Baggage handler Swissport has apologised to Manchester Airport customers after some passengers were left waiting days for their luggage.
Passengers have faced long delays waiting for their bags to be placed on carousels in the airport's baggage reclaim halls - leading to many deciding to walk out and collect their cases later from lost property. Photographs sent to the Manchester Evening News show hundreds of items of left luggage, with one pile captured two days after a flight landed.
A Swissport spokesperson said the baggage system was under "enormous pressure" and reported experiencing "knock-on delays from security queues". Swissport - which is not the only baggage handler at Manchester Airport - said it had recruited almost 1,000 new members of staff in the UK and Ireland, but pointed to rising cases of c ovid-19 and security procedures and training for new starters.
