Manchester Airport has been named the worst airport in the UK for the third consecutive year in a row, according to the latest research from Which?.
The consumer group’s annual survey asked almost 5,000 people about their airport experiences in the period between April 2023 and April 2024.
Ratings were given across 11 categories – including seating, staff, toilets and queues at check-in, bag drop, passport control and security – to calculate a customer score based on overall satisfaction and how likely travellers were to recommend the airport.
Terminal 3 at the northern aviation hub took the bottom spot with a score of just 37 per cent.
The Manchester terminal received just one star for seating, staff, queues at security, range of shops and prices in shops, and scored no higher than two stars in any of the remaining categories.
Customers complained about long queues, rude staff and overcrowding when departing Manchester Airport.
One said: “It’s just awful – the worst advert for anyone flying to the UK. It’s the worst airport I have ever used (and by quite a long way) compared to other UK and especially overseas airports.”
Manchester Airport’s Terminal 1, Belfast International and London Luton also fared poorly with ratings of 40 per cent, 44 per cent and 47 per cent respectively.
On the other end of the scale, neighbouring Liverpool John Lennon Airport topped the chart with a satisfaction score of 81 per cent, closely followed by London City (80 per cent), Norwich (78 per cent), Exeter (77 per cent) and Southampton (75 per cent) to round off the top five.
Customers praised the airport for its friendly staff, efficient security queues, toilets and seating.
A traveller called the Liverpool airport a “smaller, friendlier, efficient airport, generally not too busy with smallish queues… it is a far more pleasurable experience than its nearest rival, Manchester.”
Rory Boland, editor of Which? Travel said: “Our survey found many of the biggest airports fall at the basics – with passengers often unhappy about the availability of toilets and seats, and reporting long queues at times. Flogging fast passes and filling terminals with retail spaces and airport lounges is a money spinner – but judging by our survey results, it’s not what passengers need.
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