The most important international airport of Netherlands, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, has taken the complete ownership of the Terminal 4 at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, which is situated in New York.

It is the first time a foreign company has managed to take control of a terminal at the airport in the United States. Already possessing 40% of the shares of the terminal, the Amsterdam Schiphol airport has bought the remaining 60% of the shares, for an added 13 million dollars.

This new terminal with 16 international gates is comprised of all the facilities like check-in lobby areas, automated checked baggage screening, Customer and Border Protection and more.

The other airline companies which are aspiring to make the use of the terminal are charged with the fees by Schiphol and the terminal will be further expanded from 16 to 25 gates in the upcoming years. Delta Air Lines, a partner of the Air France-KLM company, will be the biggest customer of all.

The CEO of Schiphol airport, Jos Nijhuis has told that “It will very much strengthen the Amsterdam’s position as a European hub for the United States and will also lead to the increase in the Amsterdam’s flight traffic.”

“It is not only financially profitable but also deliberately important”, said the Dutch caretaker transport minister, Camiel Eurlings. “Only few European airports of global importance are left and the rest of them are vanishing to the regional level while handling only European flights,” he added.

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