Manchester Airport has reported a number of delayed and cancelled flights today, Thursday, August 27, as thousands of passengers prepare to travel for the bank holiday weekend.
According to FlightRadar4.com, as of 9.10am, 21 flights were delayed by 30 minutes or more, and one flight was cancelled. The affected routes include popular destinations such as Alicante, Orlando, Munich, Athens, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Milan, London, Jersey, Tenerife, Belfast, Paris, Sharm el-Sheikh, New York, Zurich, Nice and more.
Delayed flights
- 10.10am Ryanair flight FR4027 to Alicante, estimated departure 11.05am
- 10.15am Virgin Atlantic flight VS139 to Orlando, estimated departure 12.35pm
- 10.35am Lufthansa flight LH2501 to Munich, estimated departure 11.20am
- 10.40am Aegean Airlines flight A3639 to Athens, estimated departure 11.15am
- 11am easyJet flight U22237 to Copenhagen, estimated departure 11.42am
- 12.10pm Virgin Atlantic flight VS73 to Orlando, estimated departure 2.25pm
- 12.20pm easyJet flight U22167 to Amsterdam, estimated departure 12.54pm
- 12.45pm easyJet flight U22033 to Alicante, estimated departure 2.12pm
- 12.55pm ITA Airways flight U25419 to Milan, estimated departure 2.12pm
- 2pm British Airways flight BA1365 to London, estimated departure 3.15pm
- 2.15pm easyJet flight U2729 to Jersey, estimated departure 3.11pm
- 2.30pm TUI Airways flight BY9476 to Tenerife, estimated departure 4.05pm
- 2.35pm easyJet flight U2721 to Belfast, estimated departure 5.25pm
- 2.50pm easyJet flight U22107 to Paris, estimated departure 4.52pm
- 2.55pm easyJet flight U22253 to Sharm el-Sheikh, estimated departure 3.40pm
- 3pm Virgin Atlantic flight VS127 to New York, estimated departure 5.30pm
- 6pm easyJet flight U22193 to Zurich, estimated departure 6.53pm
- 6.45pm easyJet flight U22103 to Nice, estimated departure 7.27pm
- 7.20pm easyJet flight U22109 to Paris, estimated departure 8.57pm
- 8.05pm easyJet flight U2707 to Belfast, estimated departure 9pm
Cancelled flights
The 9.20am British Airways flight BA1359 to London is cancelled.
Manchester Airport has urged passengers to arrive at least two hours before a short-haul flight and three hours before a long-haul flight, and to check the status of their flight before travelling.
