Airport completes final phase of £5m terminal upgrade

The final phase of a £5m upgrade to the departure terminal at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) has been completed.

The phased programme of improvements have been underway for the past 18 months. The latest scheme has cost over £2m and delivers an expansion and redesign of the World Duty Free retail area and the addition of a Traveller fashion store.

Works completed last year saw a number of new retail brands start operating, new shops, bars and restaurants open up and the refurbishment and upgrade of the upper floor of the airport’s departure lounge.

Thirteen new flight information screens were installed throughout the departure lounge to keep passengers up to date with flights.

This latest phase of work has seen World Duty Free introduce two big-name beauty brands to the airport for the first time – M.A.C. and Jo Malone.

Traveller also brings a number of major fashion houses to LJLA, including Superdry, The North Face and Calvin Klein.

The local economy has benefited from these latest improvements too, with over 50 new jobs having been created at the Airport over the past 18 months, following the introduction of these new and improved retail areas.

Lucy O’Shaughnessy, Liverpool John Lennon Airport’s commercial director, said: “These latest improvements have been completed just in time as we enter the busiest part of the year for the airport, with hundreds of thousands of passengers expected to pass through during the busy summer months.

“Having listened carefully to our passengers, we now believe we have passenger facilities here at Liverpool which are up there with the best of any UK regional airport.”

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