From Tuesday 11 April, the new " Terminal 1 Hall B "welcomes its first passengers. Low-cost carriers - in this case easyJet, Transavia, Air Arabia and Pegasus - are getting their first taste of this new space, the opening of which marks the start of a vast development plan spanning several months.
The major works are not due to be completed until 2018, when the existing and new halls will be fully integrated into Lyon Saint Exupéry airport. With a new surface area of 70 000 m²the terminal 1 will reach a size equivalent to that of all the current terminals combined. The Place des Lumières alone will occupy 10,000 m², where shopping, dining, entertainment and relaxation areas will be concentrated.
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This 215 million euros has been awarded to Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Winner of the Pritzker Prize ten years ago, the firm RSH+P has already made a name for itself in a number of flagship projects in the airport sector. Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has notably signed the London Heathrow terminal 5terminal 4 of Madrid Barajas or, currently, Barajas International Airport. Taiwan Taoyuan.
become France's second-largest airport gateway
All in all, 14 million passengers are expected by 2018 and 15 million by 2020 on the Lyon hub, which is aiming to establish itself in the hierarchy of French airports. "Aéroports de Lyon's ambition is to become France's second airport gateway and the preferred point of departure for the whole of south-east France."says airport management.
