Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) has launched a £2m investment to introduce new passenger facilities that will also create a further 200 jobs.
The airport, which said it expects passenger numbers to be the highest since 2019 this summer, is enhancing the shopping and dining experience for both departing and arriving passengers, creating new and improved passenger facilities in time for Easter and the first of the summer season holiday periods.
In the Departure Lounge, airport food and beverage operator SSP will shortly be opening a new Upper Crust while JD Sports is upgrading and expanding its premises.
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Greggs will shortly be opening a store at the airport for the first time, with a unit near the Arrivals area for returning passengers and those waiting to meet and greet friends and relatives, along with a new WHSmith unit that includes a Marks & Spencer’s Food To Go offer.
A number of existing retailers will be re-opening in time for the Easter holiday period and the increase in flights.
These include designer clothing retailer Traveller and restaurant Frankie and Benny’s.
Lucy O’Shaughnessy, LJLA’s commercial director, said: "It’s great to be opening units back up again and adding some fantastic new brands to the mix including Greggs and Upper Crust and we are really looking forward to welcoming back our regular passengers and hopefully many new ones too.
"These great new additions combined with the return of many of our popular existing shopping and food and drink areas will mean passengers have an even greater choice of quality passenger facilities in time for Easter and the summer season ahead, here at the region’s faster, easier, friendlier airport."