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Manchester airport to close Terminal 1 as part of £440m refurbish

Air
Will Payne
25 January 2023

Manchester airport will close its Terminal 1 63 years after it was first opened by the Duke of Edinburgh as part of a £440 million transformation project. 

Manchester airport is seeing passenger numbers return to pre-pandemic levels

The investment is the final phase of the £1.3bn Manchester Airport Transformation Programme (MAN-TP), first announced in 2015 with a 10-year plan to "revolutionise the customer experience" at the Northern hub.

The latest instalment will fund new facilities, technology and equipment, as well as a new range of shops, bars, restaurants and airport lounges.

The first phase saw Terminal 2 more than double in size, with the new facility, the airport said, having received positive feedback from passengers and airlines since opening in July 2021.