Manchester Airport queues

Andy Clarke took to Twitter to share a photo of the huge queues shortly after 3am. He said: "It's 3am and the queue for bag drop at @manairport T1 is out of the ...

He added: "I also want to be clear that a huge amount of work is going into improving the situation in the short-term. One holidaymaker described the situation as a 'joke' and said they had to queue for passport control for two hours. He said: "It’s 3am and the queue for bag drop at @manairport T1 is out of the door!

Passengers at Manchester Airport this morning have slammed its "crazy" queues as they prepare to jet off on the Bank Holiday Monday (May 2).

He added: "I also want to be clear that a huge amount of work is going into improving the situation in the short-term. He said: "It’s 3am and the queue for bag drop at @manairport T1 is out of the door! Photographs taken from the airport this morning show holidaymakers queueing out of the door at Terminal 1 as they wait to check in their luggage and the queues are said to have snaked into the carpark, Manchester Evening News reports.

Travellers reported lengthy waits at Manchester airport and Birmingham airport as airlines continue to struggle with staffing numbers.

We thank everyone for their patience and understanding. There were hundreds and hundreds of people waiting to drop their bags off.” “The Government must work with airlines and airports to ensure they have the resources and capacity to handle increased passenger numbers, as there can be no excuse for a repeat of these failings.” “We got all the way to security and were fast tracked through by your staff, but were then pulled out the queue at the last second to be informed the flight was overbooked and we’d have to pay for another flight.” A spokesperson said: “We are aware some customers faced longer waiting times than we would like at different stages of their journey through Manchester airport this morning, and apologise for any inconvenience. He said: “There are 14 security lanes at that terminal one and there was only two of them that were ever open, so it took an hour just to get through.

One traveller, Andy Clarke took to Twitter to share a photo of the huge queues shortly after 3am. He said: "It's 3am and the queue for bag drop at @manairport ...

He added: "I also want to be clear that a huge amount of work is going into improving the situation in the short-term. One holidaymaker described the situation as a 'joke' and said they had to queue for passport control for two hours. He said: "It’s 3am and the queue for bag drop at @manairport T1 is out of the door!

TOURISTS at airports across the UK have reported waiting hours to get through security today.

"I asked staff members a number of times about my flight especially when it was nearly 8am and I was still queuing. I've bought a ticket to return to Dublin later today which cost me 170 Euros. It's believed some passengers have even missed flights at Birmingham and Manchester Airports. One woman and her party of around 30 friends had hoped to fly from Birmingham to Dublin, Ireland, this morning but the plane left when they were in security. We were called around 8am to skip the queue to go through security as I was putting my bags through I was told the flight had left. "I ended up having to go through security and was told to ring swiss port for assistance and there was no answer. Rebekah McLoughlin, who missed her flight also to Dublin on Sunday May 2, said: "I arrived at the airport for 6am for the 8.10am Ryanair flight to Dublin. Queue started from jet2 check-in on ground floor and I was waiting until 8am.

Delays at airport check-in, security and passport control have led to a rise in customers cancelling their minibus bookings or attempting to reschedule.

There were hundreds and hundreds of people waiting to drop their bags off.” While Ms Lawrenson has sympathy for the staff working at the airport, she believes management could have foreseen the current situation and taken steps to avoid it. Manchester Airport insisted queues for security took no longer than 40 minutes at any point but has advised customers to arrive three hours before their flight. At times she has been left with no choice but to ask separate bookings to pack into the van together. Ms Lawrenson told i: “The waiting times are absolutely horrendous at the moment. But continued delays at airport check-in, security and passport control over recent weeks have led to a rise in customers cancelling their bookings or attempting to reschedule, which Ms Lawrenson is often unable to accommodate due to pre-existing bookings, costing her around £200 a week.