Air had too much space
Restaurant group Gruppo has closed Air, the upmarket sister restaurant of Mash in Manchester, because it failed to attract enough customers.
Oliver Peyton, chairman of Gruppo, said the neighbourhood in which the 125-seat restaurant was based had "changed dramatically" and was no longer suitable for prices of £40 to £50 a head.
Air also suffered from being in the same building as Mash, and customers where not willing to pay such prices when they could get similar food at the cheaper restaurant.