Having just left Manchester I'm certain that the weather there was fine and there appeared to be plenty of free stands and ramp space available. No explanations or help were offered to the Turkish during my brief time on the frequency.
Lack of De-Icing fluid and a lack of cleared stands had led to Manchester issuing the diversion Notam everytime somewhere looks like closing, from the whispers around the place the lack of stands came from cheap de-icing fluid being used about two weeks ago, which simply froze and hasnt thawed since.
I understand that we had heavy snowfall but that was last Monday the 04th, six days later and stands still are not clear, runway 2 is still 100% snow covered and many taxiways are still shut !!