Manchester Airport's Terminal Three will fully reopen this week to meet demand which has led to huge queues, delays and misery for passengers over recent months. Terminal Three, which was closed during the pandemic, has been partially reopen since March 27 for some arriving passengers, but will reopen fully on Friday (April 22).
Mum forced to tackle Manchester Airport queues TWICE in another day of chaos
01.04.2022 - 21:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum was forced to go endure the Manchester Airport queueing nightmare TWICE after her flight was grounded for over 24 hours. The woman says she was sat on the plane for over four hours and was offered only a chicken wrap before herself and her fellow passengers were told to get off and spend the night in a hotel.
It comes after another day of 'chaos' at the airport with many angry passengers forced to wait several hours on planes, or in queues for security or baggage.
The woman, who has a young child, was due to fly with Qatar Airways from Manchester to Doha on Thursday morning. After warnings from the airline, she said she arrived at the airport and began parking her car at around 3am. However, it wasn't until 7am she made it through check-in and security to the departure lounge.
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She boarded the flight, which was originally due to depart at 9:20am, at around 9:30am. It was unable to take off due to a 'technical issue.' However, the woman says it wasn't until around 2pm that she and the other passengers were escorted off the flight and offered overnight accommodation with the flight rescheduled for today (Friday).
It meant she had to spend hours more in the check-in and security queues at the airport which she said were worse this morning. The airport say the entire aviation is facing shortages of security staff and that they are trying to recruit as quickly as they can, but that the training and clearance required for the role it takes time to get new people started.
The mum, who did not want to be named, said: "The queue for security must have been a mile-long.
"Because of how long it
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