The airport are describing the alterations to the internal layout of the terminal as minor but I would call it major.
Page 28 has diagrams of the old and new layout which takes a bit of working out but these are the key bits.
The passenger search area is being moved downstairs from around where the pubic wait for arriving passengers at the moment right through to WH Smiths in the main terminal which will move.
The landside retail areas will move to what is now the bus and coach station which will be built on giving a new entrance to the terminal and also hiding the old terminal.
The existing escalators will become airside with new shops and seating being built in the the old security area and continuing into the new building. The existing walkway from security to the existing shops will no longer be used by passengers who will use a new walkway which will contain shops at the front of the terminal.
The size and layout of the existing airside shops will be changed to allow access to the new pier with the original reserved access point being abandoned for larger shops.
Retail outlets will be built into the piers with the original pier being made a little wider in places.
Arrivals will be modified to allow for 9 baggage belts which will in part use part of the abandoned old terminal.
The proposed total gross internal floor area for the development is approximately 85,960 sq.m which equates to a 25% increase.
Last edited by LTNman; 3rd Sep 2012 at 22:16.