It's literally Amsterdam Airport? I don't think it needs clarification. It's like saying "JFK/Heathrow/LAX conducts trial with self-driving buses on airside"

I think OP is saying people don't know that. Like, similarly, someone might say "What is JFK?" in your example.

Hum... I don't automatically read any of those names as airports. The title is a bit clear because of the "airside", but people that don't have lots of experiency in airports won't recognize that word either.

I have no idea where JFK or Heathrow airports are. Next time please include a location in your message too. ;)

Half of people I know wouldnt recognize LAX just casually mentioned, you may realize 95% of human population doesnt live in US and folks from many backgrounds come here.

I for example know the name only due to flying to/from it during work & travel stint during university times, otherwise nope. Simply not that famous in Europe, even JFK as an airport name aint guaranteed to be recognized here (but more than LAX).

Schipol is quite a famous airport, though.

I only learned about it last week because I was considering a trip to Amsterdam. But I'm also happy to have "airport" added to "JFK" "ORD" or "SFO" which strike me as obviously airports.

Never heard of schipol. I’m sure there are many things I think are very famous that you’ve never heard of as well. World is big yadda yadda I think two words to explain what a schipol was would be nice is all

I'd be quite confident that the vast majority of people who don't live in or travel to Europe a lot have never heard of it.

I'm with you! I thought it was a town for most of the release. I didn't know what "airside" meant either, pardon my ignorance. I've never encountered that word in American English.

> many won't know if this is a company, a town, or what until paragraph 4 of the press release?

The word "airside" in the title already gives a pretty enormous clue !

I think there's enough uncertainty in the post where assuming it's an airport would have a significant chance of being wrong. Nobody enjoys being corrected on a mistaken "obvious" assumption.

It's a pretty big global airport, isn't it? Maybe for freight more than passangers, but I definitely know the name and I've never been to the Netherlands.

A quick look on wikipedia says it has about the same passenger and freight numbers as JFK, though I guess that's more well known because of all the sitcoms set in New York.

Seconded