Originally Posted by
JW95
Many thanks for the updates my friend, much appreciated
One thing that is unclear at the moment is that the new terminal extension was originally put forward as a replacement of the previous arrivals building project. In this way, everything (departure and arrival) facilities will remain consolidated under one roof (i.e. the existing terminal). CGI videos on Pascall and Watson's STN-TP webpage also confirm this. However, I did read somewhere recently that MAG have actually
not scrapped the arrivals building as originally thought. This has (apparently) now been pushed back until after the terminal extension has been completed and existing TTS decommissioned. My question though is, if the arrivals building is still on the table, why is this, if immigration and arrivals is going to be housed within the forthcoming terminal extension? Surely then that defeats the point of a dedicated arrivals building?
Edit:
This document seemingly confirms that the arrivals building will form part of a second phase of the TP at STN, but again, I have no idea why they would still go ahead with this if new arrival and immigration facilities will be constructed and housed in the new terminal extension??
Any future phasing would likely be to the arrivals area and most likely would not be the exact specs of the original arrivals terminal concept.
The new domestic facility is most likely somewhat temporary until something bigger is developed there. The current STN-TP proposals don't really address landside arrivals and forecourt capacity, so that's what will be principally provided by a future arrivals development, as that's not within the current STN-TP scope.