The Airport Operator Spring 2025
Chris Woodroofe
March 2025
Chris Woodroofe, Managing Director of Manchester Airport, has told The Airport Operator that he expects the airport’s newly extended Terminal 2 to be fully open later this year.
With building work at the mega terminal close to completion, the year will be dominated by
the wholesale transfer of airlines from Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 to Terminal 2, which received the prestigious UNESCO-backed Prix Versailles architecture and design award for its first phase opened in 2021. The second phase of the transformation programme will be fully operational later this year and the focus will then switch to the reconfiguration of Terminal 3, which will operate as a dedicated facility for Ryanair.
Planning has also begun for work on the apron to build new stands over the next five years to ensure that the airport can accommodate aircraft for the substantial increase in passenger numbers that Woodroofe anticipates. Over 30m passengers used Manchester Airport last year. That total is expected to grow to around 31.5m this year, but the new terminal infrastructure will be capable of handling up to 50m passengers a year.
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