Here’s a first look at how Manchester Airport could look in 10 years’ time – after a £1bn transformation.
Subject to securing planning permission, it will see a state-of-the-art terminal building created through the expansion of the airport’s existing Terminal Two building.
Managing director Ken O’Toole, who unveiled the video at the UK Northern Powerhouse Conference at Manchester Central, said the project will give the whole of the North the “global gateway it deserves”.
The new terminal should actually be ready by 2023, with improvements noticeable as early as 2019. Terminal One, which was built in 1962, will be phased out by 2022 and it’s hoped that 55 million passengers will use the hub by 2050 – more than doubling the current 23 million.
Watch a video of the plans here:
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The key improvements include:
- A new access ramp from the M56 Spur, giving direct access to the new departures forecourt
- A lighter, more luxurious and spacious Terminal Two, with an added 886,892 sq ft of space, plus double height ceilings
- Improved security to cut peak queuing time from 15 to 10 minutes and off-peak to five minutes
- Automatic bag-drops, part of a new baggage hall with the latest technology
- Significantly more lounge space
- An additional 2,553 car parking spaces
- Three “finger” piers allow for smooth take-off and departure procedures
- Many new green features including free cooling technology and combined heat and power
It’s said to be the largest single construction project ever to be undertaken in Greater Manchester.
The new of airport jobs is expected to double to 40,000 within 30 years, with a further 10 million passengers annually in the next decade.
