Articles tagged with 'Nieuws' | Schiphol

Schiphol views the temporary reduction in the number of aircraft movements from 500,000 to 460,000 as a necessary interim step which provides certainty and clarity in the short term for local residents, the aviation sector and public authorities. Unc...

Passengers have rated Amsterdam Airport Schiphol's website and digital services as the world's best. This is according to Skytrax's annual customer satisfaction survey of 550 airports worldwide. Schiphol received the 'Skytrax Award for World's Best A...

Today, the Netherlands Labour Authority (NLA) made demands in two main areas relevant to the improvement of working conditions at Schiphol. In short, the NLA is demanding that Schiphol replace all diesel-powered equipment on airside (the areas behind...

Royal Schiphol Group is starting a collaboration with security technology company Pangiam to develop a new way to screen hand baggage quickly and safely. The new technology, powered by artificial intelligence, could eventually help enable travellers ...

Schiphol has submitted an action plan, incorporating input from partners at the airport, to the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) aimed at reducing the use of auxiliary power units (APU) by aircraft parked on the apron. Schiphol view...

Schiphol sees a reduction from 500,000 to 460,000 flights per year as a necessary intermediate step. This stance was announced in a document concerning the so-called ‘Preliminary Scheme Schiphol’. Schiphol does, however, call upon the government to i...

This week, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Axxicom Airport Caddy are testing autonomous mobility vehicles at the airport. The vehicles with Smart technology from personal transportation solutions company WHILL are already being used successfully at ma...

Schiphol is gradually expanding the number of passengers that can depart from the end of March. The average number of daily departing passengers will increase by 65% from 40,000 last winter period to 66,000 during the May holiday. On peak days during...

Today, 17 February 2023, Royal Schiphol Group publishes poor financial results for 2022. The underlying financial result of Schiphol Group amounted to a loss of 28 million euros despite a strong recovery in traffic. Upscaling issues have overshadowed...

Passengers travelling to intercontinental destinations from Schiphol are learning about the airport of the future in ‘The Future Case’, which brings together the past, present and future of Schiphol along with information about moving towards sustain...

Esther Bosch will be the new Director Risk & Audit at Royal Schiphol Group, per 1 April 2023. She succeeds Ridder Ralph van der Hoff, who has held the position on an interim basis since 1 September 2022. Esther has a wealth of experience in the field...

As of 1 February, Royal Schiphol Group (RSG) will change the management structure of its own organisation. The current board of directors (DT) will be transformed into a broader operational Executive Team that is responsible for managing the company....

COO Hanne Buis will leave Royal Schiphol Group on 1 February. A difference of opinion has recently arisen, which the management board and supervisory board have jointly and intensively tried to bridge. The difference of opinion concerns the operation...

As of March 2023, Joost van Doesburg will be Head of Cargo at Royal Schiphol Group. He succeeds Anne Marie van Hemert, who will be continuing her career outside of Royal Schiphol Group as of February. His appointment is in line with the wishes of Air...

Over the past few months, a lot of effort has gone into recruiting new colleagues at Schiphol. The starting point is a good travel experience for our travellers and an acceptable workload for all employees. The results so far are positive. As of 26 M...

Schiphol is renewing, renovating and further innovating the baggage basements. This includes preparations for the construction of a new baggage basement with handling system. Building this new basement means that the existing baggage system can be re...

Last year, 52.5 million passengers travelled to, from or via Schiphol. That's a 106% increase compared to 2021 (25.5 million travellers) but still 27% fewer than in 2019 (71.7 million travellers). Eindhoven Airport also did not manage to reach the pr...

As of 1 February 2023, Lennert l'Amie will be Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Royal Schiphol Group. He succeeds Sjoerd Blüm, who has held this position since 2017. Lennert has worked for Schiphol since 2014 and currently manages Business Platform ...

From Monday 2 January to mid-April, Schiphol will be carrying out major maintenance on the Zwanenburgbaan Runway. During this period of works, the runway will not be available to air traffic. This will have an impact on aircraft noise in the area. Th...

Schiphol has reached an agreement with unions VPS, FNV and CNV Publieke Diensten regarding the Schiphol Nederland B.V. Collective Labour Agreement (CLA). The CLA will take effect on 1 April 2023 and ends on 30 September 2024. With this agreement, Sch...

Royal Schiphol Group N.V (“RSG”) announces today the successful buy back of the 8% of RSG shares that were held by Aéroports de Paris S.A. (“ADP”), i.e., 14,892 shares, representing 8% of RSG’s share capital for a total consideration of c. 420 millio...

Soon, all ground handling vehicles on the apron at Schiphol will refuel using renewable fuel HVO100. Using this fuel means a 98% reduction in CO2 emissions. The renewable diesel will be used as an intermediate solution until all vehicles run on elect...

Schiphol and partners have started conducting follow-up sustainable taxiing tests. At the airport, a KLM plane drove from Schiphol-Centre to and from a platform near the Zwanenburgbaan Runway with its engines switched off. This way of taxiing can sig...

Royal Schiphol Group N.V (“RSG”) announces today the successful sale of its remaining stake in Aéroports de Paris S.A. (“ADP”), i.e., 3 869 859 shares, representing c. 3.9% of ADP’s share capital. The transaction consisted in a placement to qualified...

Royal Schiphol Group N.V (“RSG”) announces today its intention to sell its remaining stake in Aéroports de Paris S.A. (“ADP”) (i.e., 3 869 859 shares, representing c. 3.9% of ADP’s share capital) through a placement to qualified investors, as defined...

Today, Spaces Lounge and the adjacent Panorama Restaurant open their doors at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Spaces – part of IWG, the world’s largest provider of flex offices – has joined forces with HMSHost Nederland -market leader in catering in airp...

Royal Schiphol Group (RSG) has taken a next step in the termination process of the HubLink agreement by entering into an agreement to sell approximately 1.59% of the shares in Aéroports de Paris (ADP) to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.    Pursu...

Schiphol is giving Lounge 1, the waiting area after the security check for passengers travelling to Schengen destinations, an update. Now that the redevelopment of Departures 1 is complete, Lounge 1 will also undergo a transformation starting from th...

Schiphol calls the joint investment in the accessibility of the Netherlands and the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area announced today by the Transport Region, the Province of North Holland, Municipality of Amsterdam, NS, KLM, ProRail, the Municipality of H...

Maintenance work will be taking place on the Schiphol-Oostbaan runway from Monday 14 through Friday 18 November and on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 November. The runway will not be available for air traffic during the runway maintenance. This means that ...