Blackpool Airport is a step closer to getting a new terminal building (Image: Sunday Mirror/John Gladwin)
A UK is to have a new £600,000 passenger terminal built with plans to resume scheduled flights.
Blackpool Airport’s last terminal was demolished in 2016, but the owners this week took a step closer to welcoming major flights in the next few years.
SBL Ltd has been appointed by airport owner Blackpool Council to carry out the work which costs about £616,000 and comes from a £54million pot set aside for development, reports.
The new terminal will include an arrival and departure lounge as well as new X-ray equipment acquired from Anglesey Airport.
A council report says the investment will allow the airport to welcome larger flights, including private charters for football teams.
Flights have been taking off from Blackpool since 1909 (Image: Manchester Evening News)
Blackpool Airport’s new facility won’t be permanent, according to the council report, which says the new building will “test” the market ahead of plans to open a purpose built facility.
Backers of the scheme say the investment will also kickstart the Silicon Sands project for high-tech data centres.
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has said the Government would “absolutely” consider if there is an appetite for commercial flights from Blackpool Airport.
Planes have been taking off from the airport site since 1909, with Wellington Bombers built there during World War 2.
During the Korean War, workers at the airport’s factory built Hawker Hunters before control of the airport was passed from the government to Blackpool Corporation in April 1962.
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Blackpool Airport’s new facility will help test passenger demand (Image: Manchester Evening News)
In October 2014, Blackpool International Airport closed to commercial flights.
Blackpool Airport is not the only airport in Britain set to pursue more major flights. Doncaster Sheffield may restart flights in the next 18 months after it was forced to close in 2022, according to .
Meanwhile, Jet2 is expanding routes from nearby Manchester Airport to Greece, Italy and Estonia.
In summer 2025, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will offer trips to the Greek islands of Poros, Aegina and Leros before passengers will be able to book holidays to Palermo, Sicily, in summer 2026.
Next winter Jet2CityBreaks will also offer Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, as a brand-new Christmas market destination, according to the .