Manchester Airport

Can only speak for the railway station at Manchester Airport. Everything worked as it should have. Trains on time and plenty of room to sit.Recently used for long haul through terminal 2. Excellent service, no delays outbound or return. Loung was excellent value with all you can eat breakfast and coffees. Certainly use it again.

Easy access, plenty of parking (recommend booking parking in advance, super easy number plate recognition and hassle free as the pay in advance car parks are separate, so stress free). Manchester is a fast and efficient airport especially if you do sensible things like pay for Fast Track in security. I've never had a problem. Great airport to travel from...

It is truly embarrassing for a flagship International Airport. The journey from T3 to the arrivals pickup carpark is like walking through Pripyat, with temporary structures, unsurfaced footpaths, and faded road markings everywhere. Couple that with the brutalist multi-storey car parks that are still clinging on to life, and you have an intensely depressing experience. Arriving into this airport on a flight late at night, you are herded like cattle and made to wait whilst they summon some bleary-eyed security guard within to come and unlock the door (with a smashed window) to let you into the terminal building where the carpet has been gaffer taped within an inch of its' life. The rest of Europe must be laughing their socks off at us.

Never had a problem flying out of Manchester Airport or landing back in Manchester, Friendly and polite staff, Spotlessly clean, Straightforward instructions, flown from Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 several times without issue.My biggest bit of advice would be put any make up, toiletries, Electrical items(Dont need to be a bag)etc into a see through plastic bags(We use zip freezer bags from home bargains) and place them in your small handluggage, BackPack, Carry on bag(So you can take them out and put them on the tray going through Security) make sure everything you are taking makeup/toiletries are UNDER 100ML or Security will confiscate them and throw them away.Second bit of advice is book Fast Track Security(Thank us later), We booked on the Manchester Airport website then when we booked with Jet2 on the app we added Fast Track and then again when we booked with Ryanair the Fast Track was added to our QR code in the boarding pass.Safe flight and have a great time.

Dreadful Airport! T2 facilities are woefully under capacity for the number of flights scheduled to leave with 45 min queues early morning so very little scope for getting breakfast. Also run out of sandwiches at shops. Security queue on way out ok. But you need the 3 hrs to eat.On way back no queue at passport control but 2 hour wait in baggage reclaim for bags. Same for all other flights using Swissport services. Jet2 are using their own luggage handlers so less delays. People being left on planes due to lack of steps to embark and luggage not being taken off for a few hours. Presumably lack of staff.Liverpool for me next time.

Good airport with a wide variety of shops and bars in terminal 2. The only problem I would say the place has is it's simply too small with the terminal facilities for a place which has such a huge number of people going through it. We were going through early September and it was packed!

Performance at this airport varies depending on the day. Most of the time you go through security very quickly, other times the queue can be 2 hours long.Trolleys are not free, so better to bring luggage with wheels. The moving walkway also does not work (they have not worked for years), so be ready to carry your luggage for a walk from the train/tram stop to the terminal.This airport only allows liquids that can fit into a small transparent bag. Putting liquids in check-in luggage rather than taking them with you onto the plane would be best.There is a drinking water station in Terminal One after the security point. Bring a water bottle with you and save a few quids.

Incompetent staff caused major delays. The woman at the check in/ticketing counter was untrained and could not properly issue boarding passes for connecting flights. Rather than find someone who knew what they were doing, she issued a boarding pass for the first leg of our journey only and simply shrugged, casually smiled and said they would “sort it out” in Amsterdam. We arrived in Amsterdam to learn our trans Atlantic flight had left without us because airline staff in Manchester had not checked us in and they hadn’t known we had left the UK.Our initial flight was also delayed 2 hours. Although this was not the airport’s fault at first, We attempted to find help to see if our itinerary could be re-booked or re-routed, knowing our connection wouldlikely be missed. We were told to “check the information desk” for assistance. Please see below photo of the empty information desk where no help was received. The gate agent similarly shrugged and told us she could do nothing for us and there wouldn’t be any flights back to the United States and that we’d have to get “sorted” in Amsterdam. She was blatantly wrong and appeared more interested in adjusting her artificial nails then finding up to date information - there were three other KLM flights to the eastern U.S. out of Manchester that same morning.Security was similarly grossly incompetent.Avoid Manchester Airport at all costs. Pay extra to go through London, Dublin, or Belfast if possible.

Our first experience at Terminal 1 of Manchester airport wasn’t the smoothest. When we finally reached security, having queued for roughly 45 minutes we found there were no trays to place our bags in and were left standing for another 15 minutes until one of the many idle staff members presented some trays for us to use. Shortly after this, we passed a water fountain before heading through duty free and assumed there would be more in the main body of the Terminal only to find this was the only fountain in the whole terminal so if you have an empty bottle, fill it up when you have the opportunity rather than having to retrace your steps like we did. There are a few shops and restaurants in the centre however as we made our way toward our gate (12) we ended up walking through a small corridor that sectioned us off from the rest of the terminal. We were flying with Emirates and when we reached the gate our boarding passes were scanned and we were directed into a fairly empty waiting room, not realising we were now unable to leave our gate where I may point out there were no toilets, shops or even vending machines. The room then filled up with many other people and became unbearably warm until we were finally allowed to board the plane. However as I said, this was our first experience at Terminal 1 so we will learn from our mistakes for the future.

Terminal 3 is a bit of a magical mystery tour to get to from the Train Station. You go up an elevator, across a bridge, through a random building.Security staff were quite curt, I never expect them to be super nice but they definitely seemed a little too rude.There's a little used upper seating area in Terminal 3, if you have time before your flight. It has sweeping views of the runway, and its own toilets.