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Old 4th Mar 2016, 19:47
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Ametyst1
 
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BBC News is reporting that there were major delays at Manchester today do to a lack of de-icers

easyJet said they had to cancel 9 flights today and divert one flight to Liverpool. In addition, a BBC North West presenter said they were 70 minutes later boarding an easyJet flight to Geneva and then were told they were number 30 in the queue to be de-iced. The passengers waited a further 6 hours for the aircraft to be de-iced.

The morning Flybe to the Isle of Man was delayed by nearly 7 and a half hours. Flybe has cancelled 23 departures from Manchester today. Jet2 passengers also reported problems and the first two Emirates flights of the day were delayed in Departing by over 2 hours as a result of the de-icing problems.

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