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Meijs, Lester (author)With Schiphol Airport's flight numbers growing, working assets are essential to ensure on-time processes. The Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB) is a critical asset in the airport's turnaround process. By ensuring that the asset is working properly, the operational processes can run efficiently. Currently, improving the reliability of the PBB when...master thesis 2024
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Timmermans, Koen (author)Airports and airlines are examining and committing to the electrification of Ground Support Equipment (GSE). To be able to estimate the required quantity of eGSE, the charging requirements of eGSE, the change of airport electricity requirements, and the scheduling possibilities of eGSE charging for the existing turnaround procedures, a model was...master thesis 2023
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Bronkhorst, Samuel (author)In the era of increasing global connectivity, Schiphol Airport aims to transform into a Multimodal Transport Hub (MTH) to meet the growing demand for seamless travel experiences. This shift from the traditional hub-and-spoke model to an MTH not only enhances passenger satisfaction but also positions Schiphol as a leader in the aviation industry...master thesis 2023
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CHEN, YU (author)The global shift towards sustainability has spotlighted the environmental implications of disposable takeaway coffee cups, particularly their contribution to landfill waste and ocean pollution. This report delves into the pressing challenge of reducing disposable cup waste at Schiphol Airport, especially in light of the impending Dutch...master thesis 2023
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den Ouden, Nika (author)This graduation project focuses on the problem of solid waste, specifically passenger waste at Schiphol Airport. The project aimed to enhance passenger separation behaviour to reduce the amount of residual waste that would be incinerated. <br/><br/>The project began by exploring the FF3 bin's context, including its attributes, pilot tests, waste...master thesis 2023
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Castellano, Vincenzo (author)The increasing use of robots in the workplace presents a valuable opportunity to diversify the workforce by including underrepresented groups such as ethnic minorities and the elder population. However, high unemployment among these social groups shows that the opportunity to boost inclusivity and diversity is not grasped. Seizing this...master thesis 2023
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de Keijzer, Mitchell (author)Baggage handling operations in airports have become substantially more challenging due to the surge in air transportation demand witnessed in the last three decades combined with an even higher pressure on the operations following the COVID-19 pandemic. The intricate nature of checked baggage requirements, impacting resource allocation and...master thesis 2023
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Aalberse, Max (author)During the COVID-19 pandemic people living close to the airport got accustomed to less flights, and therefore less noise disturbance. Now the amount of traffic is increasing again and so is the noise disturbance. For this research specifically the optimizing task of distributing of arriving aircraft over the IAF is addressed, as often the...master thesis 2022
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Arkesteijn, Laura (author)This thesis has the goal to improve the commercial wayfinding at Schiphol. Commercial wayfinding entails tertiary wayfinding activities, which are not related to the travel process (shopping, eating/drinking, relaxing), whereas functional wayfinding gives information about passenger activities related to the airport process. Individuals can find...master thesis 2021
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Moffie, Yaël (author)As main contractor at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, BAM Infra Energie & Water strives for optimal asset maintenance for each and every one of their assets. In order to achieve this, one of the components which needs to be improved are the amount of malfunctions of Schiphol’s sewage pumping stations. These are caused by all types of...master thesis 2021
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Kim, Tess (author)The Airport Coordination Netherlands monitors the conformity of airlines to the allocated slots in cooperation with the relevant authorities. ACNL discovered the non-conformity behaviour of slot usage in Schiphol Airport of the Netherlands, and among nine types of misuses, this paper will discuss the one type of misuses: a flight operated at a...master thesis 2021
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Maes, Jeff (author)A lowcost multipollutant sensor box is developed, calibrated and deployed to quantify aviationattributable air quality impacts at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. The sensor box contains four lowcost electrochemical gas sensors that respond to CO, NO, NO2 and O3 concentrations in ambient air. Additional sensors in the sensor box allow the...master thesis 2021
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Abbenhuis, Anthonie (author)The runway usage of complex airports with multiple runways is currently prescribed by a preference list. The preference list mostly focuses on minimizing noise and it provides a more manageable flow for ATC. However, it does not consider the fuel burn or current demand of flights. This study presents a MILP scheduling model which optimizes for...master thesis 2021
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Bonifazi, Alberto (author)This thesis shows that it is possible to produce safety knowledge by mining Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data. The methodology combines exceedance detection and anomaly detection techniques to identify anomalous safety events in approach flights. One of these events is unstable approaches, which are identified with a rule...master thesis 2020
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Li, Jianghui (author)Base on the preliminary research results, the design goal of this project is defined: Providing departing, arriving and transferring travellers a seamless experience, which makes them feel confident and relaxed during the whole process of their journey in Schiphol, including wayfinding, searching information, learning of the Dutch transport...master thesis 2020
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Yadav, Shrey (author)This report focuses on the optimal utilization of commercial office real estate at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport to further contribute to the Mainport Strategy of the Netherlands. It is important to realize that the non-aeronautical activities play a crucial role for the business of the airport, especially considering factors such as a limit on the...master thesis 2020
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van Slobbe, Chèr (author)Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is the main international airport in the Netherlands, being the third busiest airport in Europe in terms of passenger volumes (Insideflyer, 2020). All these passengers spent most of their time behind the security check in the terminal, waiting for their aircraft to depart. In this area, passengers are encouraged to...master thesis 2020
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Troquete, Remco (author)The almost ceaselessly growing Air Transportation System has led to concerns across airports on how to deal with this growth. Also Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AAS) experienced large increases in number of passengers and movements over the last decades: the current limit of 500,000 annual movements of the airport is (nearly) reached. Before...master thesis 2020
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Hensens, David (author)A significant part of the revenue generated by KLM Cargo comes from transporting temperature- sensitive goods. Currently, KLM Cargo faces quality issues in the handling processes of these goods which may lead to significant loss in revenue, and the risk of not generating new revenue. This research focuses on the improvement of the performance of...master thesis 2019
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Liu, Mingyu (author)This study presents the process and results of the graduation project: Enhancing Mobility Experience around Schiphol Airport for International passengers.This project is part of this project Optimaliseren Mobiliteit rondom Schiphol (in English Optimise Mobility around Schiphol). Within its broad scope, this graduation focuses on Chinese...master thesis 2019