Schiphol: autumn holiday went smoothly, average waiting time of 15 minutes


The variety of vacationers has elevated by 600,000 in comparison with 2021. In 2019, greater than 3 million passengers traveled through Schiphol in the course of the autumn holidays. The most well-liked locations in the course of the autumn holidays have been London, Istanbul and Barcelona. Three locations which are flown ceaselessly all year long.

Schiphol signifies that the outcomes of the autumn break are modest steps in direction of additional enchancment. Schiphol’s first precedence is to offer passengers with a predictable and dependable journey expertise. After that, the airport needs to extend the utmost variety of vacationers.

Enhancements have not too long ago been made to make sure a clean passage by safety management, in accordance with Schiphol. Along with limiting the variety of departing passengers, Schiphol has taken extra measures to sort out the queues attributable to employees shortages. For instance, workplace employees from Schiphol and from numerous companions are deployed to assist vacationers and reply questions. In the course of the safety verify, safety coaches are deployed to help vacationers in checking hand baggage.

100 million euros
With a purpose to deal with the present issues at Schiphol, the airport is investing 100 million euros in measures to resolve the employees scarcity at, amongst different issues, safety corporations.

In shut cooperation with commerce unions and safety corporations, a social package deal was not too long ago agreed that structurally and considerably improves the employment circumstances for safety guards at Schiphol. As of November, the hourly wages of safety guards working at Schiphol will enhance by EUR 2.50 further per hour, on high of the labor market surcharge. Along with wages, rosters and relaxation areas are additionally being improved.

In the meantime, Schiphol is working with the safety corporations on structural options for the scarcity of personnel. Within the quick time period, joint recruitment campaigns shall be launched, during which the 5 safety corporations working at Schiphol will work intently collectively to recruit extra safety personnel.