NETHERLANDS. The number of passengers at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was up by +6.7% in April 2006, compared with April 2005, according to provisional Schiphol Group figures released today. The number of O/D (Origin/Destination) passengers rose by +8.6%. The last weekend of April 2005 peaked as a result of the start of the May school holiday period in the Netherlands. In addition, the number of transfer passengers increased by +5.6%.
The number of air transport movements (scheduled and charter flights) rose by +2.9% in April 2006. With the 2006 summer schedule taking effect during the last weekend of March, the month of April 2006 was the first full month with flight services operating in accordance with the new summer schedule.
