Aug 23, 2021, 9:43 am
Last edit by: Prospero
BA at Manchester
MAN airport website for BA info (including security wait times): https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/...itish-airways/
Terminal and check-in desks:
All BA flights depart and arrive at Terminal 3.
Departure:
Fast Track security is available, subject to usual BA rules. It works pretty well most of the time, but do check before you join the fast track lane if it's a single lane to avoid taking longer in fast track than in the normal lanes.
According to the airport, the following retail and food offerings are available in Terminal 3: World Duty Free, KFC, Lion & Antelope, Costa, WHSmith, Boots, The Nook, Kiosco and Pork & Pickle
Lounges:
The Escape Lounge in T3 is available for BA passengers. As with the previous arrangement at T3, we assume Escape will allow access along usual BA eligibility rules (class of travel and / or status), including 2 guests for GGL and Premier cardholders. The lounge is open from 04:00 and closes at 19:45 each day except Saturdays when it will close at 17:30.
Gates:
Flights typically depart from from Gate 142 or 143.
Boarding is generally prioritised by Groups.
Arrivals:
Flights land at Terminal 3. Travelex and WHSmith will be open in Terminal 3 Arrivals.
Flights tend to arrive at Gates 142 or 143, with an airbridge to the terminal. There is a flight of steps down to ground level once in the terminal.
Baggage collection is at Terminal 3
MAN airport website for BA info (including security wait times): https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/...itish-airways/
Terminal and check-in desks:
All BA flights depart and arrive at Terminal 3.
Departure:
Fast Track security is available, subject to usual BA rules. It works pretty well most of the time, but do check before you join the fast track lane if it's a single lane to avoid taking longer in fast track than in the normal lanes.
According to the airport, the following retail and food offerings are available in Terminal 3: World Duty Free, KFC, Lion & Antelope, Costa, WHSmith, Boots, The Nook, Kiosco and Pork & Pickle
Lounges:
The Escape Lounge in T3 is available for BA passengers. As with the previous arrangement at T3, we assume Escape will allow access along usual BA eligibility rules (class of travel and / or status), including 2 guests for GGL and Premier cardholders. The lounge is open from 04:00 and closes at 19:45 each day except Saturdays when it will close at 17:30.
Gates:
Flights typically depart from from Gate 142 or 143.
Boarding is generally prioritised by Groups.
Arrivals:
Flights land at Terminal 3. Travelex and WHSmith will be open in Terminal 3 Arrivals.
Flights tend to arrive at Gates 142 or 143, with an airbridge to the terminal. There is a flight of steps down to ground level once in the terminal.
Baggage collection is at Terminal 3
BA experience at Manchester
Feb 4, 2022, 11:27 am
#301
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: London, UK
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I just called BA to make a flight change and asked about Fast Track at Manchester. The person I spoke to was very helpful and went away to speak to a supervisor and they have no knowledge of an end to Fast Track (I have not yet had a response to my webform enquiry to BA). She also added that security was managed by the MAG group and they would unlikely be aware of such a change in advance...
We just all know the situation in BUD.
Feb 6, 2022, 10:06 am
#302
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Just got a response from BA on Twitter. They said there’s no truth in the rumours - core part of the message below - not sure why they didn’t mention Silvers though.
Feb 7, 2022, 1:29 am
#303
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Not a BA issue but how much money do MAG think they’re saving but not turning on the moving walkways in the bridges from the station to the terminals? They’ve been turned off for months and months.
Feb 7, 2022, 1:37 am
#304
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Location: Manchester, UK
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According to another forum, they require new parts, and these parts are difficult / impossible (or probably just too expensive) to get.
Feb 7, 2022, 2:29 am
#307
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I thought they'd just got them working again before the pandemic - and then they turned them off when passenger numbers didn't justify them running. If they've broken again then that's another thing. Oh well it helps the Fitbit steps a little. I don't mind them not working but I would have a different view if I travelled with heavy luggage.
Feb 7, 2022, 3:11 am
#308
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But it's been a comfort for regular users of the airport to watch the revenue-generating multi-storey car parks going up in record time next to the walkway bridge.
Feb 7, 2022, 5:01 am
#309
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MAG could always invest in walkways that have sensors which only turn on once someone approaches them, but as mentioned above, it wouldn't be revenue generating for MAG so out of the picture. Actually, I'm surprised MAG haven't harnessed human walking as a means of powering the airport.
Feb 7, 2022, 5:24 pm
#310
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Feb 8, 2022, 12:45 am
#311
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I thought they'd just got them working again before the pandemic - and then they turned them off when passenger numbers didn't justify them running. If they've broken again then that's another thing. Oh well it helps the Fitbit steps a little. I don't mind them not working but I would have a different view if I travelled with heavy luggage.
Feb 8, 2022, 1:30 am
#312
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: MAN, PSP
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Posts: 208
It's unsurprising given that T1 and its car park are scheduled for demolition as part of the transformation project (also involving a wholesale revamp of T3). The movements of people between T2, T3 and the Station will change, so you can't blame MAG for saving the expense of replacing them, only to be scrapped in a year or two.
Feb 8, 2022, 3:13 am
#313
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It's unsurprising given that T1 and its car park are scheduled for demolition as part of the transformation project (also involving a wholesale revamp of T3). The movements of people between T2, T3 and the Station will change, so you can't blame MAG for saving the expense of replacing them, only to be scrapped in a year or two.
For a decade or longer there have been one or (usually) more of the the station-airport walkways out of service.
I've heard a number of stories from airport staff: probably not one of them is fully accurate
, but all focus on the airport's unwillingness to pay for an adequate maintenance service, insisting on firefighting with in-house teams inexperienced and inadequately equipped with spares. It's a tale with credibility, given the approach mirrored in other areas in the terminals not directly related to retail and opportunities to generate commercial revenue.
Feb 8, 2022, 5:48 am
#314
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Location: Manchester, UK
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It's unsurprising given that T1 and its car park are scheduled for demolition as part of the transformation project (also involving a wholesale revamp of T3). The movements of people between T2, T3 and the Station will change, so you can't blame MAG for saving the expense of replacing them, only to be scrapped in a year or two.
Feb 8, 2022, 6:56 am
#315
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It's pretty obvious what they should do - run some tensa barriers between the walkways, station a perpetually grumpy Mancunian in uniform at the entrance and deliberately make it as unpleasant as possible if you avoid paying (dig some holes around the walkways so suitcase wheels get caught, remove part of the roof for 'maintenance' for three years so people not on the walkway get rained on, that kind of thing). Voila! Charge Ł1.50 as an add-on to Fast Track and you have a whole new revenue stream.
Can you tell I'm a MAG fan?
