Manchester Airport announces closure of Terminal 1 after £440m Terminal 2 expansion

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• D Roberts says:

  26 Jan26 January 21:52

  With T2 arrival car park already sub standard let’s pile more misery on the poor people arriving back home utterly pathetic a shambles since it opened and they deny that anything is wrong joke

• A Beamish says:

  27 Jan27 January 10:24

  Will the management listen to the customers concerns? I think not! It’s great having shops and restaurants but please make it easier to reach the gates for those of us who have health issues but not enough to warrant assistance. I have arthritis and two hip replacements the last thing I want is endless walking to the gate, it would be OK if escorlators and travelators worked and if there where little trucks you could jump on to get to the gate. Going to smaller local airports is all well and good but the choice of destinations is limited. Please think of the customer and not how much profit you can make from expensive shops.

• Aristotle says:

  27 Jan27 January 11:51

  “our long-term commitment to providing a great airport experience for passengers”
  Very funny, you don’t have commitment to passengers’ great experience when you treat them with utter contempt. Can you imagine Tesco saying “come and shop with us, it’ll only cost you £5 to dop off at the door”
  And Manchester’s short stay parking costs more than Heathrow and Gatwick. I’m not sure who they think they are but, really, they’re not.
  Manchester Airport is nothing less than a bunch of bandits, fleecing its customers at every opportunity.
  Ditto East Midlands and Stansted.

• Dave G says:

  28 Jan28 January 07:35

  Used T2 for a Business Class flight with Qatar Airways last week – airport was busy (7am) but I didn’t see any long queues through security (fast track was busier than the standard security queue) … from check in to lounge 25 mins.

  Didn’t venture into any shops / restaurants but overall the whole place looks impressive plenty of places to sit.

  I hear the comments on the gates – you should try Doha – twenty minute walk for my connection

• Richard says:

  28 Jan28 January 08:25

  I have travelled extensively throughout the world and can honestly say that Manchester Airport is the worst I have encountered on any measure.
  Parking – Horrendous
  Baggage Handling – beyond a joke
  Customer service – non existing
  Cost – ridiculous

  Manchester Airport is an embarrassment to the North West and the country.

  How Mr Cornish still has a job presiding over this appalling state of affairs is astonishing!

• A Green-Dempsey says:

  28 Jan28 January 08:30

  Terminal two is very nice but there are many things wrong with Manchester Airport.
  1) Schedules. Want to fly to Europe under 4 hours? Your flight is at 7am. All of them. Together. T2 is packed, queues are huge and everyone is there at the same time. Want to fly to Europe +4 hours? All together in the afternoon & returning on a late night flight. No other way around it.
  2) Parking. Especially arrivals parking, is monstrous. All those planes arrive back together, 2 machines and a horrendous queue to get out.
  A miserable experience all round but, hey, lovely terminal, when you can get a seat.

• David Bentley says:

  31 Jan31 January 01:13

  The longest walk to and from a gate without any help from machines that I’ve ever experienced, anywhere. And in a brand new facility. To the far end of the new extension must be the best part of a mile. As Tony Wilson said, “This is Manchester, we do things differently.” We sure do.

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