Airport chaos as drivers ‘honking horns’ in hour-long queue to exit car park | UK | News
Manchester Airport, drivers to leave a parking lot for an hour to be trapped for an hour, ‘chaos dived’ chaos. A taxi driver reported that he had spent more than an hour while trying to leave the parking lot after receiving the passengers, and they honed their horns in what disappointed drivers described as ‘manic’ scenes.
The images revealed short accommodation Express Pick-up in the Terminal One, where some taxi drivers and card holders were informed. The temporary decision was part of the ‘efforts to increase security and productivity, and more changes after the closure of Terminal One and more changes after a major transition to a two -terminal international airport.
However, the change introduced on Wednesday resulted in long -term cars waiting to leave the parking lot and others ‘stuck in areas’. Since then, the airport has been caused by the changes of order of queues, but it was caused by a problem with exit barriers.
A spokesman confirmed that the incident was later solved and affected passengers, and visitors will not be accused of extra time spent in the parking lot due to delays.
Jamie Westbury, who runs an airport transfer company, has taken a e -mail from a few colleagues and Manchester Evening NewsExplain the reason for transporting short accommodation parking.
“They carried it overnight,” he said. “Trying to enter there took 20 minutes, and then leaving the same parking lot was more than an hour.
“It was a chaos. It was terrible. There was only one entrance to the parking lot and four exits, but no one emphasized him.
“I had customers waiting. People were walking around and the horns were going manic.
“Everyone was trying to organize it themselves. I’ve been falling for 14 years and I’ve never seen it so bad.”
This follows the latest changes announced by the airport about how the airport is charged to quit and receive passengers. Barrier -free systems were introduced and allowed drivers to pay online or by phone until midnight the next day.
On the other hand, the Manchester Airport spokesman said: “Today we are aware of the technical problems with the obstacles affecting the traffic flow in the short accommodation parking parking parking parking parking lot.
He continued: “The problem was corrected and we used teams to manage congestion. We apologize for any discomfort. Drivers, as a result of this problem, will not be blamed for extra time spent in the parking lot.”
