Originally Posted by
pamann
I have to agree, I think it’ll stay. Whilst a lot of us regular fliers might find it a hindrance, there’s still a lot of folk who see duty free as a big part of their airport experience. I’m not sure there’s many, if any major airport in the UK that doesn’t force you through their duty free shop?
Looking forward to the shoreline check-in happening. The current landside experience isn’t great, it makes the terminal feel a lot smaller than it actually is. Not sure on timelines? But winter is probably a good time to commence with this change?
Wishful thinking on my part lol. But in all seriousness, from the CGIs, it does look promising, certainly better than the previous Arrivals Building project designs, and it does look fairly spacious in the extension section of the IDL, quite like the layout BAA used when it owned STN. Hopefully they'll release more info re. timelines soon, as it'll be interesting to see when MAG envision the extension being opened.
Also - does anyone know when the TTS is now likely to be decommissioned? I hope MAG still plan on installing moving walkways within the new 'skylinks', as it sounds like walking times will be long without a transit in place.