Traffic at Amsterdam Schiphol airport reached almost six million travellers in May as the Dutch hub continues its recovery in passenger numbers.
Schiphol catered for 5.98 million passengers last month, including one million transfer travellers who are each counted twice in the figures. This was a 7 per cent increase on May 2023’s passenger numbers as the number of flights also rose by 5 per cent year-on-year to reach 44,121 during the month.
The Dutch hub said its most popular destinations in May were Spain, the UK, Italy and the US. But the airport’s overall passenger numbers during the month were still down by 7 per cent on May 2019’s figure of 6.44 million travellers.
Schiphol’s performance lags behind that of another major…