"A complete nightmare": The view from Manchester Airport this morning as passengers face more long queues

Passengers at Manchester Airport have reported facing more delays and long queues this morning as the travel chaos continues.

Pictures taken inside the departures area of Terminal 2 this morning showed huge queues building up for security. Passengers have also been tweeting about their experience at the airport, with some saying the situation there this morning is an 'absolute shambles'.

John Dallinger said getting through the airport - which has been plagued with weeks of huge security queues, baggage delays and crowded check-in halls - was a 'complete nightmare'.

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He tweeted this morning: "@manairport Arrived at the airport at 6.15am for a 9.20am flight, 3 hours of a complete nightmare. Never will I or everyone else I spoke to use Man airport again. Awful experience!!!"

Gareth Melling tweeted: "@manairport you have taken the fun out of families going on holiday, absolute shambles just to get through check-in and security."

Graham also said on Twitter: "@manairport another day another shambles at T1. The worst airport in Europe."

The airport apologised in a tweet posted on their official account this morning. It said: "As we continue to recover from the pandemic and passenger numbers grow, security queues may be longer than usual at times. If you're due to travel in the next few weeks, please arrive at the earliest time your airline allows. We apologise to our customers for the disruption."

This comes amid ongoing mayhem at the airport, which councillor Pat Karney said is down to 'failure of management' and could continue for weeks. Passengers have reported abandoning their suitcases after waiting long enough and