Manchester Airport Flights Cancelled as Middle East Crisis Causes Delays
- Published 19 days ago
- Air-Travel
- Manchester
Flights from Manchester Airport are facing cancellations and delays due to Middle East tensions, causing long queues, packed taxi ranks, and travel disruption for UK passengers.
Flights at Manchester Airport didn’t run quite as planned on Monday (March 16). A few routes suddenly stopped. Screens changed. Some passengers just stared. For a long moment.
The trouble? Rising tensions across the Middle East. Airspace around major travel hubs got messy. The ripple reached far. Even to Manchester.
Two departures got cancelled during the day. Kuwait Airways flight KU114 to Kuwait? Never left. Emirates service EK018 bound for Dubai? Yep. Pulled from the schedule. One arriving Emirates flight from Dubai didn’t land either. Routes linking the UK with big transit points like Doha… feeling the pressure.
Inside the terminal it felt rushed. Outside, chaos. Taxi ranks were packed. Really packed. Some travellers didn’t wait. They booked rides, went home, or tried another airport.
A Manchester Airport spokesperson said:
"Passengers should check with their airline for the latest updates. Before travelling to the airport. Things can change… fast."
If you’re travelling soon, double-check your flight. Leave earlier than usual. Things are moving… but not always smoothly today.
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