Alpha Catering move & airfield development
There was discussion on a Manchester Airport Development thread in October 2004 with regards to Alpha Catering moving.
At that time it was noted that a new building was under construction over in the World Freight Terminal area, and that this work was for Alpa. It then mean that all catering commissaries were located in the same area and with better access to the 'airside'.
Removal of the current Alpha - and ancillary - building would give space for limited apron expansion around the Terminal 3 area, but really only to the point of increasing aircraft size on stands 57-59, whilst still allowing an A330 onto stand 55.
I am given to understand that further development plans will be made known when a draft development document is released in the autumn for consultation.
In the meantime does anybody know what the work in that is taking place around stand 22/200. Is it part of the expansion of the T1 Arrivals area?
Scottie Dog