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Check in to the Golden AgeThe Netherlands has the highest museum density in theworld – even passengers at Schiphol Airport have been ableto immerse themselves in the ultimate cultural experiencefor a number of years at the branch of RijksmuseumAmsterdam in Schiphol’s terminal building. The Rijksmuseumis the first museum in the world to have a branch at anairport and Schiphol is the first airport to have a museumin its terminal building, thus allowing passengers to takeas much time as they wish prior to their flight to enjoy thegenuine masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum’s world-famouscollection by artists such as Jan Steen, Jacob van Ruysdaeland sometimes even Rembrandt. You can find the museumon the ‘Holland Boulevard’ between Piers E and F, after youpass through passport control.www.rijksmuseum.nlPhoto Hollandse HoogteReduced aircraft separationThe National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) studied thequestion of how to handle more air traffic without expandingthe airport and without compromising safety, and concludedthat parallel runways, converging runways and runwayscrossing each other for aircraft to land, take off or taxi wouldgo a long way towards solving the current problems. Anotheroption is to reduce aircraft separation, so that there is lesstime between one aircraft taking off and the next one, butit is then essential that systems are in place to allow for the‘wake vortex’. Now that such systems are available – both onboard the aircraft and in the air traffic control towers –that are better able to predict the position of the vortex, itwould be possible to reduce aircraft separation in certaincircumstances. The different possibilities and methodsthat can be used to identify the risks are outlined in thereport entitled ‘Risk-based decision support for new airtraffic operations with reduced aircraft separation’, which istherefore an essential tool to help airport authorities takedecisions about increasing the capacity of their airports.dfvos@nlr.nlwww.nlr.nlAir France-KLM to digitise air freightThe airline company Air France-KLM is to take part in a pilotorganised by the International Air Transport Association (IATA)to test a digital system for handling air freight that does notrequire consignment notes. IATA has selected five airports for thetest: Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Toronto, in addition toAmsterdam Schiphol. “The paper-free era for air freight beginstoday,” said Giovanni Bisignani, the Director General & CEOof IATA. “This first wave of pilots will pave the way for a globalrollout of e-freight that will eliminate the paper that costs thisindustry $1.2 billion every year. Combined, these documentscould fill 39 B747 cargo freighters each year, which makese-freight a win for the business and for the environment.” AirFrance-KLM is the largest transporter of air freight in the world,so the prospects offered by this test are good for both IATA as awhole and Air France-KLM in particular.www.klm.comPhoto Hollandse Hoogtewww.hollandtrade.com5