Economics & Air & Water
SCHIPHOL:
Schiphol is the fourth biggest airport, after
HISTORY:
- Schiphol got his name in 1447
-Schiphol was on a peace of land, lowland, it was used to get wood of it
-“ schip “ it’s from the gotic word “scip”,it means wood
- In 1920 it became an international airport with KLM-flights
-it was used as an militaire airport during the first World War
-after the war ,Schiphol developed it self very quick,needed more space
-in 1960 the built the update Schipholcenter,the building was finished after 6 years.
-since the reopen, the old Schiphol is called Schiphol East
Some date about the airport:
Number of passengers: 56 Mio in one year
Number of flights : 1100 every day
At the airport , you can find different sorts of companies,
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The airport has two towers , an old and hughe new tower.6 runaways about 4km length
(Tanja van Dijk, Bianca Fischer, Gina Hoefferlin)