Stansted gets permission for new arrivals terminal
London Stansted has received planning permission for a new £130 million arrivals building to facilitate its growth in the next decade.
Work will start later this year and will take three years to complete.
The development will take place entirely outside the current terminal, which the airport says will help minimise disruption to passengers.
The three-level building, which is 34,000m2, means Stansted will be the only UK airport with dedicated arrivals and departures terminals.
The new building will be situated next to the current terminal and will include larger immigration and baggage reclaim areas, new retail facilities, improved access for all onward transport options and a public forecourt to welcome arriving passengers.
The existing terminal will be reconfigured to become a dedicated departures terminal, providing more space at check-in, security and in the departure lounge.
The first phase of works will begin later this summer to create some more capacity in the short-term, including extra check-in desks, additional seating and restaurants in the departure lounge.
Stansted chief executive Andrew Cowan said: "At a time when airport capacity in the country is at a premium, Stansted is playing a vital role in supporting both the regional and national economy. This project will strengthen our ability to do this by enabling us to make the most efficient use of our single runway.
"We will also be investing in other terminal improvements in the short term to keep pace with increased passenger and airline demand that we expect over the next few years. This will include more check-in desks, extra seating and new restaurants in the departure lounge. This is on top of the on-going investment to improve car parking facilities at the airport."
Since MAG acquired Stansted in early 2013, passenger numbers have grown by 40%, or more than seven million additional passengers.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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