The people of the world have given their ratings, and it looks like Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport is ranking lower than ever before.
Website Vliegveldinfo.nl has compiled Google ratings about the hundred busiest airports in Europe, and Schiphol has found itself in the unsettling rank of 39th place.
Schiphol strikes again
After a summer full of insane chaos at the airport, the largest Dutch airport seems to have only declined in the autumn months.
Now ranked with a solid 4 stars, Schiphol is at the same level as Heathrow Airport in London, Madrid in Spain and Zaventem in Brussels.
Of course, Schiphol’s ranking could be worse. Eindhoven Airport, the second-busiest airport in the Netherlands, has ranked with 3.8 stars and is in 70th place on the rankings.
Beat out by Zurich
Zurich, Athens, and Porto scored the highest out of all the European airports, scoring a total of 4.4 stars each.
And at the bottom? Manchester in the UK with 2.9 stars, Heraklion in Greece with 2.7 stars, and Bordeaux in France, which landed a total of 2.6 stars.
Formerly known as one of the best airports in Europe, major staffing shortages at Schiphol have led to the airport’s ratings dropping.
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Recently, one-star reviews have become more and more common, with customers writing things like, “If you like real, deep-seated customer hatred, this is really the place to be.”
Plane delays, low wages, and deserting CEOs
Schiphol Airport has become, let’s be honest, a bit of a joke in the last few months.
Even Dick Benschop, former CEO, was able to see the chaos he’d caused, and guess what he did? Jumped ship! (or plane 😉)
But why would he quit?
Well, maybe because the airport ranked as the fourth-worst airport for delays this summer. No surprise to us, seeing as over the summer, a grand total of 16,000 bags were left unclaimed due to shortages of bag handling staff.
The same staff, by the way, who reported recently just how terrible conditions are in the baggage basement at Schiphol.
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Plus, due to staff shortages (because really, who would want to work in such chaos?), Schiphol has planned to cancel up to 18% of its departing flights through all of autumn.
The flight slashing will continue until March 2023, with the airport capping the number of passengers passing through at 50,000 per week.
Perhaps it’s time to consider taking the train instead? 😬
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But how can this be so? The Dutch are the best at everything. If a Dutch person says something it is by definition true. Brain cramp.
Downright scandalous! You laid off so many workers during Covid, with no plan whatsoever to cope once the pandemic ended. The chaos over the last year is a direct result of your incompetence! And for the Dutch Government- What are your plans to woo tourists again after this debacle??