ast wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 10:30 am
No smile to my face but thanks for the info, Not sure what the problem with Manchester T2 is, have used it seven times this year up to now and not one issue, perhaps you could enlighten us.
Not a Jet 2 fan either but when needs must and all that, I flew a couple of weeks ago with them on their 35 year old B757 , a right old bone shaker that one.
Well, I've been using Manchester Airport since the very early 80s when I first began travelling.
Since the latest revamp of T2 - there are less seats available in the Departure public areas, less seating in the food outlets which cause horrendous queues.
The security staff are the most miserable ever and again - long queues.
We came to live in Cyprus in 2004 - using Manchester for all of our travel for the 15+ years before we left UK and the Arrivals Hall - baggage collection specifically, was always taking far too long waiting at the carousels for bags to come through.
Returning to UK in 2016 - absolutely nothing had changed.
Then the revamp happened - as did Covid a few years later.
There's still a shortage of staff in all departments behind the scenes.
We finally managed to get a flight to a destination we wanted to travel to - from Liverpool airport (which we had always used when we began to visit my parents back in UK from the winter of 2013, flying from LCA). A much simple procedure.
So, last month - we used Liverpool for a holiday to Spain.
Taking the bus from the city centre where we had spent a couple of days (£2 trip) and headed into the terminal building.
We were too early for the check in - indicated by the desk it would open 2hrs before our flight time.
Anyway, we asked if we could check in for our flight and was told yes - no problem at all.
Less than 30 minutes after walking through the front doors of the terminal building, we were through Check-In, through the Security Check and in the Departure lounge having a couple of glasses of wine with a view across the airport.
The return was just as simple - straight off the flight, into the terminal building - a short zigzag through to Passport / Border Control, manned by real people (who smiled) at a booth (no e-Gates to slow things up) and our bags were already coming through on the carousel when we got to the collection point.
Total time from arrival to leaving the building - just 20 minutes, including a loo stop.
Needless to say, our next trip is already booked.
We use easyJet Holidays mostly now, and at Manchester - they don't use T2, but the check-in and security check is still just as bad - as is passport check on the return.
