Innovation: We are innovators
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Products & Services
At Royal Schiphol Group, we believe data and technology gives our travellers, employees and partners superpowers. We develop tools and services to unlock these powers. With digital products and services, we improve our daily challenges and implement fundamental changes in existing processes.
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Lab
At Royal Schiphol Group, we continuously experiment in our search for solutions to complex challenges. We explore distant futures that contain solutions and technologies we hardly dare imagine today.
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Collaborations
At Royal Schiphol Group, collaboration is key. Together, we explore our current reality, the near future, and distant futures we cannot even fully envision yet. We believe we can only accelerate innovation together.
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EU funding
At Royal Schiphol Group we are committed to making the aviation industry more sustainable together with our partners. We are working collaboratively on several innovation projects co-funded by the European Union. This way, we can combine our strengths and accelerate the processes that are leading us to a more sustainable future.
Latest developments
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Monitoring APU usage to reduce emissions
Published on:Various sector partners at Schiphol are committed to reduce aircraft APU usage at Schiphol. To achieve this we are trying different things.
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Tap and go with your Digital Travel Credential!
Published on:Can you board and cross the border faster with a digital travel document? At the request of the EU, we are testing a DTC together with the government and KLM.
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Test capturing ultrafine particles with droplets
Published on:We are working diligently to reduce the amount of ultrafine particles. A possibility is the use of water droplets to remove ultrafine particles from the air.
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Autonomous Bus Initiative
Published on:Our ambition: operating the world's most sustainable and top-tier airports by 2050. With this in mind we're putting autonomous buses to the test on airside.
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New research lab for ultrafine particles on apron
Published on:A research lab has been opened at two aircraft stands. It will be used to measure ultrafine particles, test measures and experiment with innovative ideas.
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High-tech travel at Schiphol
Published on:Travelling through Schiphol is becoming smarter, safer and more sustainable thanks to all kinds of new technology and innovations in and around the airport.
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Predicting waiting times at security
Published on:In 2019 we carried out a pilot to inform travellers of the ideal time to arrive at the airport so that they can go through security as quickly as possible.
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TU Delft Master Identity Day at Schiphol
Published on:faster innovations for passengers and airport
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Your personal travel assistant
Published on:We want to make sure travellers have personalised travel advice, so we base the advice on data and on each traveller’s individual situation and preferences
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Wilbur’s visionary perspective
Published on:Although the available physical space imposes its own limitations, Schiphol is exploring smart solutions based on technology and data. Like Wilbur
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Alliance with TU Delft
Published on:faster innovations for passengers and airport
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Self Service Units
Published on:Schiphol wants travellers to have even better and faster service. That’s why we have introduced new information zones , Self Service Units (SSUs)
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Smart VOP 1.0
Published on:A solution we can use to implement data-driven monitoring of the aircraft stands’ performance. That is what lead to the initiative ‘Smart VOP 1.0’
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A year’s worth of feedback on our toilets
Published on:Our Main Contractors can develop an on-demand cleaning schedule based on real-time data thanks to the 600,000 monthly votes from the FeedbackNow voting points.
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Sustainable taxiing
Published on:OPS innovators Dirk Bresser and Simon Prent explain how sustainable taxiing works and talk about the arrival of the Taxibot.
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‘For Schiphol, innovation is absolutely essential’
Published on:Our aim is to become the world’s most sustainable and high-quality airport. How? For Hassan Charaf, Head of Innovation, the answer is clear: innovation is key.
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Exploring the future of Urban Air Mobility
Published on:Dutch Drone Delta founded at the beginning of 2020, with a primary focus on Urban Air Mobility. And will develop smart, sustainable solutions.
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Looking to the future of Dutch infrastructure
Published on:NGinfra stands for ‘Next Generation Infrastructures’. Influential Dutch infrastructure managers can share, develop and apply their knowledge and experience.
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No more waiting when you get to Schiphol
Published on:A pilot project was initiated during the Christmas period to prevent long queues at busy times – and it was a success!
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Schiphol Developer Center
Published on:Schiphol is continuously improving the quality of the service experienced by both travellers and partners. Now we are sharing our data in a collection of APIs
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A bold step forward or pie in the sky?
Published on:We have devoted much of our working lives to making aviation more sustainable. Sustainable taxiing has a major role to play.
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Hyperloop to the future
Published on:Schiphol will further expand its involvement in the hyperloop by continuing to cooperate with the Dutch company Hardt Hyperloop.
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Schiphol Today
Published on:The app provides floor managers with real-time information and shows them at a glance what they will be doing during their shift.
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BrainCreators wins Pointcloud Innovation Challenge
Published on:Schiphol and its main contractors invited six companies to develop smart solutions for existing and new use cases relating to Schiphol's asset portfolio.
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Security pilot with actual travellers
Published on:In the summer of 2019, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol conducted a successful security pilot with travellers flying from Departure Hall 2.
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PX Team tests Sanitizing Zones
Published on:A pilot was done to investigate what Schiphol could do to improve passengers’ hygiene experience, giving them the impression that they were ‘outsmarting germs’
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Schiphol supports soundproofing start-up DeNoize
Published on:DeNoize is researching and developing soundproofing technology for windows in houses. We see great potential in these innovations and supports their efforts.
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Upgrade Module
Published on:To create a more passenger-friendly experience until the upgrade of toilet groups with a low score has been completed, the PX Team launched a new initiative.
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Short Connection Pass
Published on:To speed up the process of making a short connection (less than an hour), and make it more pleasant we have developed the Short Connection Pass.
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The benefits of sustainable taxiing
Published on:A lot of people shared their thoughts about our sustainable taxiing test. Read our blog to find out more about what sustainable taxiing means for us.
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“Take a ride on the green side!”
Published on:The students from Made by 020 advised Schiphol on sustainable passenger experience. One of the student concepts was “Take a ride on the green side”.
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What is sustainable taxiing? (Part 1)
Published on:In this blog we will consider how we could implement sustainable taxiing in practice. It is more complicated than it may seem at first sight.
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A shared vision for Smart Schiphol Airport City
Published on:The purpose of this blog is to give you an insight into our vision for the future: a Smart Schiphol Airport City full of Smart Buildings.
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Turnaround Insights
Published on:To streamline the turnaround process and make it more predictable, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has developed Turnaround Insights
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What is sustainable taxiing? (Part 2)
Published on:In this blog we're introducing a third dimension to taxiing: the control system. Making sustainable taxiing an even more appealing prospect.
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Wilbur: data on passenger flows and ‘hot pax’
Published on:Wilbur developer Bas Kiers tells us about the digital developments in the Schiphol control centre.
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An autonomous airport in 2050
Published on:Schiphol aims to operate the most sustainable airports in the world by 2050. In order to achieve this we have launched Autonomous Airside Operations
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Notifly: the air traffic forecast for your area
Published on:A study with local residents found that there is significant demand for air traffic forecasts. That's why Schiphol is currently developing the Notifly app.
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Pioneering autonomous passenger bridges
Published on:The first step towards an interconnected fleet of self-driving (autonomous), emission-free vehicles on airside
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Smart security for odd-size baggage
Published on:In order to ensure that the security process is 100%-compliant and more efficient, we’ve implemented an IOT (Internet of Things) solution.
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Sustainable taxiing: Taxibot trial
Published on:We carried out a Taxibot trial at Schiphol between March and August 2020. In this blog we tell you how that went and what we learned from it.
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Collaboration with Eco-Runner Team Delft
Published on:The collaboration underlines the dedication we have towards sustainable mobility and fits our ambition to create the world’s most sustainable airports
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Is sustainable taxiing possible at a busy Schiphol
Published on:Thanks to the taxibot trial we know the prerequisites for sustainable taxiing. But more research was needed into the scalability of the concept.
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Sustainable taxiing: which route will we take?
Published on:In this blog we will talk in more detail about A-SMGCS, which is an important prerequisite for the introduction of sustainable taxiing at major airports.
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Calling all Innovators!
Published on:Fellow interns shared their stories as an inspiration on the broad horizon of possibilities.
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DeNoize to test smart noise-reducing window
Published on:In a home in Zwanenburg where many planes fly overhead, DeNoize is testing whether an innovative window can reduce noise nuisance in the house.
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It takes two TaxiBots to tango!
Published on:Taxiing in a plane to the Polderbaan will be more sustainable. Schiphol is buying two TaxiBots that will be used to tow aircraft to and from the runway.
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Aircraft stands' now inspected with lasers and AI
Published on:Aircraft stands that can be used more often, but at a lower cost and involving less hindrance, materials and CO2 emissions. Now inspected with lasers and AI
