Schiphol Airport
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Netherlands, U.K. To Use Body Scanners
… before the end of January. Passengers who refuse a scan will be subjected to a full body pat-down. Amsterdam's Schiphol airport installed 17 body scanners in 2008, but opted not to make them compulsory for passengers after receiving official …
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New High-Speed Rail Line Links Amsterdam To Paris
… compete on price with the airlines, but there are also many service advantages, including not having to turn up at Schiphol airport and go through lengthy checkin, security and passport control procedures. Travelers will also find it easier to …
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Travel Buyers Applaud Dutch Scrapping Of Airport Tax
… when they are competing on a global playing field, but it is still better than the tax. KLM and Amsterdam's Schiphol airport have suffered considerably." Ironically, the Dutch authorities made the announcement just days before a new departure …
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Transatlantic Capacity Spike Imminent
… additional departures will leave from Frankfurt Airport next month to the United States, as will 50 more from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and 163 more from Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport. Despite the growth, carriers already allowed to …
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Transatlantic Capacity Spike Imminent - 2008-03-25
… additional departures will leave from Frankfurt Airport next month to the United States, as will 50 more from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and 163 more from Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport. Despite the growth, carriers already allowed to …
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SAS this month is launching a new passenger biometrics program in Sweden
… match fingerprints to checked baggage. SAS plans to implement the system throughout Scandinavia. Air France and Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam also operate European biometric-based passenger screening programs , a concept that has drawn interest …
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Gov't Selecting Cos. To Register Travelers
… Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Winnipeg. Membership in the iris-recognition program at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport last year eclipsed 7,500 after pilot testing finished in October 2002. Known as Privium, the IBM-backed program …
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Air France, KLM Announce Merger
… continue in place pursuant to the long-term agreement between KLM and Northwest. Northwest will continue to serve Schiphol Airport as its main European hub." Steenland added that Northwest-KLM will continue to compete against the Air France …
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KLM CEO: Transparency Key
… predicted annual growth of 5 percent to 6 percent from this point forward. Gerlach Cerfontaine, CEO of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport , added that passenger volumes at major European airports have seen recovery since the war in Iraq. He also indicated …
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Rail Takes Flight In Europe
… of transportation. In the Netherlands, KLM has launched a tie-up with a new rail service between Amsterdam's Schiphol airport and the Belgian city of Antwerp. The thrice-daily trains are part of the international Thalys network operated …
