Airport City——A visit to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands

Gerlack J Cerfontaine, president and chief executive officer of Schiphol Group in the Netherlands, announced at the New Year's Press Conference that Amsterdam Schiphol Airport handled 42.5 million passengers in 2004, up 6.5 percent over 2003. Its cargo volume broke the record to reach 1.4 milliontons, an increase of 8.5 per cent over the previous year.The airport handled 402,700 flights, a rise of 2.5 percent.It ranked fourth in carrying passengers and third in ca…