Manchester Airport apologises over passenger queues so long they end in the car park

Passengers at Manchester Airport have complained of 'huge queues' stretching back to the car parks.

Frustrated travellers shared pictures which show lengthy queues snaking out of the main doors at Terminal One this evening. Several people have also reported flights being delayed due to the long waiting times at security.

Sharing an image of the queues, Andy Mitten, from the United We Stand fanzine, tweeted: "Huge queues once again at @manairport. "This is for security at T1. It snakes for 200 metres outside the terminal."

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Paul Keegan said it took him two hours to get through security, despite having paid for 'fast-track'.

He tweeted: "Surely Manchester airport is one of the most chaotic in the world. This place is never enjoyable."

Meanwhile, Nicola Gibson tweeted: "Manchester Airport is absolutely horrendous my flight time is now been here 3 hours not even reached security and worse of all nobody knows a damn thing. No help no info. This is completely unacceptable."

Issuing an apology to passengers, the airport put the queues down to a 'combination of factors', including an unexpected number of passengers and a high amount of bags being rejected at security. They said the longer waiting times were expected to continue throughout the evening, and advised people to arrive as early as possible for flights.

A Manchester Airport spokesman said: “At times today, security queues in Terminal One have been significantly longer than we would like due to a combination of factors. With the rapid recovery of international travel, it has been much more difficult to predict passenger volumes based on the flights that are due to