Development #7 - Airport City
About Airport City
Manchester Airport is the largest UK airport outside London and provides international and domestic passenger and freight connectivity for the whole of Northern Britain. The current transformation programme will allow the Airport to support 50million passengers by 2030. Airport City Manchester is a £1billion development value joint-venture project with Beijing Construction Engineering Group.
It will deliver up to 5million sq. ft. to create some 16,000 jobs in a new hi-tech campus comprising offices, research and development, and up to six hotels. The Hut Group, Amazon and DHL are all now based on site, providing significant employment for local people.
| Number of jobs created | 16,000 |
|---|---|
| Sectors targeted | Commercial, e-commerce, advanced manufacturing, hotels, R&D |
| Visitor or household spend | Airport contributed £4.5billion in 2017 |
| GDV of scheme | £1billion |