All Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Articles

  • Frankfurt Airport
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    European airports' cargo volumes decline in July

    2025-09-10T10:06:00Z

    Europe's airports recorded a 1.5% year-on-year decline in cargo volumes during July, despite the continent's largest freight hub Frankfurt Airport posting a 4.6% increase

  • Eduard Molkenboer
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    Schiphol reveals new head of cargo

    2025-07-18T16:28:00Z

    The Royal Schiphol Group has appointed Eduard Molkenboer as its new head of cargo, starting on 5 August

  • Oman Air Cargo
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    Oman Air confirms new GHA deals

    2025-06-03T15:45:00Z

    Muscat-based Oman Air has named CHI Aviation Handling as its new ground handling agent (GHA) at Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s busiest airfreight hub

  • Joost van Doesburg source Royal Schiphol Group
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    Joost van Doesburg beds in at dnata

    2025-04-03T09:43:00Z

    Joost van Doesburg has completed his first month working as director of business development and communication at dnata

  • Liege Airport
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    European airports' cargo volumes on the up in 2024

    2025-01-13T10:52:00Z

    European hubs saw their cargo volumes improve last year after a tough 2023 and thanks to a buoyant airfreight market 

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    Schiphol Airport prepares for launch of new Secure Import process

    2024-09-19T09:54:32Z

    The Schiphol Airport cargo community will this month start testing the new Secure Import system that aims to reduce crime rates and improve processing.Secure Import combines a new framework agreement for the import of cargo with a new IT platform - developed by Cargonaut and SmartLOXS - to process information ...

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    Dutch government revises Schiphol flight cuts plan

    2024-09-06T10:27:54Z

    The Dutch government has put forward revised proposals to lower noise pollution at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport that would likely reduce the overall cuts in flights required at the air cargo hub.This marks the latest development on the issue after the previous government proposed controversial plans to reduce the number of ...

  • Photo: WFS. Supplied by Jamie Roche PR. 23/08/2024
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    WFS becomes first cargo handler at Schiphol to introduce electric towing vehicles

    2024-08-23T16:50:33Z

    Photo: WFSSATS-owned Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has become the first cargo handler at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to introduce electric cargo towing vehicles.Supplied by vehicle partner, TCR, the Goldhofer Sherpa E6 towing trucks are being used to support WFS’ ramp and cargo handling services for more than 50 airlines at ...

  • Photo: MR SOCCER/ Shutterstock. Uploaded on 19/07/2024
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    Global IT outage hits air cargo operations

    2024-07-19T15:45:44Z

    Air cargo operations have been impacted by the IT disruption that has seen computer systems malfunction at airlines and airports worldwide.The disruption is understood to have been caused by a Microsoft IT outage triggered by a software update from cyber security company Crowdstrike.In Europe, cargo hub Amsterdam Airport Schiphol confirmed ...

  • Photo: Menzies. 18/07/2024
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    Menzies and KLM renew cargo partnership at AMS

    2024-07-18T09:55:23Z

    Photo: MenziesMenzies Aviation has renewed a major cargo and ground handling contract with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS).The ground handler will provide cargo warehouse and ramp handling services for all KLM/Martinair freighter operations at AMS for the next five years. The extension will see teams at ...

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    Road feeder providers rally around demand

    2024-06-03T07:50:45Z

    Road feeder services heavyweights Wallenborn and Jan de Rijk discuss how air cargo market trends are impacting the sector and why e-commerce has its drawbacks.2024 has so far delivered a remarkably different air cargo market to last year, but the key question for road feeder services (RFS) providers is does ...

  • Photo: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Meantime Communications 13/02/2024
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    Schiphol launches upgraded Port Community System

    2024-02-13T16:34:06Z

    Joost van Doesburg, head of cargo, Schiphol. Photo: Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam Airport Schiphol has launched the upgraded version of its Port Community System (PCS) after four years’ of development with its fully owned cargo information platform, Cargonaut.The PCS is a single tech platform for information and data exchange between all ...

  • Pieter van Oord. Photo: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 28/11/2023
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    Schiphol Group hires van Oord as chief executive

    2023-11-28T09:52:16Z

    Pieter van Oord. Photo: Amsterdam Airport SchipholPieter van Oord will take on the role of chief executive at Royal Schiphol Group as of June 1 next year.The Group Supervisory Board (SB) intends for van Oord to be in the role until June 1 2028.He has managed international maritime contractor Royal ...

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    Dutch government backs down on Schiphol flight cuts

    2023-11-15T11:39:26Z

    The Dutch government has backed down on its plans to cut the number of flights at Schiphol Airport after objections from the US and European Union.In August, the government announced that it would implement plans to cut flight numbers at the airport from 500,000 per year to 452,500 from winter ...

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    Schiphol takes aim at truck slot booking system

    2023-09-20T09:30:36Z

    The air cargo community around Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is hoping to reduce landside congestion by committing to use a truck slot booking system for cargo pick up and drop off.On September 18, handlers, truckers, and forwarders, along with representatives from Schiphol Airport and Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN) association signed a ...

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    Schiphol's cargo volume drop "in keeping with the market"

    2023-09-15T09:11:21Z

    Amsterdam Schiphol Airport saw its cargo volumes fall 6% in the first six months of the year "in-keeping with global trends for normalising cargo volumes".The airport handled a total of 679,214 tonnes during the period with 64% of the total accounted for by full-freighter flights.“When you compare our figures to ...

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    Aviation groups hit out as Dutch government pushes ahead with Schiphol flight cuts

    2023-09-04T10:59:56Z

    IATA, the European Regions Airline Association (ERAA) and Airports Council International (ACI) Europe have all hit out the Dutch government's decision to cap flight numbers at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.The government last week announced that it would implement plans to cut flight numbers at the airport from 500,000 per year to ...

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    Airlines and associations fight to overturn Schiphol flight cut ruling

    2023-07-27T09:28:22Z

    Airlines and industry associations will institute cassation proceedings against the judgement of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal to allow a reduction in the number of flights at Schiphol Airport.Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal overturned a decision to block plans to cut flight departures at the Dutch hub from ...

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    Schiphol responds to thefts with new security requirement

    2023-07-13T14:37:46Z

    Schiphol Airport is responding to incidents of theft with the implementation of stricter security requirements from the start of 2024.The airport will implement the Secure Import system that will see ground handlers advise forwarders when a shipment is ready for collection.Forwarders will then instruct a company to pick up the ...

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    Court blocks move to cut Schiphol flights

    2023-04-05T15:56:44Z

    A Dutch court has blocked moves to limit the number of flights allowed at Schiphol Airport following a legal challenge by IATA and a group of airlines.The Dutch government had been hoping to reduce Schiphol’s capacity from 500,000 to 460,000 flight annual movements as part of efforts to reduce noise ...