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Master Plan - Belfast City Airport

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Passengers 2.2 million 2.5 million 3.0 million 3.5 million<br />

Check in Desks<br />

Check in Hall<br />

Security Combs<br />

Security Areas<br />

Departure Lounge<br />

Bag Reclaim Belts<br />

Bag Reclaim Hall<br />

Retails<br />

BCA Accommodation<br />

Airline Accommodation<br />

Legend to Table:<br />

GREEN: Meets or exceeds requirements.<br />

AMBER: Does not meet requirements but is within an acceptable margin. Affects service quality that will fall to a lower level<br />

of acceptability for some periods.<br />

RED: Does not meet requirements and the level of service is not acceptable.<br />

Fig. 14. Assessment of Terminal Capacity<br />

With passenger numbers beginning to approach this design capacity and some areas already assessed at Amber or Red status,<br />

an assessment has been made of the areas allotted to the various functions carried on within the building, and consideration<br />

is already being given to the further development of the terminal.<br />

In considering how further passenger growth may be accommodated, three scenarios are being studied:<br />

1. Accommodating growth within the current ‘footprint’ of the terminal building.<br />

2. Accommodating further growth within the current ‘footprint’ of the terminal building and re-locating ‘back office’<br />

functions to another building on the airport site.<br />

3. Extending the terminal building.<br />

Scenario 1<br />

The capacity of the terminal may be altered within the existing footprint of the building by, for example, a change in the<br />

passenger mix to include greater proportions of international and charter passengers, which would have the effect of reducing<br />

capacity; technological improvements in the processing of passengers, which would have the effect of increasing capacity; or<br />

the reconfiguration of the internal layout of the building, which would also have the effect of increasing capacity.<br />

Some of the options that exist within the current building footprint of 0.638 hectares to cater for increased passenger<br />

numbers include:<br />

Increasing passenger check in capacity through the introduction of additional self-service check in kiosks. An<br />

assessment of the effectiveness of self service check in kiosks has been completed and 4 additional kiosks will be<br />

installed in the coming months.<br />

Increasing departure lounge capacity through the re-configuration and re-allocation of existing ground floor and first<br />

floor spaces.

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