Schiphol announces imminent re-opening of revamped runway

Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam has announced its Zwanenburgbaan Runway is available from May 4 after what it said was ” a period of major maintenance”. However, the runway can only be “fully deployed” when visibility is good, with landings from the south are off-limits until late June, after a series of May test flights and a 30-day “validation period”. The work “included renewing the asphalt on the runway – an area equal to 86 football pitches. 60% of the asphalt was reused during this upgrade”, the airport announced, adding that it refreshed 12,000 square metres of markings  and replaced six