Originally Posted by
BA6948
AMS is not that far from London but look at KL routes map. They have an impressive African, South American and Chinese coverage. They seem to make thin markets work.
Well, from what I could see from dealings with their Engineering branch, I sometimes wonder if AF-KL's attitude to making money isn't more 'relaxed' than BA's... But this sort of disquisitions aside, I think it's the value of being a Schengen country (and the other way round also applies).
Besides, I seem to recall that 40% of AMS' passengers are transfers; LHR's is lower at 30%. Finallt, and I hope no one gets it badly, I have a feeling that, from a touristic point of view, the overwhelming majority of people in this country would rather go to Dubai than to Colombia, to name but one.