Re Shops: It is exactly the same arrangement in many airports I have been to in the world. I really don't understand the problem as if, like me, you don't want to buy anything you just walk through.
Re Cargo: Speaking as someone who works for a reasonably sized logistics company more freight is moving by sea nowadays rather than air to save costs. Buyers have realised it is better to order earlier or wait a few extra weeks to save a lot of money on freight costs. The growth will be with the integrators and whilst we have feeders with the like of FedEx we are not a hub and that's where volumes would come. Manchester came late to the idea of the benefits of cargo tbh.
Last edited by pwalhx; 25th Aug 2013 at 10:20.