Pictured: Airport chief executive Andrew Cowan right
The first stage of a £1 billion expansion of terminals at Manchester airport has been completed six months after work started.
The first new pier will ultimately see Terminal Two grow by more than 140%.
Passengers are expected to be able to use the new pier from next summer.
The work includes the building of a second pier and the creation of a new baggage hall to serve the new Terminal Two extension.
With demolition work now largely complete and foundations laid, focus is now shifting to the construction of the new Terminal Two extension and multi storey car park.
Two apprentices who have been recruited to the scheme tightened the final bolt on the steel framework, connecting the first of the new airport piers to the Terminal Two extension for the first time.