Mr Bloggs
You are partly correct in saying MAN has spent a fortune creating a shopping Mall but its not wasted as thats what the traveling public like and expect, it is also an essential revenue stream to keep the airport in profit.
In relation to taxiway routes yes I agree its pretty complicated but MAG have tried very hard to simplify and re-lay acres of concrete at massive expense, the work continues and the runway 1 resurfacing is about to start again.
Its very unfair to compare state of the art airports built from scratch with UK airports which have to work with 1950s layouts.
Personally I think the biggest single thing that has altered the way airports manage in a crisis is the relentless cost cutting and staff reductions, I dont think Manchester airport staff have the passion to get things done like they used to, erosion of pay and H & S regulations have seen to that
