Passenger traffic at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport rose by 1 per cent year-on-year to six.1 million travellers in September despite a discount within the variety of flights.
The Netherlands hub said that it had catered for 3.9 million arrivals and departures, in addition to 2.2 million transfer passengers last month.
This passenger increase got here despite the variety of flights being cut to 41,374 services in September, which was a drop of 1 per cent on the identical month in 2024.
Schiphol is resulting from have its annual flight capability cut from 500,000 to 478,000 from the beginning of the 2025-26 winter season later this month, as a part of the Dutch government’s attempts to cut back noise pollution from the airport. Night flights are being cut from 32,000 to 27,000 per yr as a part of this move.
The airport has also announced its intention to scrap a previously planned 5 per cent increase in airline charges in 2026.
The hottest destinations from Schiphol in September were Spain, the UK, Italy, Greece and US, with flights to and from European airports accounting for 72 per cent of all passenger traffic.
During the primary nine months of 2025, Schiphol’s traffic increased by 2.9 per cent year-on-year to 52 million passengers, with the variety of flights rising by 0.9 per cent to simply over 361,000 services.
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