Dreadful experience in and out !!
My brother, who is an airline captain has just related his horrific holiday experience at Manchester T2.
Travelling with Thomson to Menorca, having checked in online, he and his girlfriend waited 45 minutes in the bag drop queue, along with hundreds of other unfortunates. the desk for airport check-in was deserted !!
Having dumped his luggage, the next hurdle was security. Again a horrendous queue and upon reaching the front was confronted by shrieking staff, hurling aggressive instructions such as "don't take a tray", despite the airport signage requesting you to "take a tray".
Another 40 minutes of his life wasted, he finally reached the departure gate with just 20 minutes to spare.
This is in early June, how terrible will the process be when the kids are on holiday??
A very relaxing week spent in Son Bou, but any benefits of the holiday destroyed by having to wait for nearly an hour to clear immigration on arrival at Manchester and that's as a British passport holder !!
He uses airports throughout the Uk and worldwide and rates this as probably his worst experience to date and he has been flying professionally for many years.
never again will he use Manchester for a short Mediterranean break. An extra 30 minutes in the car and he can enjoy the relaxed experience of East Midlands.
How has Manchester Airport allowed it's standards to fall to these levels?
Everyone deserves to enjoy their well deserved break
and not be treated like cattle.
Last edited by Baltic Skies; 14th Jun 2014 at 17:14.
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