has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to ban Dutch flag carrier KLM from over a controversial flight cap in the Netherlands. The Dutch government is moving to cap the number of flights next year at , Europe’s busiest airport by aircraft movements. JetBlue claims the flight cap would violate the US-EU Air Transport Agreement and the ban would be a “proportional countermeasure.”

Several airlines, including KLM and Delta, have opposed the plan to limit Schiphol to only 452,500 flights per year. The Dutch government has also moved to and late-night flights in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and noise pollution,

JetBlue is still relatively new to Amsterdam-Schiphol, launching its first route there just August of this year. The New York-based carrier believes that finding additional slots at Schiphol will become practically impossible. JetBlue released , which reads:

“Carriers with historics at Schiphol are facing a 4% reduction in capacity. New entrants such as JetBlue are facing a completely closed market and 100% expulsion from the market. This is not a fair or proportional outcome despite Dutch government assurances otherwise.”

JetBlue is currently in the midst of a massive expansion in an attempt to challenge America’s three established major carriers. The airline is still attempting to , which is also under scrutiny from the U.S. government. Being pushed out at Schiphol would be a massive setback. It is highly unlikely that the U.S. DOT would consider outright banning KLM from JFK as a response.