Schiphol takes stock of 2023, Dutch sky industry players mobilised

Traffic atAmsterdam Schiphol rose last year by 18% compared to 2022. But there still seems to be a long way to go to get back to the figures that prevailed before the health crisis, especially in an economic climate that is becoming increasingly uncertain. sensitive political context. For several months, KLM's hub has been torn between its natural quest for growth and the political will to limit traffic.

In detail, the report published at the beginning of January by the airport's management provides some interesting insights into the types of journeys made to, from or via the Dutch hub. For example, the connecting traffic accounted for more than a third of operations (36%), while 39.1 million passengers took a direct flight to or from Schiphol.

A total of 425,994 passenger flights were recorded last year at Amsterdamto cover a network of 305 destinationsincluding 126 intercontinental routes. Management notes that 16 airports disappeared from Schiphol's catalogue last year, due in particular to the war in Ukraine. Conversely, the hub has seen an increase in connections to two business destinations : Mexico and Beijing. However, the United Kingdom, Spain and the United States are the most popular destinations from Amsterdam.