Is Manchester airport the worst in Europe?

[Barcon]

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Meet Wordy.

Stupid iphone ; )

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Stupid iphone ; )

Don’t be sad, you evoked a memory from school in the 80s.

Seeing the tv and video being wheeled in, we knew we were in for a banger of an episode of Words and Pictures featuring Geordie Racer and other epic programmes.

 

[jrb]

Just 1 observation.

Terminal 1. Mens toilet. Amongst other things. The toilet door was propped up against the wall outside the toilet cubicle. Not on, hanging off, but off and against the wall. Apart from that the toilets were a f*cking disgrace!

Fast flight to Munich Airport there and back. The toilets were that clean I would eat my breakfast, dinner, and tea in them.

 

[ultimateharold]

Worst airport in Europe? Luxury.
Try living in the City with the worst airport in the world (official).

Never seen a bag pile like it on arrivals, and this was 4 years ago. Was only a couple of hours wait. Outbound with the ipad beer ordering though, I'll take it.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Same here, arrivals was to be avoided, those hectors were bastards, they knew we were just doing a job and wanted to get moving as soon as possible but they wouldn't give you 2 minutes to find your punter. Like you I used to wait at either the Airport Hotel or over near Etrop Grange and collect from the petrol station.

These days I struggle to keep my bearings when I use the airport, everywhere looks the same and all I'm interested in is getting on and off that fucking plane and enjoying some sun on my shoulders. I much preferred it when it was Ringway, if you wanted to see someone off, which a lot of people did back then, you could just rock up, walk straight in from the covered carpark, through the swanky space age automatic doors, down the ramp, under the dust covered chandeliers and you got to the viewing/waiting area with a panoramic view of the airfield from behind the glass, a few rows of comfy chairs to slouch in. Mind you there was probably no more than a couple of dozen flights a day, if that. I've no idea how many flights there are these days but judging by the traffic that passes over us on their approach it's a lot.
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Or you could pay 10/20p and go on top of the terminals with the plane spotter's.

What a wonderful safe world it was as a kid.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Was there a big stained glass "window" at the end of one of the terminals, it was depicting what the parachute trainees saw during their war training.
Or am I making things up again?

 

[toffee balls]

I was at a seminar yesterday with the MAG construction leaders.

They are investing £1.5 billion over the next several years

The hope/ plans are to :
Both runways are beyond their design life and are being resurfaced
Lots of airfield taxi ways ditto
Terminal 2 will get a new pier to mirror image the new pier 1
Terminal 2 will be adapted to take the A380
Terminal 2 will become the new main terminal
Terminal 1 services infrastructure is knackered and will restrict future operations
Terminal 3 is getting an extension for security and baggage reclaim

Top priority was for staff recruitment and baggage handling which is well on with.
MAG ( 3 airports) are back at 85% pre pandemic passengers and they all need to grow the numbers to remain sustainable.

They are aware of their shortcomings and are trying to address them prior to HS2 /car parking expansions.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Or you could pay 10/20p and go on top of the terminals with the plane spotter's.

What a wonderful safe world it was as a kid.

In about 1986 me n pals used to go the airport for the day. Not plane spotting, just pissing about. It seemed no where was off limits. Would be going through all sorts of doors, behind walls, mental really that we had so much access

 

[Mancofmystery]

Can anyone help, I feel like I’m being a complete idiot even asking this. I need to park at Manchester airport from 4pm tomorrow until the early hours of Sunday morning. I’ve been on the website and all the parking companies, and there is zero availability. Now I find this rather hard to believe that an international airport, at the arse end of September doesn’t have any parking! I can’t get dropped off, taxi isn’t really an option either, what other options do I have?

Get the JustPark app that lets you park on someone's drive. Loads of availability in, for example, Heald Green for £15 to £30. Then another few quid to the airport by taxi, or even on a bus.

 

[55yr old teenager]

Must be very, very good friends..

Yes they are. I also know they would do the same for me.