The internal entrance to the terraces is still there, its a pair of double doors behind the sunglasses shop, it leads up to the covered observation area which is now enclosed and is home to the "The Airport Tour Centre" a business owned and operated by "The Aviation Society". This society can trace its ancestry back to the remnant membership of PB Enterprises, which was disbanded. TAS as its known locally also owns and runs the 2 aviation stores at the airport and has a membership of about 1500. Its is always on the lookout for new members, if you are interested see
www.tasmanchester.com
The society and its business interests are directly responsible for introducing thousands of people of all ages to the world of aviation.
To bring this up to date, last Friday (14/03/08) was the last day of operation of the TAS Tour Centre in T1. Redevelopment of T1 will subsume it, and all tour ops are moving across to the AVP. Everything past check-in in T1 will become 'airside', and therefore not accessable if you are not travelling.
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