Passengers offered 'fantastic' Jet2 service to avoid Manchester Airport queues

Holidaymakers faced long queues at Manchester Airport again this morning, with reports of two-hour waits at security.

Passengers looking to fly away this weekend should take just one carry-on bag with them and not check in luggage to avoid delays, a union boss has said.

Holidaymakers have faced huge queues at Manchester Airport again this morning as the Jubilee Bank Holiday begins. Pictures shared on social media by frustrated passengers show queues stretching back to the car park at Terminal 3.

Over the Jubilee weekend, 332,000 passengers have booked to fly through Manchester Airport.

A flight bound for Manchester Airport was forced to turn back amid reports of a shattered windscreen in the cockpit. The Aer Lingus flight reportedly declared an emergency over the Irish Sea.

More than 30,000 TUI passengers due to fly from Manchester Airport over the next month will have their holiday plans crushed by the end of today. The under-fire travel operator has slashed its flight schedule to tackle staff shortages and ‘ongoing disruption’.

The police were called in to help hundreds of TUI passengers "abandoned" on the runway for three hours. Holidaymakers were left stuck on the tarmac before being escorted off the plane at Manchester Airport.

Video footage showed the shocking moment police were drafted in to tell furious passengers at Manchester Airport that their TUI holiday had been cancelled.

A mum has shared her 'terrible' experience at Manchester Airport with huge queues, shelves empty of food and even no soap in the toilets.

A family have spoken of their nightmare ordeal after finding out their £4,000 holiday had been cancelled by text while waiting at the departure gate.

Hundreds of passengers flying from Manchester Airport over the last few days as the May half-term holidays get underway have been faced with long delays, queues and cancelled flights.

A disabled passenger had to resort to calling police after a three-and-a-half-hour battle to leave Manchester Airport during the early hours.

A video taken at Manchester Airport this morning showed a huge queue for TUI bag-drop as families continued to getaway for the half-term break.

Passengers hoping to use train services from Manchester faced more cancellations on Sunday as conductor strikes continued for another week. TransPennine Express services were affected by staff strikes on May 29, with some services through Piccadilly station among those being hit.

'Hundreds' of TUI passengers have been left outraged after they received a text from the holiday giant that their trips were cancelled - after a nightmare eight-hour wait in Manchester Airport. Holidaymakers looking to get away for the May half-term say they had a gruelling four-hour wait to get through check-in and security, followed by a four-hour flight delay 'waiting for a pilot'.

Charlotte Dawson has spoken about her 'nightmare' experience travelling to Mallorca from Manchester Airport. The mum-of-one has headed off on holiday with her fiancé Matt Sarsfield and their toddler son Noah.

A disabled passenger has vowed never to travel through Manchester Airport again after he was stuck on a plane for two hours waiting for special assistance. Ray King, 68, who has osteoarthritis in both knees and one hip, landed on a Jet2.com flight from Dalaman at 4.45pm earlier this month.

Jet2 has announced plans to expand its services at Manchester Airport. The airline is set to add more routes to their biggest UK bases in summer 2023 in order to meet customer demand.

Passengers at Manchester Airport battled huge queues again this morning. Lines stretched out of the Terminal 3 and into the car park from 4am.

Passengers at Manchester Airport have reported facing long queues and baggage issues this morning amid 'absolute and complete chaos'.