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[gazza007]

https://www.stsaviationgroup.com/sts...in-manchester/

[Sioltach Dubh Glas]

Great news and hopefully the returned of skilled engineers to the airport - I'm not knocking the current engineers, just so glad that ex-Thomas Cook employees may be able to return to Manchester.

[Buster the Bear]

Kuwait Airways A320s

https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/manche...ing%20Bulletin

[DomyDom]

Travelled through MAN over the Bank Holiday to LIS. Out Friday morning and returned Monday night. Everything went really smoothly with no excessive queing at security (about 10 mins max). Straight through border controls as well upon return. Well done to everyone involved at MAN 🙂

[VickersVicount]

perhaps shows what lots of poor publicity and socials can do… Don’t think its the last we’ve heard of this though. Abroad is often no better, PMI was described as a ‘zoo’ at the weekend… and its only May.

[HKGBOY]

It's pretty hit & miss depending when you go through. There certainly have been extensive queues in T2 security over the last week or so-including fast track.TUI check in appears to be hot spot as well at the moment. The splitting of Jet2 between T1 & T2 is pretty retrograde and shows a lack of planning.
I've been through T1 & T2 several times since Christmas, security time has varied from 10-60 minutes. However, it's not just that, its the crappy infrastructure in T1 - the lack of seating, the lack of food outlets, the lack of cleaning, the lack of things actually working that makes MAN a grim experience. I'm back to Asia next week & have changed my ticket to originate from LHR (because I can).

[Manchester South]

The situation seems to be patchy . The MEN again reported heavy queues on Bank Holiday Monday morning. I dropped off a friend for a flight on Tuesday 4 am : long line outside T1 already for the Easyjet bag drop - more or less the full length of the drop-off area. Having been there - done that a couple of weeks ago, would reckon at least 90 minutes to bag drop & then on to Security. My friend was with cabin bag only - some delay at security because only two x-ray lines operating, but more lines were started up as he was waiting and only about 30 minutes to go through security.

[SWBKCB]

Manchester Airport has suspended bookings for its express lanes through security in all three terminals. Passengers looking to book the 'FastTrack' service which helps bypass the queues which have plagued travellers over recent weeks, have been disappointed to find the option is no longer available. Initially, Manchester Airport said passengers could still book a FastTrack pass outside peak hours. However, the Manchester Evening News queried this when they were unable to do so through the website. It's now been confirmed that outbound passengers cannot get a pass for security in any of the three terminals, online or offline. However, bookings made historically will be honoured, while travellers can still pay to use an express lane through Passport Control, although only in Terminal One.

MEN - No more fast track: Why has Manchester Airport shut down bookings for express lanes through security?

[Aksai Oiler]

Assistance Lanes

Originally Posted by SWBKCB

MEN - No more fast track: Why has Manchester Airport shut down bookings for express lanes through security?

I passed through MAN early April, with my 84 year old Mother who is in a wheelchair. It took us nearly 2 hours to get through security in the assisted lane. The assistance air side was diabolical, my Mother cannot walk unaided and the guys with the Scissor Lift could not wait to dump my Mother on the wet metal ramp to the door

[Rutan16]

Originally Posted by SWBKCB

MEN - No more fast track: Why has Manchester Airport shut down bookings for express lanes through security?

Just perhaps they can use the limited staff across ALL lanes to move MORE Bodies per hour .

[MANFAN]

Originally Posted by Aksai Oiler

I passed through MAN early April, with my 84 year old Mother who is in a wheelchair. It took us nearly 2 hours to get through security in the assisted lane. The assistance air side was diabolical, my Mother cannot walk unaided and the guys with the Scissor Lift could not wait to dump my Mother on the wet metal ramp to the door

Wow...sorry to hear this! Did you provide feedback to ABM (I think that's the company responsible for special assistance).
Which terminal were you in?

[lfc84]

Originally Posted by Rutan16

Just perhaps they can use the limited staff across ALL lanes to move MORE Bodies per hour .

If they closed fast track entirely the perhaps you'd have a point

However, they're letting those who have already purchased fast track keep their access. So it still has to be managed and monitored. I've witnessed people trying to jump from the slow queue into the fast track queue.

[A350Saltire]

Spent last week in Majorca and flew from MAN with LS and back with FR. Check-in in T2 was fine, security was busy but took about 30 mins to get through. The only issue I had was the queues in T2 for all of the bars and restaurants. There doesn’t seem to be enough space for F&B.

Coming back we flew into T3 and were through the border check, collected luggage and out the door in 15 mins.

PMI by the way was also a breeze. Despite being warned by FR to arrive 3 hours before our flight (which was delayed anyway), we were through security in about 5 mins. Very impressive.

[Matt5]

Any advice on what the queues are like at Security towards late morning / mid day?

Three of us are travelling premium club to Orlando with TUI on Saturday, our flight departure time is 13:30.

We are staying at the Radisson the night before so don’t have to concern ourselves with traffic getting to the airport.

I note that TUI are opening check in 4hrs before departure, in the ideal world we would like to check in around 10:30. If we were to check in at 09:30 and by luck breeze through check in and security, I’d rather not have a 4hr wait around inside the airport, even with access to the new lounges, but not sure what to expect at that (quieter?!) time of day.

We should have fast lane access through our booking, but not sure if this will still be the case after the latest news regarding it.

I’m just after opinions really, obviously if we really should be using all of the 4hrs, we absolutely will do, but I guess I’m asking if it’s really necessary at that time of the day?

[scrapy]

Originally Posted by Matt5

Any advice on what the queues are like at Security towards late morning / mid day?

Three of us are travelling premium club to Orlando with TUI on Saturday, our flight departure time is 13:30.

We are staying at the Radisson the night before so don’t have to concern ourselves with traffic getting to the airport.

I note that TUI are opening check in 4hrs before departure, in the ideal world we would like to check in around 10:30. If we were to check in at 09:30 and by luck breeze through check in and security, I’d rather not have a 4hr wait around inside the airport, even with access to the new lounges, but not sure what to expect at that (quieter?!) time of day.

We should have fast lane access through our booking, but not sure if this will still be the case after the latest news regarding it.

I’m just after opinions really, obviously if we really should be using all of the 4hrs, we absolutely will do, but I guess I’m asking if it’s really necessary at that time of the day?

if you check in at 09.30 you could always go back to your hotel room. (Raddison is 5 mins walk from T2 checkin). You can check security wait times on the home page of the airports website, they generally are longer early morning and go down later in the day although not guaranteed. Ive got a lunchtime flight on a Saturday in a few weeks so have been checking list few weeks and not been above 30 minutes wait mid morning. Existing fast track bookings will still be honoured so will be less than the normal queue.

[spannersatcx]

Went out of T2 Wednesday, fast track, took probably 30 minutes or more as wife's carry on got rejected, no liquid no electrical items, suspicious looking jewellery, can't make it up! Would of been 10 minutes otherwise, problem is if your bag gets picked on, you join a queue for rejected bags, cans of pop left in bags by numpties, and people packing their liquids at the trays! The issue is passengers not complying and rejected bags for suspicious looking jewellery 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Matt5]

Thankyou.

I hadn’t realised that Manchester Airport had live advisory times for time through security, so that actually helps us make a more informed decision on the day.

[DomyDom]

Originally Posted by VickersVicount

perhaps shows what lots of poor publicity and socials can do… Don’t think its the last we’ve heard of this though. Abroad is often no better, PMI was described as a ‘zoo’ at the weekend… and its only May.

Not sure what the issue at PMI was but what we did experience on Friday at LIS was a 2 hour 20 minute wait while passengers from EU countries sailed through passport control, with only one Egate open and two booths open for non-EU passengers. After the EU passengers were through LIS border personnel were redeployed onto the non-EU gates and we were through in about 10 minutes. It could have been something similar at PMI but hopefully things run smoother for UK passengers as the summer season progresses.

[VickersVicount]

Originally Posted by DomyDom

hopefully things run smoother for UK passengers as the summer season progresses.

Not sure why it would?
When does the Portuguese initiative to allow UK through EU channels start? That will be the only thing that would make a difference if Spain follows suit. AGP trending on twitter with huge non EU queues and EU lane empty! You couldn’t make it up.

[brian_dromey]

Originally Posted by VickersVicount

Not sure why it would?
When does the Portuguese initiative to allow UK through EU channels start? That will be the only thing that would make a difference if Spain follows suit. AGP trending on twitter with huge non EU queues and EU lane empty! You couldn’t make it up.

In fairness the UK is not part of the EU - the UK is a third country in exactly the same way the USA, UAE, Mongolia or Argentina would be. The UK chose this path, to blame the Spanish for long queues which are a direct consequence of a decision made by the UK is probably a bit unfair?