Schiphol Airport has announced in a recent update that the new, 55,000 m² A-Pier will open in April 2027. The construction plans for the pier were announced more than a decade ago, but due to a series of delays such as a switch in contractor (the project is now led by the Dutch company BAM), completion is taking longer. ‘We are pleased that we can now look forward to a new delivery date with confidence. It is clear that Pier A headache project has been far from flawless under the previous contractor. Delays, quality problems and a legal conflict all contributed to progress,’ says Sybren Hahn (Executive Director Schiphol Infrastructure). The current estimated total cost of Pier A has now risen to almost 1.4 billion, almost a billion higher than the originally released budget. The new pier will offer three floors and eight gates for narrowbody and wide-body aircraft, as well as security filters, border control facilities, and retail and F&B amenities. For Schiphol, Pier A is an ‘important pillar in quality and comfort’, and is desperately needed to be able to meet the current and future peak moments. The new pier must also be the most sustainable in the airport. ‘We are currently in talks with the airlines about the new fares and investments for the coming years, including Pier A. Understandably, there are questions about this among the airlines, and we will therefore provide more insight into the project in those discussions and also explain how Schiphol intends to deal with its costs. However, it is good to emphasise that the influence of individual projects on the tariffs is very limited’, explains Robert Carsouw (CFO) in Schiphol’s update.
