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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Outrage over huge pay rises for Manchester Airports Group bosses

Passengers queue for security screening at Manchester airport, which has been hit by weeks of travel disruption.
Passengers queue for security screening at Manchester airport. MAG said the pay rises reflected bonuses linked to year before the pandemic. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Trade unions have condemned the owner of struggling Manchester airport for inflating bosses’ pay by almost a quarter in the first year of the pandemic even as the wages for staff were cut and hundreds of workers were let go.

The north-west hub has been hit by weeks of travel disruption and hours-long queues for passengers, leading to the unscheduled departure of the airport’s managing director Karen Smart, who stepped down on Tuesday.

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