Newsroom Schiphol

Schiphol Fund awards over €113,000 in fourth round of donations for 2025

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:48:30 +0100

Today, during the Schiphol Fund’s fourth donation round, more than €113,000 was awarded to 26 sports clubs in the region surrounding the airport. With these contributions, the Schiphol Fund supports sports clubs that contribute to vitality, sports participation and a strong community life in the region.

The largest donation of €10,000 went to Special Olympics Haarlem 2026 for the purchase of bocce courts. Bocce is a form of bowling or boules.

124 sports clubs in 2025

In 2025, 124 sports clubs received a donation from the Schiphol Fund. The total amount awarded was more than €450,000. Last year, there were 81 sports clubs.

About the Schiphol Fund

The Schiphol Fund was set up in 1994 at the initiative of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and with the aim of demonstrating the airport's social commitment to the local community. Every year the Schiphol Fund receives a donation from the airport and supports projects related to physical activity and sport.

Fourth donation round Schipholfonds

Tennisclub de Kikkers Nieuw Vennep	€ 6.500,--
Stichting Dijk van een Dorp Spaarndam	€ 5.000,--
MHC de Reigers Hoofddorp	€ 5.000,--
Welzijnskwartier Katwijk	€ 3.000,--
Voetbalclub MMO Kaag Braassem	€ 3.417,22
Danscentrum Marcella van Altena Hoofddorp	€ 1.819,95
AMHC Rood Wit Haarlem	€ 5.000,--
Urban Talent Academy Amsterdam	€ 4.000,--
Twirl vereniging Desiree Katwijk	€ 850,50
Voetbalvereniging Zwanenburg	€ 3.900,--
SV DIO Haarlem	€ 5.000,--
LOV Calypso Leiden	€ 2.200,--
Hattrick Haarlem	€ 5.000,--
Sporting Marinus Amstelveen	€ 5.000,--
Badmintonvereniging Nieuw Vennep	€ 1.380,--
Hockeyclub Nieuwkoop	€ 5.000,--
AFC’34 Alkmaar	€ 5.000,--
LTC Startbaan Amstelveen	€ 338,80
Triple Treath Haarlem	€ 5.000,--
Rijnburgse IJsbaan	€ 5.000,--
AMHC Westerpark Amsterdam	€ 5.000,--
Special Olympics 2026 Haarlem	€ 10.000,--
Only Friends Amsterdam	€ 6.000,--
Amsterdam Pirates	€ 5.000,--
Badmintonclub Duijnwijk Haarlem	€ 5.000,--
NCS Amsterdam	€ 5.000,--

Kjell Kloosterziel Appointed New Director of Strategy & Airport Planning

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:29:42 +0100

Kjell Kloosterziel has been appointed as the new Director of Strategy & Airport Planning at Royal Schiphol Group. He succeeds Richard Emmerink, who stepped down in November. In addition to his new role, Kjell will continue as the Director of Schiphol International.

CEO Pieter van Oord stated: ‘We are very pleased that someone from within our company is taking on this important position. Kjell has in-depth knowledge of airport development, extensive experience, and a broad network. This is the perfect combination for this role.’

Kjell has over twenty years of experience working at and for airports. Since 2019, he has been part of Schiphol as the Director of Schiphol International. Schiphol International is responsible for strengthening collaboration among all airports within the Royal Schiphol Group. Additionally, it explores global opportunities for new partnerships. Before joining Schiphol, Kjell was a member of the management team at Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO), a consultancy and engineering firm specializing in designing future-proof airports.

Schiphol enters into new comprehensive partnership with Lagardère Travel Retail

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:00:34 +0100

As of May 1, 2025, Schiphol is strengthening its successful partnership with Lagardère Travel Retail for the operation of more than twenty duty-free stores behind security control. This cooperation will take place in a joint venture in which Lagardère Travel Retail has 70% of the shares and Schiphol 30%. With this, Schiphol is taking a significant step in the renewal of the retail offer at the airport and improving the experience for passengers.

Earlier this year, Schiphol invited retail parties to compete for a ten-year strategic partnership for the categories perfume & cosmetics, sunglasses, tobacco, liquor and chocolate. After an intensive selection process, Lagardère was chosen, and Schiphol and Lagardère were able to seal their cooperation agreement.

Retail redevelopment
Schiphol’s duty-free shopping offer behind airport security control is planned to be fully redeveloped.

New opportunities
The current contract with Schiphol Airport Retail (SAR) expires on April 30, 2025. Schiphol Commercial thanks Gebr. Heinemann for the successful cooperation over the past ten years. Schiphol became the owner of airport retailer Kappé earlier this year. Combining the stores of Kappé and SAR in this new Joint Venture will create new opportunities to improve the layout and appearance of these locations.

The transaction is still subject to approval by competition authorities and advice from the works councils of Kappé, SAR and Schiphol.