- Schiphol Airport, the fourth busiest in Europe by passenger number, has placed an order with MAN for 52 MAN Lion’s City 12 E buses, to be used as passenger and crew transportation across the site.
- The first deliveries are set to take place in 2025, adding to the electric buses already in operation at Schiphol Airport.
- This addition will help the airport in achieving its goal of becoming climate neutral by 2030.
MAN receives large order for its electric buses
Arriving in April 2025, the new electric MAN buses will replace existing electric units at the airport, which were introduced ten years ago and have now reached the end of their service life. The airport has said that with passenger planes getting larger, buses will take an ever bigger role at airports across the world – so switching to fully-electric units can only be a good thing, to help reduce the emissions of ground operations.
Schiphol Airport is not the only major European airport that has chosen MAN for a new electric bus fleet. Earlier this year, Munich Airport in Germany placed an order of 49 such buses, to replace the 32 diesel-powered buses already on the ground. It’s another piece of good news for the wider adoption of electric buses in the Netherlands, after local public transport operator Arriva recently placed an order for 187 fully-electric buses in the country.
Sybren Hahn, Executive Director of Infrastructure at Schiphol, commented on the move:
“We are proud that MAN is further expanding its cooperation with Schiphol in the area of passenger transportation and thus making a significant contribution to the ambitious zero-emission targets of our national airport”.
Heinz Kiess, Head of Product Marketing Bus at MAN Truck & Bus, added:
“Our eBus is perfectly suited to meeting the increasing demand for passenger transport between aircraft and terminal. Thanks to the intelligent space concept, our 12-metre solo bus can accommodate a maximum of up to 107 passengers”.