% of the airport company. The Dutch state currently controls 75% of Schipol, with the rest in the hands of Amsterdam (21.8%) and Rotterdam (2.4%). Profits from privatisation will go to road and railway building, explained the Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm. The new statute will allow the national airport to attract additional capital and invest abroad. Schipol has also put in an official tender for Brussels-National airport.