Big increase in passengers in AMS is caused by growth by all airlines at AMS. KLM passed the 30 million passengers mark in 2016 for the first time, which is a big increase. Also EasyJet is expanding rapidly. But lets not forget the impact of Jet Airways moving all their operations to Schiphol, AeroMexico started flights, China Eastern started ops. So there was also a lot of new longhaul traffic.
If you count aircraft movements, Amsterdam was even the number 1 in Europe, having passed LHR, CDG and FRA. As mentioned earlier, there is a political maximum number of flights (500.000 per year) allowed. So Amsterdam has pretty much reached that number. For the moment, the only way to increase passenger numbers is by operating bigger aircraft. However different parties are still negotiating about solutions to increase the number in flights. KLM is not pleased to say the least about the way the airport attracted airlines like EasyJet, Ryanair and Norwegian. The general idea is that Schiphol should be an airport with as many as possible different connections in order to be the best hub airport. Flights going to holiday destinations in Turkey and Spain do not contribute to that. For that reason Lelystad airport is to be developed, but none of the airlines are happy to move to Lelystad once it is open. So to make a long story shorter, like in many other European countries, politics will temper the growth at Amsterdam for the coming years. As for now, nothing major has been announced yet for new airlines or new services for the summer season. Only American Airlines who will be operating a seasonal DFW daily flight.
...) tra 2015 e 2016?