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- Security at Amsterdam Schiphol AMS Airport
SECURITY AT SCHIPHOL AIRPORT--Departing and Arriving Passengers:
Note: The Schengen countries include: Austria, Baltic states, Belgium, Checkia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain (incl. the Canary Islands), Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.
Departure Control - At AMS Airport the passport control and security checks for Schengen flights take place in one central location, located directly beyond the check-in desks. Security checks for non-Schengen flights take place at the gate. Non-Schengen flights are flights that leave from piers D1 t/m D58, E, F and G. The passport control for these flights takes place directly beyond the check-in desks.
DEPARTING PASSENGERS:
Check-in at your airline desk. Check-in desks are located in Departure halls 1, 2 and 3. Present your ticket and passport. Your suitcase will be weighed, labeled and brought to the conveyor belt. You receive a boarding card and can proceed with your on-board luggage and boarding pass.
Passport and/or ticket control If you are leaving from Departure hall 2 or 3, go to a central checkpoint where your passport and ticket will be checked. If you are leaving from Departure hall 1 because you are traveling to one of the Schengen (EU) countries, only your ticket will be checked.
Security control - If you are leaving from Departure hall 1, you and your hand luggage will have to undergo a security check once you have gone through ticket control. You will be asked to place your hand luggage on a conveyor belt after which it will be X-rayed. The X-ray equipment will not cause any damage to light-sensitive film material, computer diskettes or laptops, for instance.
You can place your mobile phone plus any keys, coins, etc. you may have on you in one of the special trays before you go through the metal detection gates. If the alarm on the metal detection gate goes off, you will be searched. Follow the instructions of the security staff. Do not forget to collect the personal items you have placed in the tray before moving on.
If you are leaving from Departure hall 2 or 3 this security check will take place at the gate.
ARRIVING PASSENGERS:
Follow the 'Arrivals' and 'Exit' signs. After passport control, proceed to the baggage conveyor belts on the ground floor. Once you collected your baggage, you will have to go through customs. If you have nothing to declare, simply walk through.
Schengen countries
If you come from a Schengen country, you will not have to show your passport. You will be able to go straight to baggage reclaim. However, you will have to go through customs if you have something to declare.
Note: If you are flying from a Schengen country with Martinair, you will arrive in arrivals hall 3 and therefore you will have to go through passport control. If you do not wish to do so. advise Martinair and they will then take you to arrivals hall 1 by bus, where you will not have to show your passport.
