Amsterdam Airport Schiphol – Keeping Passengers Moving with Veovo
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport was an early adopter of Veovo´s Passenger Predictability technology. A solution that has dramatically improved the way people move through the airport.
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport serves as a transit hub for over 300 destinations. In 2019, it was the third busiest airport in Europe with over 72 million passengers, a 40% increase in 8 years. Playing host to 107 airlines, and with six runways, 90 gates, heavily used road infrastructure, and capacity constraints, Schiphol’s passenger management challenges are considerable, demanding valuable insight and collaboration.
The airport needs to accommodate rapidly increasing passenger volumes, avoid safety breaches, comply with changing regulations, keep staff happy, expand capacity and ensure that passengers enjoy a pleasant airport experience.
Multiple challenges, one holistic solution
To make this possible, Schiphol rely extensively on data provided by Veovo’s Passenger Predictability solution to provide real-time queue and movement information, to proactively manage passenger flow.
“At passenger processes, airports must constantly be prepared to respond to increasing passenger numbers and demands. At Airport Schiphol, which battles challenges with capacity, the solution offers a necessary level of service and logistical insights,” says Michiel de Haas, Capacity Manager at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport.
The solution that keeps on growing
Since inception, new functionalities have been added, including predicted wait time information, displayed on screens at passenger processing points.
Also, a recently developed hybrid 3D and WiFi/BLE sensor solution help the airport alleviate critical overcrowding issues, while passenger flow measurement provides a seamless picture of passenger movement and behaviour throughout the airport. It helps the airport add value to existing facilities and make data-driven investment decisions to unlock new business opportunities.
“Veovo helps us manage performance with data-driven certainty. With real-time visibility of passenger flow, we can keep security processing quick, but also make holistic decisions on how to create more efficient and more meaningful customer experiences throughout the airport. It has proven to be very valuable, as it provides continuous airport-wide visibility and measurements – a feature that other systems do not provide, as they are not able to measure flow for longer periods or through multiple stages of the journey,” explains Eric van´t Veer, Project Manager at Schiphol Group.
A part of Schiphol´s digital transformation
The cooperation has grown considerably over the years, resulting in continuously improved solutions for both the airport and Veovo. Today, the partnership plays an important part in Schiphol´s predictive approach and digital transformation initiative.
“We are working on the development of a data-driven and proactive approach towards performance management. Having accurate data available on a variety of processes is key. Therefore, we see developments towards a wider network of different sensors and combining information collected by a variety of systems. We want to work towards connecting the different processes we measure today into one single travel pattern,”
“Leveraging the immense amount of data enables Schiphol to learn from the past and help predict the future to make informed decisions. It also helps the airport to create a safe and secure environment, unique sense of place, and personalised experiences for everyone – staff, passengers and visitors alike,” says Peter Knudsen, General Manager at Veovo.
“With Veovo, We gain critical insight on passenger flow at our facility, which we share on a multitude of communication platforms.”
“Veovo was chosen after a comprehensive selection procedure. Its ability to accurately aggregate multiple data sources and automate the delivery of accurate forecasts stood out as a clear point of difference.”
“The Veovo solution helps us manage passenger expectations better, making for a more pleasant travel experience.”
“Veovo’s technology gives us complete passenger flow visibility, helping us make informed decisions to deliver a better-quality passenger experience.“
“Veovo’s cloud solution helps make our business more resilient by allowing us to accurately measure passenger flow so that we can respond quickly and efficiently to any changes.”
“Veovo has translated our complex passenger flow process into numbers. It helped the organization in finding insights and enhanced passenger experience in our terminal.“
“Veovo’s live re-forecasting capabilities provide us with an early heads-up on changes to passenger presentation profiles. This allows us to easily adapt plans and rosters to reflect the current situation, improving journeys and keeping costs down.”
“Veovo helps us manage performance with data-driven certainty. With real-time visibility of passenger flow, we can keep pinch-point processing quick and make holistic decisions on creating more efficient and meaningful customer experiences throughout the airport.”
“Veovo has allowed us to understand the security check-point dynamics, and most importantly, our customers benefit directly by getting a better service.”
“We can keep our passengers fully informed 24/7 about what to expect at security. Our aim is to make the experience as smooth as possible – Veovo helps us do that.”
