– ANP – NOS News•yesterday, 21:53•Amended yesterday, 22:37 — Travelers who missed their flight at Schiphol due to long queues will be compensated by the airport. This concerns travelers who arrived at the airport on time between 23 April 2022 and 11 August 2022, but missed their flight as a result of the long waiting … Read more
Schiphol will reimburse the costs that customers had to incur because they missed their flight this summer due to the chaos at the airport. The airport has agreed this with the Consumers’ Association and the Omroep MAX program MAX holiday man. The scheme applies to those who were unable to make their flight in the … Read more
Our five national airports welcomed 17.4 million passengers in the second quarter. That is more than 20 percent less than in the same period in 2019. At the same time, the number of flights in trade decreased by more than 15 percent, statistics agency CBS reported on Friday. Of the nearly 127,000 flights in trade … Read more
Due to the chaos in European aviation, the number of passenger claims due to a delayed or canceled flight has risen sharply. Companies such as EUclaim, Vlucht-verraagd.nl and Aviclaim have accepted more than 38 million euros in claims since the beginning of April, reports news hour Monday. Major player Flight-delayed.nl has had almost 70,000 claims … Read more
– ANP – Floor Ligtvoet editor Nieuwsuur — Floor Ligtvoet editor Nieuwsuur — — Of crowds at airports is of course very annoying for travelers, but claim clubs benefit from it. Companies such as EUclaim, Vlucht-verraagd.nl and Aviclaim are seeing significant growth in the number of travelers claiming money back from an airline through them. … Read more
– ANP – In cooperation with NH News —- NOS News•today, 12:34•Amended today, 14:09 — Schiphol is letting more than 5000 passengers depart per day this month than in July. The airport will deploy 200 extra security guards in August, creating space for more travelers. – This does not solve all problems yet. Last month … Read more
Schiphol will have two hundred extra security personnel at its disposal from Monday, but that does not mean that the crowds are over. The new employees will be arriving in phases and the airport is in the process of recruiting even more security guards. Schiphol CEO Dick Benschop recently announced that he wanted to recruit … Read more
Not all suitcases that were left behind at Schiphol this week due to a malfunction in the baggage system have been returned to the owners. KLM airline is still working to get all suitcases to the right destination. It is unclear how many suitcases are involved. A KLM spokesperson said that it concerns a “large … Read more
KLM calls on travelers who fly from Schiphol to another destination in Europe and transfer there to take only hand luggage with them. The airline announced this on its website on Thursday. KLM has decided to do this due to a malfunction in part of the baggage system at Schiphol. “We apologize for the inconvenience,” … Read more
– ANP – Resident groups around Schiphol are starting a lawsuit against the Dutch state. They demand that the government protects them better against noise pollution and the emission of harmful substances. The case was already announced at the end of 2020, but is now actually being pursued. – The local residents are united in … Read more