'Absolute shambles': Passengers face travel chaos at Manchester Airport as HUGE queue snakes along walkway and TUI website down

Some travellers experienced more problems with huge queues at Manchester Airport this morning as a summer of travel chaos continued. Pictures showed the queue snaking from Terminal 2 and stretching along the walkway towards Terminal 1 early this morning.

One traveller posted a picture of the queue to the M.E.N. on Twitter early this morning and said: "No wonder the queues at Manchester are so bad, TUI website down so no checking in online which means every passenger on every flight will need to go to the desk! Absolute shambles.

"Only planned on taking a carry on bag to avoid this mess but what is the point if I am going to have to queue anyway."

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Another passenger wrote on Facebook: "Manchester airport utter carnage, 2 hours 45 minutes to check in and get through security, no breakfast, now boarding plane ……. Ffs !!!! I’m starving!!"

Other passengers in other terminals reported no issues and airport officials said the issue in T2 had nothing to do with security, which they said had experienced no significant problems today.

Another wrote: "And we’re off! Don’t believe the hype… Manchester airport was a breeze."

The M.E.N. has approached TUI for a comment.

Today's queues come as two airlines face possible strike action later this summer. Last week it emerged Ryanair cabin crew plan walkouts in Europe. Strikes are set to take place in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Belgium which could impact services on UK routes.

Unions in Belgium representing staff at the budget airline are the latest to announce walkout plans as the main summer holiday season commences. According to unions staff are planning to strike in