Airport launches £1.9m expanded Escape Lounge

MANCHESTER Airport has unveiled its £1.9m new look expanded Escape Lounge in Terminal Two.

The facility has been expanded by a third with room now for up to 212 passengers.

The lounge provides passengers with an area away from the hustle and bustle of the airport terminal before they fly. A new kitchen and bar have also been added to the main lounge, which has been created by knocking two lounges into one.

Kevin Smith, head of retail, said: “Now even more passengers can start their holidays in style by taking advantage of our fantastic facilities.”

Originally launched in Manchester Airport’s Terminal Two in 2006, MAG has successfully grown its Escape Lounge brand – adding a second in Terminal One in 2010 and in Terminal Three in 2013, as well as launching at East Midlands Airport and London Stansted in 2014.

MAG has also taken the Escape Lounge concept across the Atlantic to the USA.  It has recently opened its first lounge at Minneapolis-St Paul Airport and summer will see one opened at Oakland International Airport, with a further lounge set to open this winter at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.