Closing Manchester's Terminal 1

After years of building work Terminal 2 is progressing well and Terminal 1 is being vacated and eventually closed. A new area of Terminal 2 opened in late July '25, which I'll hopefully get to see later this year and by then even more flights should have moved over. So, were is the "closing" of Terminal 1 up to?

Announced

From 27 October 2024
• Austrian Airline.
• Lufthansa.
• Lufthansa City.
• Swiss airline.

From 30 October 2024
• TAP Air Portugal.

From 5 November 2024
• Biman Bangladesh.

From 6 November 2024
• All Jet2.com flights - previously split between Terminals 1 and 2.

From 7 November 2024
• Iberia Express from Terminal 3.
• Vueling Airlines from Terminal 3.

From 12 November 2024
• EGYPTAIR.
• SunExpress airline.

From 13 November 2024
• Royal Jordanian airline.

From 16th September 2025
• Aer Lingus (trans-Atlantic already moved).

From 22nd September 2025
• Luxair.

From 24th September 2025
• Finnair

From 6th October 2025
• SAS Scandanavian

From 7th October 2025
• SAS Scandanavian
British Airways (from T3)

From 20th October 2025
• Loganair (from T3)

From 21st October 2025
• Ryanair (see below)

From 28th October 2025
• Iceland Air

From 5th November 2025
• Gulf Air

From 11th November 2025
• Turkish Airlines

From 18th November 2025
• Emirates - including the Emirates Business Class Lounge
• Etihad Airways

From 19th November 2025
• easyJet

From 26th November 2025
Norse Atlantic

Not Yet Announced

• Air Transat
• Balkan Holidays
• Blue Islands
• Corendon Airlines
• Ryanair (currently T3)

With the huge presence easyJet holds at Manchester T1 along with Emirates, Etihad Airways and the rest, Terminal 1 will soon be quiet. A new pier with Emirates Lounge is rumoured to be being built in Terminal 2 but it's not clear if Terminal 1 will fully close in 2025, or how long Pier B, once home to Emirates and easyJet, will remain in use. We have flights for Autumn 2025 scheduled to depart from T1 and still using the Terminal 1 Aspire Lounge, although the airport confirms the move, the airline has not yet done so.

The Escape Lounge in Terminal 3 has now closed leaving that with no lounges; the Terminal 1 Escape Lounge remains open for now and we will wait to see what happens - it's possible this part of the airport will be combined with the current 'terminal 3' to create access to plenty of airport lounges.

On top of this Ryanair is affected. From 21st October Ryanair passengers will enter the airport through the current Terminal 1 Departures A entrance and pass through the updated security lanes. From there passengers for Ryanair will pass through Duty Free then into the main terminal, following a route back into Terminal 3 (close to Pier B to use these shops and facilities. This is a permanent change and when Terminal 1 closes this entrance will be renamed Terminal 3 and no mention has been made as to whether passengers can use lounges in Terminal 1, which I suspect will follow - just allow for a long walk, Arrtiving Ryanair passengers will be unaffected.

Well established in T2...

• Aegean Airlines
• Aer Lingus
• Air Canada
• Air France
• Aurigny
• Austrian Airlines
• Brussels Airlines
• Cathay Pacific
• Ethiopian Airlines
• Aurowings
• Hainan Airlines
• Juneyao Air
• KLM
• Luxair • Norwegian
• Pegasus Airlines
• Qatar Airways
• Royal Air Maroc
• Saudi
• Singapor Airlines
• Tui
• Virgin Atlantic