Articles tagged with 'news' | Schiphol

Schiphol is prioritising quality at the airport in its investments over the coming years. Between 2024 and 2027, the airport is investing three billion euros into catching up on maintenance and upgrades. Important parts of the airport infrastructure ...

As of 31 March 2024, Schiphol will have less room for private jets. This is stated in the capacity declaration, the official document detailing the available capacity for the 2024 summer season. The declaration also states that the total number of pe...

Today, the Minister for Nature and Nitrogen Policy grated Schiphol Airport a nature permit. Schiphol now has a permit for 440,000 to a maximum of 500,000 flights. Schiphol requested the permit on 1 October 2020 and that request has been added to seve...

Bubbles Seafood & Wine Bar is opening its doors at a new location at the airport. The well-known concept by HMSHost Nederland can now be found in Lounge 2. In this luxury restaurant, travellers can enjoy a menu filled with exclusive products like oys...

Schiphol and the six baggage handlers at the airport – KLM, Aviapartner, dnata, Menzies, Swissport and Viggo – are joining forces to make the work in the baggage halls lighter. The parties have submitted a joint action plan to the Labour Inspectorate...

6 million passengers flew to, from or via Schiphol in August 2023. It's an increase of 14% compared to August 2022 and an increase of 60% compared to 2021. Most passengers flew to Spain, the United Kingdom, Greece, Italy and Turkey. The number of fli...

The construction of a new car rental location at Schiphol has begun. The Car Rental Service Center will be the largest car rental company facility in the Netherlands, accommodating around 2,500 vehicles. The five largest car rental companies at Schip...

Schiphol and dance music label Armada Music are joining forces during the opening day of Amsterdam Dance Event, an annual electronic music festival in the Netherlands. For the first time, the popular 'Armada in the Mix' livestream series will be broa...

From Monday 18 September until Sunday 1 October, maintenance works are being carried out on the Schiphol-Oostbaan runway. During this period of maintenance, the runway is not available for air traffic. This runway is mostly used for small, business a...

Schiphol can look back on a summer holiday with satisfied travellers and short waiting times at the security check. Between Friday 7 July and Sunday 3 September, the airport welcomed 3.7 million departing passengers. With an average of 1,339 aircraft...

There's a new wellness concept in Lounge 2 at Schiphol: Holisteq. Holisteq combines the worlds of science, technology and holistic wellness, fulfilling a need to reduce stress. Travellers at Schiphol can choose from several wellness treatments in the...

Schiphol is collaborating with baggage handlers to test three new lifting aids. These tests will reveal whether the lifting aids sufficiently lighten the work of baggage workers, whether they need further development and whether they are suitable for...

From Monday 4 until Tuesday 12 September, maintenance works are being carried out on the Kaagbaan Runway. During this period of maintenance, the runway is not available for air traffic. Flights that normally take off from or land on the Kaagbaan are ...

Schiphol's first six months marked the beginning of a turnaround for passengers, employees and the airport's future plans. Passengers had a good travel experience again and Schiphol intensified its initiatives to improve working conditions. Another d...

6 million passengers flew to, from or via Schiphol in July 2023, making it the busiest month of the year so far. It's an increase of 16% compared to July 2022 and a twofold increase compared to 2021 (+98%). Most passengers flew to Spain, the United K...

Schiphol has taken the next step to continue improving working conditions in the baggage hall by purchasing 30 new lifting aids. This piece of equipment, known as the Transfer Belt from Power Stow, has been specially developed to easily and quickly u...

Fuel generators at Schiphol are being replaced by 30 new electric Ground Power Units (e-GPUs), and the use of more electric systems that provide fresh air on board (PCAs) are being introduced — important steps towards emission-free ground handling at...

More than 5.6 million passengers flew from, via or to Schiphol in June 2023. That is an increase compared to 2022 (+8%) and 2021 (+238%). The amount of flights to and from Schiphol was 38.912. That also is an increase compared to 2022 (+5%) and 2021 ...

Royal Schiphol Group is going to collaborate with network operator Liander to create a new high-voltage substation. This will provide Schiphol with more capacity on the grid. The new high-voltage substation, to be built in 2027, will supply power to ...

Transport and logistics service providers are vulnerable for the undermining effect of criminality activity. Air freight in particular, because it is mainly high-quality and expensive products that are transported by air. Logistics companies and thei...

Ruud Sondag will, at the Supervisory Board’s request, remain interim CEO of Royal Schiphol Group until 1 March 2024 at the latest. The Supervisory Board is making progress in the recruitment procedure for a definitive successor. Jaap Winter, chair of...

After a two-week pilot project, Schiphol has decided to buy 19 baggage robots, which will go into use in the coming months. In the past six months, these robots have been developed in double-quick time, specially for Schiphol. The robots take over fr...

Schiphol is extending the possibility to book a free time slot for the security check. After a successful launch at the start of the year, time slots can now be reserved for both Schengen and non-Schengen destinations. Reserving a time slot means tha...

As of today, employees at Schiphol-East can make free use of new shared bicycles. In collaboration with Hely, Schiphol has started a new bikeshare programme with 150 shared bikes available at five bicycle parking facilities. Schiphol stimulates the u...

 The latest weather forecast shows that very limited air traffic will be possible between 09:00 and 15:00 on Wednesday July 5th.  A combination of strong gusts of wind, rain and poor visibility are severely restricting airlines from landing and depar...

Schiphol is looking forward to welcoming everyone who will be flying from the airport this summer holiday. During the holiday period, from 8 July to 3 September, Schiphol is expecting an average of 68,000 departing passengers each day. On peak days, ...

Wilma van Dijk, CEO of Rotterdam The Hague Airport, was elected to the ACI Europe Board at the ACI World Assembly in Barcelona. During the next three years, she will represent the West 2 sub-region, comprising Andorra, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Mo...

From Monday 3 until Tuesday 11 July, maintenance works are being carried out on the Buitenveldertbaan Runway. During this period of maintenance, the runway is not available for air traffic. Flights that normally take off from or land on the Buitenvel...

The evaluation carried out by PwC Strategy& in view of the 2022 May and summer holidays is an extra motivation for Schiphol to make structural improvements to the airport. This is the message CEO Ruud Sondag has expressed in a letter to Mark Harbers,...

Almost 5.6 million passengers flew from, via or to Schiphol in May 2023. That is an increase compared to 2022 (+7%) and 2021 (+406%). The amount of flights to and from Schiphol was 39,568. That also is an increase compared to 2022 (+3%) and 2021 (+15...