Liverpool airport gears up for festive getaways

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With schools across the North West soon to be finished for the Christmas break, Liverpool John Lennon Airport is gearing up once again for the traditional Christmas and New Year 'getaway'.

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00:00With schools across the North West soon to be finished up for the Christmas break,

00:05Liverpool John Lennon Airport's gearing up once again for the traditional Christmas and New Year getaway.

00:10With around 130,000 passengers passing through their terminals over the same period last year,

00:15they've been voted the best UK airport in the 2024 which annual survey.

00:20Loads going on at the airport at the minute.

00:22If you walk through now, it feels a bit like a building site, but it's all really good.

00:26So the new security hall with all the new x-rays are going in should be ready for January, February time.

00:32Loads of new shops and restaurants and bars coming, which is great.

00:35Just a real nice positive feeling.

00:37And yeah, the airport will look very different again in April, which is really nice to see.

00:42Lots of families from across the region are expected to head off on flights over the holiday period

00:47to a host of destinations for a mix of winter sun or winter sports,

00:51whilst many will be travelling to visit friends or relatives over the festive period.

00:55We've had a couple of tough years in the pandemic like everyone did,

00:58but now we're getting back to normal and beyond.

01:01Jet 2 arriving this summer have done really well.

01:04EasyJet and Ryanair still doing absolutely brilliant things here at Liverpool.

01:08So there's more and more places to travel to, which is great.

01:11And that's what we're here for.

01:12And people are really voting with their feet and coming through Liverpool Airport, which is excellent.

01:17As always at this time of year, the airport's management are keen to remind all passengers

01:21about restrictions on liquids carried in hand luggage are still in place

01:25and to think carefully about what items they're intending to pack in hand luggage

01:29before they set off for the airport.

01:31Well, Christmas is starting early in the airport, as it always does.

01:34And in the next couple of weeks, we'll see lots of people jetting off for Christmas breaks,

01:38weekends, going and seeing friends and family that they haven't seen.

01:40And it's a nice time of the year to be in the airport.

01:43To avoid disappointment at the security search point and to help keep security queues to a minimum,

01:49passengers are being asked to travel with their presents unwrapped if they are to be carried in hand luggage

01:54with items including Christmas crackers not permitted by most airlines.

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