The defence secretary, Ben Wallace, visited Manchester Airport today to speak with Royal Navy personnel covering for striking Border Force workers.
The airport, meanwhile, said it had been given assurances of sufficient resource at border gates to allow a full flight schedule to operate and reported no significant delays for inbound passengers at passport control as a result of the industrial action.
Border Force workers in the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) based at a number of airports including Manchester are continuing with strike action until New Year's Eve.
