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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Charlotte Cox

Mammoth queues and three-hour waits for baggage... so as 330,000 passengers prepare to fly through Manchester Airport this weekend, why's it still such a shambles?

Over the Jubilee weekend, 332,000 passengers have booked to fly through Manchester Airport.

And following the half-term tales of misery - mammoth queues, three-hour waits for baggage, police rescuing abandoned flights and disruption which has led to cancellations for more than 30,000 TUI customers - those passengers may be wondering how it's going to go.

There had been hopes that bosses at Manchester Airport were getting to grips with the staffing crisis which resulted in Security queues and disruption earlier in the year. But the scenes emerging from the terminals over recent days have raised questions around how well the hub and its partners are weathering the storm as they emerge from the pandemic.

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