Fly to/from MAN and you can add another hour onto that journey
13Alpha. I never plan to get to the airport less than 90 minites before departure, just too risky with airport security delays. As for getting your bags when you get back into MAN,
. Am seriously thinking of packing a sleeping bag, plenty of opportunity for 40 winks whilst waiting for the baggage belt to spring into life. Mind you, LGW N Terminal isn't much better. Is it really beyond the wit of man to develop a more efficient method of reuniting pax with their hold baggage?
Unless airports and airlines shake up their act I can see a fairly bleak future for domestic air travel in the UK. The train is slowly becoming a viable competitor.