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Old 28th Aug 2014, 19:12
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MerchantVenturer

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Terminal expansion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEJG...r0fWNTKj_bPlqA

This a BRS 'fly through' video of the eastern extension to the terminal that will begin construction next month for completion next summer.

It will be built behind the existing single-story check-in hall, itself built after the main terminal was opened in 2000. The plans for the major expansion of the terminal still on the airport website show a two-storey structure where the single-storey addition currently sits, so maybe the eastern side of the terminal will be be extended again in the future.

The video depicts a lot more public seating - one of the common complaints of the existing terminal is the lack of public seating where retail units have gradually displaced seating in many areas - so it's to be hoped that the new seating is not slowly whittled away in time as yet more retails appear.

The extension also boasts an outside terrace replete with numerous tables and chairs. Perhaps a controversial aspect of this will be the notice on the door that suggests it's a smoking area. The airport currently has a smoking area airside but it's not in a potentially popular area that a first-floor outside terrace is likely to prove, especially as views of the apron from elsewhere in the entire terminal are minimal.
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