“We are going to quickly be presenting our plans for the investments in our terminal. These plans encompass catching up on main upkeep backlogs, enhancing and renewing our infrastructure and enhancing working situations. All this in order that we will ship extra high quality to vacationers, airways and workers,” says Sondag.
Schiphol itself doesn’t need to say how a lot cash is concerned, however the FD has understood from insiders that the renovation will value a few billion euros. In the intervening time, this issues the renovation of the luggage basement, a number of piers and in addition the plane stands on the airport. A brand new terminal shouldn’t be included, it has been shelved.
For financing, Schiphol should depend on airways, the customers of the airport’s infrastructure, by way of airport prices.
Amount over high quality
In accordance with Ruud Sondag, the poor state of the infrastructure at Schiphol is exemplary for the mindset of airport administration lately. “Amount prevailed over high quality and that has not finished any good to the working situations, the standard of life within the space and the state of our terminal and every thing that’s contained therein.”
For a number of years now, the airport has been constructing a very new pier, the A pier. After its completion, there will likely be extra ‘house’ to renovate the oldest piers.
