=Manchester Airport= Our Experience. We went away at Easter and again at may half term, same destination, flying from Manchester, I have based my review on check in desk and security - as my experiences could not have been more different. =Holiday 1= We went away at Easter, and although we were flying on Good Friday (bank holiday) our flight was 6.30am, so we missed the traffic. =Check In= We were with Thomas Cook, the check in was awful, the person was rude, I was close to tears, I had asked for medical seating, (as I was disabled) and she says that we don't have any information from the holiday company, as to this. (I've been ...  Read the complete review

Manchester airport makes you walk through the big duty free shop once you've been through security to get to your gates - this annoys me because it's always so bright and strong smelling (perfumes etc). I'm not all that interested in the shops as I always think they're overpriced at the airport but Manchester has plenty to keep you busy if this is what you want. We like to avoid having to buy over priced and poor quality food on the plane and find that buying a boots 'meal deal' is usually the best option - there's at least one Boots in each terminal. I really do believe that airports and planes should provide facilities for free drinking water but ...  Read the complete review

Although I live very close to Humberside Airport (when I'm not at university), there aren't that many choices of destination from there. Manchester airport is a direct, 2 and a half hour train away from Grimsby so it is the easiest to get to. Because of this, I have chosen to fly from Manchester airport a couple of times now. My first experience at Manchester airport was actually quite daunting. I was flying to Toronto for the first time, completely alone and had only been to Humberside airport previously. As I got off the train and saw the size of this airport, I was in shock and a little scared. The first time I flew from this airport I flew with Air Transat ...  Read the complete review

I have used Manchester airport a bit more recently, including on my summer holiday to Corfu. It's quite a large airport with 3 terminals and I do enjoy going there. I have travelled there by train before going to Manchester Piccadilly before changing to get a train to the airport. This second leg of the journey to the airport takes around 15-20 minutes. You can get anywhere from the train station at the airport, which is quite easy to get to and doesn't take long from where you arrive. However the airport is large and there can be quite a bit of walking to do at times! They do have facilities to help those who may struggle such as the indoor cars and lots of ...  Read the complete review

Manchester airport, we have been to Florida 4 times , the fourth time was going from Manchester. Our first impressions of Manchester was it was way t0o big, you could easily get lost , it was like a rabbit warren. We checked out luggage in and were given our boarding cards and esta forms for entry into the united staes, and got to security where you have now got to take your shoes of and but on the conveyor belt to be xrayed along we other lose articles , but obviously this is a necessity these days for national security, the security guards were very polite to us. We were not very impressed with the duty free area , we had a quick look around but did ...  Read the complete review