Dutch airports will likely see "only slight growth" in passenger and cargo traffic numbers in 2010 because of weakness in the global economy, Dutch airport operator Schiphol Group said.

The company also reported a 29 per cent fall in net profit last year to €132 million and an 8.1 per cent drop in passenger traffic at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to 43.6 million people.

"In the years ahead we shall continue along the path we have chosen to pursue our ambition for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol of being and remaining Europe's preferred airport," chief executive officer Jos Nijhuis said in a statement.

"However, given the fragility of the current economic recovery, we expect that in 2010 traffic and transport will show only slight growth," he said.

Schiphol Group has already reduced its workforce by 5.4 per cent last year and intends to cut an additional 16 per cent by the end of this year.

Schiphol is one of Europe's busiest airports.

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