The bowels of the airport, away from the public, hide a vast new multi-million pound operation all holidays rely on
The bowels of Manchester Airport hide a crucial operation all families depend upon for their holidays and getaways.
From 2025, and after a huge transformation programme, the airport's Terminal 2, which will more than double in size, will serve around 70 per cent of all the airport's passengers, with the old T1 then closing. The maximum distance a bag can travel at the airport from check-in to being taken onto an aircraft is some 582 metres – equivalent to the length of almost six football pitches.
Revealing the new machine, the airport has released fascinating video footage showing a suitcase's journey from T2 check-in through the innards of the terminal before it is directed to the correct area air-side for loading onto baggage trucks then out onto the airfield's apron to be placed on board a plane.
"But beneath the surface there is a huge amount of work that goes into making that happen. We’re in the middle of a £1.3bn programme that is completely transforming the airport. A key component of that is this new baggage system that will help make sure things continue to run smoothly behind the scenes.
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