Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS/EHAM)

• Over 2,200 international companies are located in the Amsterdam area.
• Dutch multinationals: Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, Corus, ING Group, Fortis, ABN-Amro, Aegon, Philips, Royal KPN, Heineken, Grolsch, AHOLD.
• The Randstad region (includes the cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague) is the fourth largest economic urban region in the European Union.
• The Port of Rotterdam is one of the largest international seaports in the world and is situated within a 60km radius from Schiphol.
• The Netherlands ranks 5 in the world for investing in foreign countries and also rank 5 in the world for incoming foreign investments.
• Amsterdam ranks 9 in the world for most popular city to organise a congress.
• Dutch people who made a difference: Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt van Rijn, Gerard Adriaan Heineken, Anthony "The Flying Dutchman" Fokker, Anne Frank, DJ Tiësto, Johan Cruijff, Anton Philips.

Reasons why the Netherlands ranks high in Europe in "best business location to establish a company" and why it is worldwide one of the "best countries to do business in":

• Stable and effective political system
• Excellent macro-economic environment
• Efficient financial sector
• Flexible labour market
• Internationally oriented economy
• Competitive tax environment
• Dutch economy is relatively robust

About Amsterdam Airport Schiphol:

• 49.8 million passengers in 2011
• 103 airlines serving 313 scheduled destinations
• 136,000 passengers on 1,108 flights on an average day
• One-terminal concept
• Excellent transfer connections
• High peak hour capacity, short turnaround times possible
• 25 full freighter airlines
• Second largest catchment area in Europe: approximately 35 million people within 200 km of AMS
• Excellent landside access
• Railway station underneath the terminal building
• Successful formula: Schiphol has proven to be a consistent winner of prestigious awards as passenger and cargo airport and for its airport marketing.
• 500 companies located at Schiphol

Main cities: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Utrecht, The Hague, Maastricht, Breda, Groningen.

Main attractions: Canal cruise Amsterdam, Anne Frankhuis, Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Diamond Centre, Madurodam, Keukenhof, Delta Works, Zaanse Schans (Mills), Flower auction Aalsmeer.

• National, regional and local tourism boards
• Regional development agencies
• Business community
• Airports on the other end of the route
• National, regional and local authorities
• “Cross-selling” support deals with internal Schiphol departments
• Travel trade engagement

The PartnerSchip approach has proven to be successful, as it is a tailor-made approach for both new and existing clients. Together with our airline customers we focus on what it is they need in creating sustainable markets.

AMS has the right tools to help airlines operate to/from the Dutch market. We offer them support in a tailor-made manner with:

• Passenger profiles;
• Choice of distribution channel;
• Promotional activities;
• A programme that encourages growth of existing routes and the start up of new air services into our airport. Through this Airline Reward Programme airlines are financially rewarded for increasing passenger and cargo numbers at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol;
• Various other activities;

• Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is located in close proximity to the largest seaports in the Netherlands: the Port of Rotterdam and to the Port of Amsterdam.
• Around the corner is the Flower Auction of Aalsmeer: FloraHolland, the largest flower market in the world.
• You will find numerous European Headquarters and European Distribution Centres (EDC), since the Netherlands is the number one location for EDC’s in Europe.
• A whole new area named ACT (Amsterdam Connecting Trade) is to be developed to accommodate future cargo growth, including a dedicated freight lane to provide a fast connection between second and first line business parks as well as a High Speed Train cargo terminal.

• Getting from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol into Amsterdam is very easy. Underneath the airport terminal is the train station and it takes only 15 minutes to reach the city centre of Amsterdam! Every 6 minutes a train leaves to Amsterdam.
• Also The Hague and Rotterdam are close by: 30 minutes by train to the city centre of The Hague and Utrecht and 45 minutes to the city centre of Rotterdam.
• 29 trains (Thalys incl.) per day to Belgium
• 13 high-speed trains to Paris per day (travel time; only 3 hours)
• 6 trains to Hannover and Berlin per day
• Direct access to the national road network system

• Runways: 6:
  • Polder runway: 18R-36L: 3,800 metres
  • Zwanenburg runway: 18C-36C: 3,300 metres
  • Aalsmeer runway 18L-36R: 3,400 metres
  • Kaag runway 06-24: 3,500 metres
  • Buitenveldert runway: 09-27: 3,450 metres
  • Schiphol East runway: 04-22: 2,014 metres
• Operating hours: 24/7.
• One terminal with 7 piers.
• Min. connect time: 40 minutes EUR and 50 minutes ICA
• Aircraft stands:
  • Gates: 97
  • Apron: 63
  • Cargo: 23

• 49.8 million passengers in 2011
• 37% business passengers
• 63% leisure passengers
• 41% Transfer passengers
• 59% OD passengers
• 103 airlines serving 313 scheduled destinations including 28 cargo destinations.
  • 25 cargo airlines
  • Freight: 1.5 million tonnes in 2011.
• 136,000 passengers on 1,108 flights on an average day
• Average load factor: 79.1%
• 420,250 aircraft movements in 2011
• Peak hour capacity:
  • 106 movements in arrival peak
  • 110 movements in departure peak