Royal Schiphol Group names Dick Benschop as new CEO

As from 1 May 2018, Dick Benschop (60) will be the new President of Royal Schiphol Group. He will be leaving Royal Dutch Shell to succeed Jos Nijhuis, who is retiring as head of the airport. Schiphol, Netherlands, 2018-Mar-13 — /Travel PR News/ — From 1998 to 2002, Benschop was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in… Read the full press release

Eneco to provide Royal Schiphol Group with green energy from 2018

Eneco to provide Royal Schiphol Group with green energy from 2018   Eneco will provide Royal Schiphol Group with 200 GWh of green energy every year for 15 years. All of this sustainable power will be produced by Dutch wind farms. Both parties are exploring other options to increase their sustainability. AMSTERDAM, 2017-Aug-21 — /Travel… Read the full press release

KLM to launch biofuel flights to Aruba and Bonaire

Today, KLM will launch a series of biofuel flights to Aruba and Bonaire over a six-month period, operating an Airbus 330-200. The biofuel for this flight was sourced by ITAKA and supplied by SkyNRG. This marks another step forward on the journey to more sustainable aviation, by reducing CO2 emissions and fuel consumption through enhanced… Read the full press release

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines joined Luchtvaart College Schiphol to help develop and organise ‘working & learning’ activities within the aviation sector

Amstelveen, Netherlands, 2013-10-08 — /travelprnews.com/ — KLM has now joined Luchtvaart College Schiphol (Aviation College Schiphol, formerly Schiphol College) as a partner, enabling the college to further enhance and fine-tune its ability to develop and organise ‘working & learning’ activities within the aviation sector. Luchtvaart College Schiphol pools the strengths of aviation businesses, vocational education institutions and… Read the full press release

Schiphol Group 2013 Interim Report: revenue +3.3%, operating result +5.1%, net result +18.9%

2013-08-24 — /travelprnews.com/ — Building together a Mainport Future Net revenue up by 3.3% to EUR 658 million (2012: EUR 637 million); EBITDA up by 1.0% to EUR 266 million (2012: EUR 264 million); Operating result up by 5.1% to EUR 148 million (2012: EUR 141 million); Net result of EUR 110 million (2012: EUR 93… Read the full press release

2013 ACI EUROPE Best Airport awards winner in ‘more than 25 million passengers’ category is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol for the fourth time

2013-06-11 — /travelprnews.com/ — On Monday evening, 10 June, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol came first for the fourth time running in the ‘more than 25 million passengers’ category of the 2013 ACI EUROPE Best Airport awards. Jos Nijhuis, President & CEO of Schiphol Group, received the award at the ACI EUROPE Annual General Assembly in Istanbul. A… Read the full press release