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Nothing puts a damper on the start of your holiday like paying triple the usual price for a pint. We’ve all been there – parched, exhausted, checking we haven’t lost our passports every five minutes. And in this weakened state, we give in to airport inflation and surrender a small fortune for nice cold lager.
The state of affairs is not so sorry for Mancunians, though. In 2023, the average price of a pint in Manchester Airport was estimated at £6.33, making it one of the cheapest airport pints in the UK. And now, Wetherspoons has announced it plans to open its first ever branch inside the airport next summer – likely bringing that average pint price down even further.
The new pub will be located in Terminal 2, which is currently being expanded at a cost of £1.3 billion. When it opens next year the revamped T2 will feature the usual suspects (Chanel, LEGO, Greggs – all airport essentials) plus the Great Northern Market, which aims to bring the city’s street food airside. It’ll also be double the size it used to be and cater to 70 percent of Manchester Airport’s passengers.
In standard Spoons fashion, though, the new branch will pay homage to its location. In this case, the brand will include nods to ‘sporting greats of the North’ in the decor of the new pub. The jury is still out on what T2’s Spoons will be called.
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