Schiphol CEO Pieter van Oord hopes that the Dutch government will make a decision "after 15 years" about opening Lelystad Airport for civil aviation. Lelystad Airport is meant to be a commercial airport to take over holiday flights from Schiphol, but a majority of the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch Parliament is against this idea. The Schoof …
The government’s plan to allow slightly more take-offs and landings at Schiphol airport have again been thrown into doubt, this time by MPs. A majority of parliamentarians on Thursday voted in favour of a motion to stick at a lower total than infrastructure minister Barry Madlener announced at the beginning of this month Madlener’s limit of 478,000 aircraft movements would …
The Schiphol airport authority has announced plans to spend €6 million on improving its services for passengers, infrastructure and working conditions for staff over the next five years. Yet despite a smooth operational performance this May and summer holidays, “overall passenger satisfaction is not at the required level,” the authority said on Friday. “It is crucial to bring back passenger …
Dredging company Van Oord, ING Bank and credit insurer Atradius were all involved in an urban development project in Angola in which 3 thousand families were forcibly driven out of their homes to make from for the project, Trouw and Financieele Dagblad report based on leaked documents. Van Oord collaborated on the project in the Angolan the capital of Luanda …
