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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Charlotte Cox

Why has Manchester Airport stopped live Arrivals and Departure information online?

Manchester Airport has stopped publishing live Arrival and Departure information on its website and app.

The online resource had for years been a helpful guide to passengers to check if scheduled flights were due on time.

However, Manchester Airport bosses say they have removed the tool to 'avoid potentially having misleading information out there' during the pandemic.

As background guidance, they said flight schedules are 'changing all the time' during the pandemic which, combined with volumes of traffic, means it's the 'best course of action' to remove the live flight overview function from the website.

They advised that passengers can still get live and accurate flight information directly from their airline.

They said that the function would be back on the website 'as soon as operations ramp back up, airlines' schedules stabilise and circumstances allow' and said that they would keep customers updated on this.

One passenger from Wythenshawe told the Manchester Evening News: "If you look at other online flight information you can still see all the flights arriving and taking off so I don't know why they have done that at Manchester Airport.

"Lots of people depend on this information."

Last month Charlie Cornish, Manchester Airport boss, slammed ministers for 'discouraging international travel' with its new traffic light system.

The protocol came into force on May 17 and has allowed overseas holidays to resume to countries placed on a green list which includes the likes of Portugal, Iceland and Israel.

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