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Facts and figures<br />

Dutch Airport Technology<br />

Bolidt:<br />

runways/aprons (Chiang<br />

Kai-Shek, Ch<strong>in</strong>a; Heathrow,<br />

London)<br />

Hess<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

telecommunications for air<br />

traffic control (Marsa Alam,<br />

Egypt)<br />

Vanderlande Industries:<br />

baggage handl<strong>in</strong>g systems<br />

(Tianj<strong>in</strong> and Wuxi, Ch<strong>in</strong>a;<br />

Charles de Gaulle, Paris;<br />

Heathrow, London; Chep Lak<br />

Kok, Hong Kong; JFK, New York;<br />

Johannesburg, South Africa)<br />

AirportCity concept:<br />

(Arlanda, Stockholm; Chep Lak<br />

Kok, Hong Kong)<br />

Boon Edam:<br />

revolv<strong>in</strong>g and sw<strong>in</strong>g doors (JFK,<br />

New York; Charles de Gaulle,<br />

Paris)<br />

Mijksenaar:<br />

waysign<strong>in</strong>g (Frankfurt,<br />

Germany; Abu Dhabi; Sard<strong>in</strong>ia)<br />

The Netherlands <strong>in</strong> a nutshell<br />

Form of government: Constitutional monarchy,<br />

parliamentary democracy<br />

Head of state: Queen Beatrix<br />

Currency: Euro<br />

Location: Western Europe, border<strong>in</strong>g the North<br />

Sea, between Belgium and Germany<br />

6 <strong>Holland</strong> Airport Technology<br />

Capital: Amsterdam<br />

Population: 16,372,715 (June 2007)<br />

Largest cities: Amsterdam: 743,393 <strong>in</strong>habitants<br />

Rotterdam: 599,859 <strong>in</strong>habitants<br />

The Hague: 472,087 <strong>in</strong>habitants<br />

Utrecht: 281,011 <strong>in</strong>habitants<br />

A selection of<br />

projects w

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