Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Royal Schiphol Group continues its investment in innovation, technology and new solutions to create smart, future-proof ground handling processes. Ahead of her presentation at the upcoming FTE APEX Virtual Expo, taking place on 25-26 May, Rosina Kotey, Innovation Lead, Royal Schiphol Group, spoke to FTE about the airport group’s new vision to operate fully autonomous and sustainable airports by 2050.
“An innovation mindset is crucial”

Royal Schiphol Group’s innovation approach is based upon McKinsey’s Three Horizons Model, which the airport group calls “earth, moon and mars” innovations. Kotey describes the ‘earth’ model as the…