Basel EuroAirport announces ambitious expansion project

The Basel-Mulhouse airport (EuroAirport) is to invest €130 million (CHF124.4 million) in extending its passenger terminal between now and the early 2030s, its management said on Friday. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The current terminal of 15,000 square metres will be renovated and flanked by a new building of equivalent size (14,000 square metres) with the aim of “improving the quality of service”, EuroAirport said in a press release. With the addition of external improvements designed to “reorganise access”, the investment for this project represents a total budget of around €130 million, the management told the AFP news agency. The works will take place between 2027 and 2030/2031. The project design contract has been awarded to a team of architects led by the French firm drlw and the Basel company Vischer Architekten, the airport said. The Euroairport management also told AFP that the candidates’ proposal “convinced by its elegant architecture, its ...