Dutch airline KLM is unimpressed after a recent promotional event involving McLaren and Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n
The Vodafone sponsor event earlier this month involved Hamilton driving a formula one car on a runway of the Netherlands’ main international airport Schiphol over two days.<\/p>\n
According to a KLM spokesman, the runways should be exclusively for aircraft “and not for race cars”.<\/p>\n
“An airport is not a theme park,” he told Amsterdam daily Het Parool.<\/p>\n
“As the main user of the major Schiphol airport it was a huge inconvenience,” a spokesman is also quoted by nu.nl.<\/p>\n
“At such a busy airport, safety and sustainability must come first.”<\/p>\n
KLM also claims it was not informed in advance about the closure of the runway for the F1 demonstration.<\/p>\n
The local airline said it will discuss the situation with the government authority Inspectie voor Verkeer en Waterstaat (IVW) in order to avoid a repeat of the situation.<\/p>\n
De Telegraaf newspaper said IVW has launched an investigation after receiving multiple complaints.<\/p>\n
“Why couldn’t a campaign like this take place at a closed airport?” said the KLM spokesman.<\/p>\n
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