🎉 Dubbele Best Paper Award voor KDC-studenten tijdens ATRDS 2026! 🎉 Wat een prachtige prestatie van onze KDC-studenten! Tijdens het Air Transport Research & Development Symposium (ATRDS) 2026 vielen maar liefst twee onderzoeken in de prijzen. 🏆 Matthijs Slobbe won met zijn onderzoek de award voor Best Paper in the Track “Weather in Air Transport”. […]
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Airline and Airport Operational Efficiency
Op 9 juni heeft onze alumni Bachelor student – Jasper van Renssen – zijn thesis mogen presenteren tijdens het AIAA Aviation Forum in San Diego. Een prestatie waar wij als KDC heel erg trots op zijn! 👏 Lees meer over A Typical Approaches in zijn thesis. LinkedIn: bericht
Read MoreCommunication between air and ground is still often done using RT contact. RT has been used for decades in aviation and has proven to be a reliable means of communication. However, with the ever increase of traffic, the limits of RT communication will be encountered within the foreseeable future. Frequency congestion at busy airports/airspace, miscommunication […]
Read More🎓 In februari mocht het KDC weer een aantal nieuwe studenten van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) welkom heten. Team KDC kijkt er – samen met hun begeleider Koos Noordeloos – naar uit welke vernieuwende ideeën en waardevolle perspectieven zij zullen inbrengen in de luchtvaartsector. Hierbij de onderwerpen die aan bod komen: · Sten den Hartog […]
Read MoreKnowledge and Development Centre (KDC) The KDC Foundation is a collaboration between the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, LVNL, and aviation sector partners KLM and Royal Schiphol Group. The foundation develops and integrates knowledge with the aim of advancing and innovating aviation in the Netherlands and at Mainport Schiphol. KDC has a multi-year program […]
Read MoreHet onderwerp waarop onze Master student Jens Bremer gaat afstuderen is het volgende: Improving the departure manager (DMAN) at Schiphol through PEGT Integration Schiphol kent momenteel een vertrekpunctualiteit (OTP15) van slechts rond de 67%, waardoor elke verbetering in voorspelbaarheid en planning direct bijdraagt aan een efficiëntere operatie. Met het nieuwe project ‘Deep Turnaround’ van Schiphol […]
Read MoreKDC Research Agenda 2025-2029
14 July 2025 Airline and Airport Operational Efficiency, Airspace Design & Innovation, AMAN Cluster inclusief iCAS ontwikkeling, Capacity Management, Capacity Management, Environmental sustainability, Frontpage News, HF in ATM van de toekomst, HF in Future ATM, KDC research agenda, News, Safe Airspace and Airport Navigation
🌍✈️ The KDC is on a mission to drive sustainable development at Mainport Schiphol! By launching and executing targeted projects in close collaboration with the air transport sector and government, we tackle complex challenges that require the expertise of multiple stakeholders and research institutes. Our efforts are guided by the KDC Research Agenda, which outlines […]
Read MoreThe KDC Foundation is a collaboration between the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, LVNL, and aviation sector partners KLM and Royal Schiphol Group. The foundation develops and integrates knowledge with the aim of developing and innovating aviation in the Netherlands and Mainport Schiphol. The KDC has a multi-year program carried out in collaboration with […]
Read MoreIn 2023, six projects were worked on within KDC as part of the multi-year program. Three of these projects continued from 2022. Four of the six projects were completed in 2023. The remaining two projects will be completed in 2024. The main topics worked on in 2023 are: The study Air-Ground Datalink Implementation Strategy, which investigated […]
Read MoreIn 2022 fourteen projects were worked on within KDC, five of which continued from 2021. Eight of the fourteen projects were completed in 2022. The remaining six projects will be completed in 2023 or later. In 2022, two students from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences graduated within the KDC, in the bachelor track of […]
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