The Government and travel bosses have come under renewed fire over the continuing chaos afflicting travellers at Manchester Airport. Trafford council - a shareholder in the airport - has passed a motion describing the Government's response to the crisis in the aviation sector as "lamentable".
The new managing director of the airport Chris Woodroofe is now to be invited to talk to councillors of the authority adjacent to the airport over what improvements can be made. At a full meeting of Trafford council, an amended resolution said the 22-point plan announced by the Government at the end of June "came far too late to prevent the disruptions experienced at the beginning of the year and in April and May".
It said that whilst improvements had been made to the security operation at the airport, much of the chaos experienced as the holiday season approached was "the responsibility of airlines and private baggage handling companies".
