This week marked 20 years since Liverpool Airport opened its new terminal building and officially rebranded as Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Though Speke has had an airport since the 1930s, the international transport hub that passengers use today is only two decades old. On July 25, 2002, Yoko Ono and the Queen cut the ribbon to open Liverpool John Lennon Airport formally.
Construction on the new terminal building began in 2000 and the airport was given John Lennon's name in 2001, before the formal opening a year later. It marked the culmination of a rebrand, driven by new ownership and easyJet making the decision to operate flights from Liverpool.