ROYAL SCHIPHOL GROUP REPORTS TRAFFIC GROWTH AT DUTCH AIRPORTS

Amsterdam Schiphol welcomed 7.7% more travellers last year than it did in 2016, handling a total of 68.4 million passengers during 2017.

The Dutch hub also reported an annual upturn in aircraft movements and cargo volumes, handlling 496,747 flights (+3.7%) and 1.75 million tonnes of freight (+5.4%) respectively.

Its airline customers served 326 destinations across the globe from Amsterdam last year, four more than in 2016.

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Operator, the Royal Schiphol Group, also reports that passenger numbers at Eindhoven and Rotterdam The Hague airports in the Netherlands also enjoyed traffic growth, throughput in Eindhoven soaring by 19.4% to 5.7 million and in Rotterdam by 5.3% to 1.7 million in 2017. 

It expects to release the full results for all its airports with the publication of financial statements on February 16th.