Manchester Airport is gearing up for its busiest summer on record, with over 5.7 million passengers expected to pass through during the school holidays from July 17 to September 1. That's more than 120,000 travellers per day.
Security reminders for travellers
To keep security queues moving, passengers are reminded to follow hand luggage rules. Last month, the airport confiscated nearly 100 items in a single morning, including yoghurt pots, a leg massager, and a gun-shaped whiskey decanter. Liquids are limited to 100ml, and any item that could be used as a weapon is banned.
Parents should also check children's squishy toys, which may contain liquids without measurement labels and could be confiscated, causing delays.
Delayed flights on August 4
As of 11:15am, several flights are delayed by 30 minutes or more, according to FlightRadar24:
- 12:40pm IndiGo flight 6E9803 to Amsterdam, now departing at 2:10pm
- 1:30pm easyJet flight U22029 to Lanzarote, now departing at 2pm
- 1:55pm easyJet flight U22017 to Gran Canaria, now departing at 3:10pm
- 2:30pm easyJet flight U22257 to Sharm el-Sheikh, now departing at 3:08pm
- 3:10pm Jet2 flight LS1729 to Dalaman, now departing at 4:21pm
- 3:55pm easyJet flight U2721 to Belfast, now departing at 4:52pm
- 4:25pm Jet2 flight LS1065 to Palermo, now departing at 6:50pm
- 4:40pm easyJet flight U22015 to Alicante, now departing at 5:32pm
- 6:40pm Jet2 flight LS1763 to Palma de Mallorca, now departing at 8:10pm
- 6:50pm easyJet flight U22237 to Copenhagen, now departing at 7:30pm
- 8pm easyJet flight U27266 to Palma de Mallorca, now departing at 8:57pm
- 8pm easyJet flight U27852 to Amsterdam, now departing at 8:46pm
Cancellations
So far, no flights from Manchester Airport have been cancelled today.
