Gogglebox stars Tom and Julie Malone have told fans of their eventful flight back to Manchester Airport after jetting off to Dublin this weekend for a mini-break.
06.04.2022 - 23:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
When I returned to Manchester Airport’s Terminal 1 today with a bag to check in I was expecting the worst. With the airport boss quitting yesterday after daily pictures and stories of mayhem, I was not hopeful in having a smooth journey to Malaga in the south of Spain.
What ended up happening was a pleasant surprise to say the least. I arrived by taxi to Terminal 1 around 6.15am this morning fully expecting to step out of the car in the drop off area and straight into the back of a queue.
The taxi driver said I was already his sixth drop off at the airport of the morning, with one getting there at 2am to try and beat the queues. He described seeing the queues stretching to the car park in recent days as ‘crazy’ and shared my relief at there not being one present this morning.
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I went straight downstairs to check my bag in before being informed it would need to be checked in the main terminal. I went up expecting to see similar scenes as I and many others had witnessed yesterday, with panic all around, but there was a distinct sense of calm in the air.
It felt as if everyone had breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, a number of people in getting to the airport extra-early to beat the expected queues were now too early to check in.
Around 7am I met a man who could not check in to his flight to the Isle of Man at 10.50am as the gate wouldn’t open for nearly two hours, and a family who were restless waiting there even earlier for a flight to Tel Aviv. They had all mentally prepared themselves for standing in a long line for security.
Staff in all sectors of the airport were once again fantastic. They offered everyone who needed it
Gogglebox stars Tom and Julie Malone have told fans of their eventful flight back to Manchester Airport after jetting off to Dublin this weekend for a mini-break.
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