Thousands of Suitcases Missing on Airport Schiphol

September 6th, 2008 By: Michael van der Galien | Tags:
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Thousands of suitcases have gone missing on Schiphol, the airport close to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Most of them were lost - probably stolen - last month during a strike by luggage personel.

Consumer organization Dolor is preparing a law suit against the luggage personel in order to compensate travelers victimized by them.

The average passenger claims losses of 1800 euros, approximately 2700 USD.

Luggage companies Aviapartner and Flightcare say they are responsible for the mess. “It is not our responsibility” that luggage was stolen, Aviapartner told reporters.

“That has nothing to do with the strike. We are a middleman for aircompanies and passengers, that is all.”

Victims of the strike are likely to disagree with that assessment.

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  1. moorpipe
    September 7th, 2008 at 00:23
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    11th August 2008 - Luggage Handlers Strike at Brussels Airport
    Baggage handlers employed by Aviapartner and Flightcare at BRU continue their strike over salary demands, creating major disruptions at Belgium’s leading airport. Airport authorities have enlisted shuttle buses to ferry passengers between BRU and Liege Airport (LGG), Charleroi (CRL - Brussels South) and Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (AMS).  Source: ATP HiFlyers

    Something of the same… ?

  2. David
    September 7th, 2008 at 12:45
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    I don’t wish to insult your country Michael, but Schipol Airport security is very disorganised, probably the worst that I have ever experienced. Last time I was there the security checks took about 30 minutes and almost led to me missing my plane.

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