Schiphol airport, which competes with hubs in Europe and the Gulf, is set to garner a larger pie of India's international traffic as Jet Airways prepares to expand its commercial partnership with Air France-KLM.
Passenger traffic between India and Amsterdam grew 56 per cent in the first eight months of 2016 on a year-on-year basis and is expected to get a big boost with Jet Airways negotiating a joint-venture pact with the two European airlines.
"In 2015 the total traffic volume from Amsterdam to India was 247,000 passengers. In 2014, it was 366,000, but with Delta Air Lines stopping the Amsterdam-Mumbai route, total passenger numbers dropped in 2015," said a spokesperson of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.
The airport did not disclose airline-specific passenger figures but said that in eight months till August, traffic to India rose 56 per cent to over 250,000 passengers. "For sure the total amount in 2016 will surpass previous years," the spokesperson said and added that growth of traffic from India was amongst the highest in comparison with other countries.
27/09/16 Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard
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Passenger traffic between India and Amsterdam grew 56 per cent in the first eight months of 2016 on a year-on-year basis and is expected to get a big boost with Jet Airways negotiating a joint-venture pact with the two European airlines.
"In 2015 the total traffic volume from Amsterdam to India was 247,000 passengers. In 2014, it was 366,000, but with Delta Air Lines stopping the Amsterdam-Mumbai route, total passenger numbers dropped in 2015," said a spokesperson of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.
The airport did not disclose airline-specific passenger figures but said that in eight months till August, traffic to India rose 56 per cent to over 250,000 passengers. "For sure the total amount in 2016 will surpass previous years," the spokesperson said and added that growth of traffic from India was amongst the highest in comparison with other countries.
27/09/16 Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard
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