Belfast Airport Welcomes New Departure Lounge
This week, a new departure lounge as been unveiled at George Best Belfast City Airport in Northern Ireland.
The new addition to the facility was launched this week and its officials said that space will be large enough to accommodate 12,000 travellers per day.
Airport authorities have claimed that the move will generate twenty additional jobs which are currently being created in the restaurant site. The renovated departure lounge at the airport is part of a broader 6million Pound investment to the terminal.
In nearly three weeks, George Best Belfast City Airport is set to unveil a new security zone and airport management said it will contribute to reduce queuing times.
Brian Ambrose, the Chief Executive at a George Best Airport, said passengers will see a remarkable difference.
He said that this key private investment will improve the customer experience as the air facility tries to stay ahead in the airport sector in terms of being able to deal with increasing passenger numbers.
Mr Ambrose further said that the rest of the refurbishment work would be completed during the month of March 2010.
The new lounge located on the first floor of the terminal is able to handle 12,000 daily customers.
Representative of designers BDP Doug Pilkington, said security changes had modified and improved the functionality of the airport.
During the recession, passenger numbers in both North America and Europe overall have stabilised. The few years proceeding the recession had seen record years in terms of passenger numbers. Today, Asia is leading the way out of the economic downturn for air traffic.