Embraer
“Amsterdam is strategic for our growth, as it is a city that offers mobility and easy connectivity to the region’s countries,” said Jorge Ramos, Embra...
Amsterdam, your neutral and central gateway
Amsterdam's aerospace industry is home to leading international companies such as Boeing, GE Aviation, Embraer, Bell and CAE, who have all set up operations in the proximity of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. They use their base here for their MRO, spare parts logistics, training facilities and office functions (i.e. marketing and sales, holding and leasing companies) in Europe and the Middle East.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol offers an ideal environment for OEMs like Boeing and Embraer, their supplier network and service providers, such as AAR, Moog, and DART Aerospace. Schiphol is connected to many OEMs’ hometowns – for example Seattle, Montreal, São Paulo, Tokyo and Toulouse – by daily direct, non-stop flights.
“Amsterdam is strategic to our growth, as it is a city that offers mobility and easy connectivity to the region's countries." – Jorge Ramos, EMEA President for Embraer
Ideal logistics hub
Europe’s third largest airport by passengers flown and third largest by cargo volume, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the second best-connected airport on earth. Amsterdam is your perfect logistics hub, home to numerous specialised third-party logistics providers with a dedicated aerospace vertical: examples are Kuehne + Nagel, Expeditors, FedEx, Gefco and Bolloré. Strategically located within the EU, Amsterdam’s dense, high-quality infrastructure offers fast connections to all important markets, regardless which means of transportation you prefer.
Next to this, the Amsterdam Area has a high tech, innovative and supportive business ecosystem which enables startups such as Aiir Innovations to grow into flourishing business partners, providing synergy for aerospace development.
Talent
A wide range of Dutch educational institutions, e.g. VU Amsterdam, TU Delft, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and ROC Amsterdam, have built a strong basis for a dedicated and flexible aerospace labour force. An extra advantage of Dutch skilled aerospace maintenance staff is that they’re multilingual. Due to this and other factors, many aerospace companies such as CAE have set up their training facilities here.
The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) is the independent knowledge enterprise in the Netherlands on aerospace. The overall mission is making air transport and space exploration safer, more sustainable and more efficient. NLR’s multidisciplinary approach focuses on developing new and cost effective technologies for aviation and space, from design support to production technology and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul). Source: NLR
More on the aerospace industry in Amsterdam
News about Amsterdam's aerospace industry
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Amsterdam’s Transavia and Bit team up to cut carbon emissions
Amsterdam-based airline Transavia will attempt to reduce its environmental impact with the help of Bit, a company that uses next-gen tech to solve challenges.
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DART Aerospace’s new Amsterdam facility is fully functional and ready to serve clients
The new Amsterdam facility will significantly reduce the amount of time many of DART’s clients have to wait for repair and overhaul services.
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KLM commits to using sustainable aviation fuel
The Dutch airline will invest in sustainable aviation fuel on a massive scale, helping it achieve a dramatic reduction in CO2 emissions.
Success stories from Amsterdam's aerospace sector
A high-flying century
Schiphol Airport celebrates its centenary in 2016. CEO Jos Nijhuis explains how it went from a shed in a field to one of the world’s largest aviation ...
Growing with Cityhopper
KLM subsidiary Cityhopper has been flourishing since its initial launch in 1991. The service – based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol – specialises in sh...
Jet Airways
Jet Airways has selected Amsterdam as its European hub, bringing more choice for direct connections to Mumbai, Delhi and Toronto.
Up and away
Embraer’s impressive growth and role in renewing KLM’s Cityhopper fleet has seen the company open its European headquarters in Amsterdam.
KLM and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
The Senior VP of cargo at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Enno Osinga, explains what makes the airport so unique.
