Manchester Airport Guide: Terminals, Parking, Lounges & Transfers

Almost every trip to Manchester begins or ends at Manchester Airport, and the airport you will land at in late 2026 is not the one most guidebooks describe. Terminal 1 has gone. Terminal 3 has moved into its building. Three-quarters of all flights now leave from an expanded Terminal 2, the car parks have been renumbered from P1 to P16, and the drop-off forecourt has no barriers at all — just cameras that read your number plate and expect you to pay online afterwards.

This Manchester Airport guide covers all of it: which terminal your airline uses, what parking actually costs when you pre-book versus when you turn up, how security and the 100ml rule work here, which lounges are worth the money, and what happens between landing and stepping onto a tram. Prices and times below are correct as of September 2026 and are a realistic guide rather than a quote — the airport uses dynamic pricing, so confirm live rates on manchesterairport.co.uk for your own dates.

Manchester Airport in 2026: What Has Changed

Manchester is the UK’s third-busiest airport after Heathrow and Gatwick, and comfortably the largest outside London. It handled a record 32.3 million passengers in the year to 31 March 2026, up 3.6% on the year before, serving well over 200 destinations from two runways nine miles south of the city centre. If you are flying anywhere in the north of England, this is almost certainly your airport.

Three changes matter more than anything else for a 2026 trip. First, Terminal 1 closed to departures on 19 November 2025 after more than sixty years, and its building has been absorbed into an enlarged Terminal 3. On 5 March 2026 the old Terminal 1 entrance was formally rebranded as Terminal 3 Departures, and around 2,000 signs across the site were changed to remove any mention of T1. If your booking confirmation, an old email or a printed itinerary says Terminal 1, that terminal no longer exists — your airline has moved.

Second, Manchester is now effectively a two-terminal airport. Terminal 2, rebuilt as the centrepiece of a ten-year, £1.3 billion transformation programme, handles roughly three-quarters of all passengers and very nearly every airline. Terminal 3 is Ryanair’s home, with a handful of smaller carriers alongside it. The practical upshot is that the old ritual of working out which of three terminals you need has become a simple binary question, answered in the next section.

Third, the car parks were renumbered in March 2026 into a single P1 to P16 system. Bookings made under the old names remain valid, but the sign you are looking for on the approach roads is now a P number rather than a terminal name. Combined with the barrierless number-plate drop-off system introduced in March 2025, this catches out a lot of returning travellers who think they know Manchester Airport well.

Which Terminal Is My Flight? T2 vs T3

The short answer: if you are not flying Ryanair, you are almost certainly at Terminal 2. Here is how the split works in practice.

Terminal	Share of flights	Main airlines	Security tech
Terminal 2	Around 75%	easyJet, Jet2.com, TUI, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad, Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian, TAP, Finnair, Icelandair, SAS, Norse Atlantic, Ethiopian, IndiGo, Loganair	Two halls, CT scanners
Terminal 3	Around 25%	Ryanair, plus a small number of smaller and regional operators	One hall, standard scanners

Airline terminal allocations do move, and a few carriers straddle the two, so treat the table as a strong indication rather than gospel. The reliable check is the airport’s own flight finder when you book and again the day before you fly: search your flight number and it will name the terminal. Your airline’s app will show it too, and it updates faster than anything printed.

If you are connecting between the two terminals, allow proper time. The covered Skylink walkways link everything, but Terminal 2 to Terminal 3 on foot realistically takes 20 to 25 minutes with a bag, and the airport advises a minimum 90-minute connection for terminal-to-terminal transfers. Passengers with hand luggage only and a connecting boarding pass can use the dedicated flight transfer bus instead, following the purple “Flight Connections” signage.

Terminal 2: The Main Event

Terminal 2 is the reason Manchester Airport feels like a different place now. The rebuild roughly doubled its capacity, and the extension that opened in 2021 was followed by a second pier in late 2025 with double air bridges sized for wide-bodies including the Emirates A380. The terminal works over several levels: check-in on the upper floor, security into the departure lounge, arrivals and baggage reclaim below.

Check-in and bag drop

The check-in hall is a single large space with self-service kiosks, automated bag drop and staffed desks, with flight information screens directing you to the right zone. Most airlines at Manchester now expect you to be checked in online with a bag drop slot booked, and several open bag drop the evening before for early morning departures — worth checking if you have a 06:00 flight and would rather arrive unencumbered.

Two security halls

Terminal 2 has two security halls, both fitted with next-generation CT scanners. In practice that means laptops, tablets and liquids stay in your bag — no unpacking into trays, no clear plastic bag ritual at the belt. The airport says nine in ten passengers clear security in five minutes or less, which is broadly true outside the 04:00 to 07:00 crush. Your boarding pass or the departures board will tell you which hall to use; they are not interchangeable at busy times.

The departure lounge

The new lounge was designed to read as a high street rather than a concourse: a pedestrianised walkway with shopfronts on one side and the airfield on the other. Retail runs from World Duty Free through Chanel, Jo Malone, Le Labo, Rituals, Pandora, LEGO and JD Sports to the reliably useful Boots and WHSmith. Food and drink gets its own section further down, but the headline is the Great Northern Market, a 470-seat street food hall that opened in early 2026.

Gates are spread across two piers, and the far end of Pier 2 is a genuine walk. Budget 10 to 15 minutes from the central lounge to a distant gate, more with small children or if you need to stop on the way. The screens give a “gate closes” time rather than a boarding time, and Manchester enforces it.

Terminal 3: Ryanair’s Home

Terminal 3 is the compact terminal, and since March 2026 you enter it through what anyone who has flown from Manchester before will still think of as the Terminal 1 doors. The original T3 check-in and security area closed in October 2025; the whole operation now runs from the larger former T1 halls, which is why the terminal feels considerably roomier than its old reputation suggests. The departure lounge gained around 40% more seating in the process.

Two things to know if you are flying from T3. First, security here still uses standard scanners rather than the CT machines in Terminal 2, so laptops, tablets and your liquids bag all have to come out. Pack accordingly: liquids in an outside pocket, electronics on top. Second, Ryanair’s schedule concentrates a lot of departures into the early morning, and the T3 security queue between roughly 04:30 and 06:30 is the single worst pinch point at Manchester Airport. If your flight sits in that window, add 45 minutes to whatever you were planning.

The terminal has had real investment on the airside food side. Sporting Chance, a sports bar seating close to 500, opened in 2026 along with Terracotta for Italian food, joining Costa, KFC, World Duty Free, WHSmith and Boots. The Escape Lounge here is open to anyone who books, regardless of airline or ticket class.

Getting To and From Manchester Airport

Everything that moves — trains, trams, buses, coaches and taxis — arrives at a single building called The Station, sitting between the terminals and connected to both by covered Skylink walkways with travelators. Allow 10 to 15 minutes to walk it in either direction, and rather more if you are wrestling a family’s worth of luggage.

Option	Time to city centre	Single fare	Hours	Best for
Train to Piccadilly	17–25 min	£5.50–£6.50	Roughly 04:12–01:34	The fastest route, most of the day
Metrolink tram	55–60 min	£4.60	Roughly 05:45–23:30	Cheap, and stops across south Manchester
Bee Network bus 43	50–70 min	£2.00	24 hours	Budget travel and the middle of the night
National Express coach	25–30 min	From around £4	~30 services a day	Direct to the coach station near Piccadilly
Black cab	25–35 min	£28–£40	24 hours	Groups, luggage, no app needed
Uber or Bolt	25–35 min	£20–£32	24 hours	Usually cheapest door-to-door, subject to surge

The train is the default choice and the one to book if you are heading to a city-centre hotel. The tram is slower than people expect because it takes a long, looping route through Wythenshawe, but it is the right answer if you are staying near a Metrolink stop rather than near Piccadilly. Our full guide to Manchester Airport transfers compares every option in detail, including exact pickup points by terminal, and the Metrolink tram guide explains the lines and zones. For everything beyond the airport run, our guide to getting around Manchester covers the Bee Network in full.

One frequently missed detail: app-based private hire pickups do not happen at the terminal kerb. Uber and Bolt collect from inside the Ground Transportation Interchange, the multi-storey next to The Station, and the app will direct you to a specific level depending on your terminal. Black cabs, by contrast, use the marked ranks directly outside each terminal. Our guide to Manchester taxis and ride-hailing covers the differences and the rough fares across the city.

Manchester Airport Parking: The P1 to P16 System

Parking is where Manchester Airport gets genuinely expensive if you improvise, and genuinely reasonable if you plan. Since March 2026 every car park has a P number, and it is the P number that appears on the approach road signs. Here is what the main ones are and who they suit.

Car park	P number	Serves	Guide price, 8 days pre-booked
Meet & Greet	P1 (T2), P13 (T3)	Valet, no shuttle	From around £86
Multi Storey	P3 (T2 West), P14 (T3)	Short walk to check-in	Premium — from around £65 for four days
Park & Walk	P4	Terminal 2, on foot	Mid-range
Mid Stay	P12	Short shuttle	From around £79
Drop & Go	P16 (P10 Express)	Shuttle	From around £70
JetParks	Signed JetParks	Longer shuttle	From around £55

Two rules save most of the money. The first: always pre-book. Meet & Greet, Drop & Go, Mid Stay and all the JetParks car parks are pre-book only in any case, but the multi-storeys are where the gap really bites — a four-day stay bought in advance runs from about £65, while the same four days paid at the barrier can approach £240. That is not a typo, and it is the single most expensive mistake made at this airport.

The second: be honest about the shuttle. JetParks is the cheapest on-airport option by a comfortable margin, and it is perfectly civilised, but you are adding a bus ride at both ends of your trip. With a 05:00 flight and two tired children, the walk-in-the-door convenience of a multi-storey may genuinely be worth the difference. With a solo trip and hand luggage, it almost never is.

Prices are dynamic, so they move with demand and with how far ahead you book. School holidays, the run-up to Christmas and summer Saturdays are the expensive windows. Booking six to eight weeks out is usually where the rate settles; leaving it to the week before rarely helps. If you want the maths across a whole trip, our Manchester trip cost guide puts airport parking in context against hotels and transport.

Drop-Off Charges and the Free Alternative

Manchester Airport charges to drop someone at the terminal, and it enforces this with cameras rather than barriers. At both Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 the forecourt drop-off costs £5 for up to five minutes and £6 for up to ten, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Since the switch to a barrierless system in March 2025 there is no ticket to take and nothing to pay on site. Number plate recognition cameras log you in and out, and you pay afterwards at pay.manchesterairport.co.uk. The deadline is 23:59 on the day after your visit — miss it and the charge escalates into a penalty. Set a phone reminder before you drive off; this is the most common way visitors to Manchester end up with an unexpected fine.

Two further traps. Overstaying the paid window costs considerably more than the initial fee, so if a flight is delayed do not sit and wait on the forecourt. And pick-ups are not allowed in the drop-off zone at all — using it to collect an arriving passenger attracts a charge of around £100. Collect from a car park or the designated pick-up areas instead.

The free option is real and worth knowing: JetParks 1 has a dedicated free drop-off area with a 24-hour shuttle to the terminals. It adds perhaps 15 minutes to the journey, which is a fair trade if you are dropping off regularly or travelling on a tight budget.

Security, Liquids and Fast Track

This is the part of Manchester Airport where the detail genuinely changes your morning, and where a widely reported national story has caused real confusion.

The 100ml rule still applies at Manchester

Manchester Airport has completed the rollout of CT scanners across its security lanes, and those scanners are the technology that allows other UK airports to relax the liquid limit. But approval to lift the limit is granted airport by airport by the Department for Transport, and as of September 2026 Manchester has not received it. Heathrow, Gatwick, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bristol and both Belfast airports now allow containers up to two litres. Manchester still holds to 100ml per container.

What the CT scanners do change here is the unpacking. In Terminal 2 your liquids and your laptop can stay inside your bag as it goes through the machine, even though the 100ml limit on each container still applies. In Terminal 3 you are still taking everything out. The safe approach for either terminal: containers of 100ml or less, in a clear resealable bag, packed where you can reach it. This is a live situation and approval could arrive at any point, so check the airport’s website in the days before you fly. Our guide to what to pack for Manchester covers the rest of the bag.

Is Fast Track worth it?

Security Fast Track at Manchester Airport starts from around £5.49 per person when booked online in advance, rising roughly 20% if you buy on the day. It runs daily from 03:00 to 22:00 in both terminals and gives you a dedicated express lane, usable at any point up to three hours before departure. It does not exempt you from screening — the same rules and the same trays apply, you simply reach them sooner.

At that price the calculation is easy. For a Terminal 2 departure in the middle of the day, when most people are through in five minutes, it is money you do not need to spend. For a Terminal 3 departure between 04:30 and 06:30, or a Terminal 2 flight in the early morning bank, it is one of the better-value things you can buy at this airport. There is also a separate Fast Track for passport control on arrival, at around £15 per person, and a free-to-£4.99 TimeSlot booking system that reserves a security arrival window.

How early should you actually arrive?

The airport asks for three hours before a long-haul flight and two before a short-haul European one. Those numbers are sound, with two adjustments. Add an hour if you are flying from Terminal 3 in the early morning peak. And add time, not stress, if you are checking bags — the queue for bag drop at 05:00 can be longer than the queue for security.

Going the other way, the airport is a poor place to arrive early and wait if you have not booked a lounge. Landside seating is limited, and the good food is all beyond security. If you are dropped off with three hours to spare, get through security and use the departure lounge properly.

Manchester Airport Lounges Compared

The lounge landscape at Manchester changed significantly in 2026. The long-running 1903 Lounge closed at the end of June, and Escape Lounges opened a new flagship in its place. Here is where things stand.

Lounge	Terminal	Guide price	Notes
Aspire Lounge	T2	From around £24	Best value; hot and cold food, bar included
Escape Lounge	T2 and T3	From around £42 advance, £55 walk-in	The dependable middle option, in both terminals
The Executive by Escape Lounges	T2	From around £58–£64	Opened July 2026 in place of the 1903 Lounge
Airline lounges	T2	By ticket or status	Emirates and others for premium cabins

Book in advance, always. Walk-up rates run roughly a third higher and popular slots sell out entirely on summer mornings, which is precisely when you would most want one. Most lounges cap your stay at around three hours, so a booking made for a heavily delayed flight may not stretch as far as you hope.

Whether any of it is worth the money comes down to one question: how long will you actually be sitting there? For a two-hour wait with a family, Aspire at around £24 a head against airport café prices for breakfast and drinks is close to a wash, and you get a seat and a plug socket. For a 45-minute dash to the gate it is money burnt. Manchester also has a separate private terminal, PremiAir, for travellers who want a wholly separate check-in and security experience at a considerably higher price point.

Eating and Shopping Airside

Manchester Airport used to be a place you ate at because you had to. That is no longer really true in Terminal 2, and it is becoming less true in Terminal 3.

The centrepiece is the Great Northern Market, a 470-seat street food hall in the Terminal 2 departure lounge — downstairs past the escalators, opposite Joe & The Juice. Six kitchens share one central dining area, so a group can order from different counters and still eat together: Nashville Hot House for buttermilk fried chicken, Black Iron Grill for smash burgers, Kouzina for Greek and Mediterranean plates, Las Casita for Mexican, Palms Café for pan-Asian and Napoli Street Pizza for exactly what it says. Gooey, the Manchester bakery, does the coffee and cookies. It is a deliberate nod to the city’s own market hall culture, and it works better than it has any right to.

Elsewhere in Terminal 2 there is San Carlo for proper Italian, Wagamama, Archie’s, the Amber Alehouse, a Fever-Tree cocktail bar, a Wetherspoons and the usual Starbucks, Costa and Greggs. Terminal 3’s 2026 additions — the Sporting Chance sports bar and Terracotta — sit alongside Costa, KFC and the smaller grab-and-go outlets.

On shopping, the one genuinely useful tip is that duty free is only duty free if you are leaving the UK for a non-domestic destination, and the pricing on everything else is airport pricing. If you want Manchester things to take home, buy them in the city before you leave — our guide to Manchester souvenirs has better options than the airport at better prices.

Arriving at Manchester Airport

Arrivals at Manchester are usually straightforward. Border Force runs lanes for British and Irish passport holders, for eGate-eligible nationalities, and for everyone else.

eGates use facial recognition and remove the need to speak to an officer at all. They are open to British and Irish citizens, most EU and EEA nationals, and passport holders from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States. Children aged 10 to 17 can use them when accompanied by an adult; under-10s cannot. If your passport is eligible and biometric, the eGates are almost always faster than the staffed desks. Waits at passport control are typically under 15 minutes, though a bank of long-haul arrivals landing together can stretch that.

Baggage reclaim sits immediately beyond passport control, with screens showing which carousel serves your flight. Bags generally start appearing 20 to 40 minutes after the aircraft reaches its stand, which is worth knowing if someone is meeting you — tell them to time their arrival from the moment you land, not from the scheduled arrival time. Beyond the hall you come out into arrivals, with cafés, car hire desks and the covered walkway to The Station.

UK entry rules: you may need an ETA

This catches out visitors more than anything else at the moment. Since 25 February 2026, visa-free visitors to the UK need advance digital permission to travel — normally an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) — unless they already hold a UK visa or other immigration permission. It applies to nationals of the United States, EU member states, Australia, Canada and many other countries. British and Irish citizens, including dual nationals, do not need one.

An ETA costs £20, following an increase from £16 on 8 April 2026. It covers multiple journeys for stays of up to six months at a time, and remains valid for two years or until your passport expires, whichever comes first. Most applications through the official UK ETA app are decided within minutes, but apply well before you travel rather than at the airport — without one you will not be allowed to board. Passengers transiting Manchester airside without passing through UK passport control do not currently need one. Apply only through gov.uk; third-party sites charge a mark-up for the same thing.

Airport Hotels and Early Flights

Manchester Airport has around six hotels on site, ranging from budget chains to the Radisson Blu, which connects to the terminals by the Skylink bridge and is the only genuinely walk-across-in-the-rain option. Given how many departures leave before 07:00 and how far Greater Manchester sprawls, an airport hotel the night before is a common and sensible move — particularly if you are travelling from Yorkshire, Cumbria or North Wales.

The economics usually hinge on park-stay-fly packages, which bundle a room with parking for the duration of your trip and frequently cost less than the parking alone. Our guide to hotels near Manchester Airport compares the on-site options, shuttle hotels and budget choices, and explains how those packages work.

For an arrival rather than a departure, staying at the airport makes much less sense. The city centre is 17 minutes away by train and the difference in what surrounds you is enormous — see where to stay in Manchester for a comparison of the Northern Quarter, Deansgate, Spinningfields, Castlefield and Salford Quays.

Accessibility and Special Assistance

Manchester Airport provides free special assistance to any passenger who needs it, covering reduced mobility, sensory impairment, hidden disabilities and anyone who simply needs help navigating a large airport. Book it through your airline at least 48 hours before you fly — the airline passes the request to the airport, and turning up unbooked means waiting for whoever is free.

Terminal 2 has step-free access throughout, with lifts serving arrival gates on Levels 0, 1 and 2 and the baggage reclaim hall. Assistance points are marked in the check-in halls and at the arrivals end. The airport participates in the sunflower lanyard scheme for hidden disabilities, and lanyards are available free at information desks. There are quiet routes and a sensory room available on request for travellers who find the terminal environment difficult.

Assistance covers the whole chain: from the car park or The Station to check-in, through security, to the gate and onto the aircraft, and the same in reverse on arrival. If you use a wheelchair, tell the airline its dimensions and whether it has a lithium battery when you book, because that determines how it is carried.

Manchester Airport Tips

• Check your terminal twice. When you book, and the day before you fly. Terminal allocations at Manchester have moved a great deal since late 2025.
• Pay the drop-off charge that night. The deadline is 23:59 the following day and the penalty for missing it is out of all proportion to the £5 fee.
• Pre-book parking, even a day ahead. The gap between the advance rate and the drive-up rate at the multi-storeys is measured in hundreds of pounds.
• Assume 100ml. Whatever you have read about UK airports relaxing liquid limits, Manchester had not been approved as of September 2026.
• Terminal 3 in the early morning is the queue. Fast Track earns its keep there more than anywhere else at this airport.
• The train beats the tram into town. Seventeen minutes against nearly an hour, for around a pound more.
• Uber and Bolt do not collect at the kerb. They pick up in the Ground Transportation Interchange next to The Station.
• Meeting someone? Time it from landing. Bags take 20 to 40 minutes after the aircraft parks, and there is no waiting on the forecourt.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which terminal do I need at Manchester Airport?

Terminal 2 unless you are flying Ryanair, in which case Terminal 3. Terminal 1 closed to departures in November 2025 and no longer exists — if your paperwork says T1, your airline has moved, almost certainly to T2. Check your flight number on the airport’s flight finder the day before you travel.

How much is parking at Manchester Airport?

Pre-booked, budget roughly £55 for eight days at JetParks, £70 at Drop & Go, £79 at Mid Stay and £86 at Meet & Greet. The multi-storeys are the premium option, from around £65 for four days pre-booked — but close to £240 for the same four days at the drive-up rate. Pricing is dynamic, so check live rates for your dates.

Can I still take only 100ml of liquid through Manchester Airport?

Yes. As of September 2026 Manchester still applies the 100ml per container limit, even though its CT scanners are installed. It had not yet received Department for Transport approval to raise the limit as other UK airports have. In Terminal 2 you can leave liquids and laptops in your bag at the scanner; in Terminal 3 you still take them out.

How much is the drop-off charge at Manchester Airport?

£5 for up to five minutes and £6 for up to ten, at both terminals, 24 hours a day. Cameras read your number plate and you pay online at pay.manchesterairport.co.uk by 23:59 the following day. Pick-ups are not permitted in the drop-off zone and attract a charge of around £100. JetParks 1 has a free drop-off area with a 24-hour shuttle.

How early should I get to Manchester Airport?

Three hours for long-haul, two for short-haul European flights. Add an hour for a Terminal 3 departure between 04:30 and 06:30, which is the airport’s busiest window, and allow extra if you are checking bags rather than travelling hand luggage only.

What is the fastest way from Manchester Airport to the city centre?

The train to Manchester Piccadilly, at 17 to 25 minutes for around £5.50 to £6.50, running from roughly 04:12 to 01:34. The Metrolink tram is cheaper at £4.60 but takes 55 to 60 minutes. The 24-hour Bee Network 43 bus costs £2 and is the only public option in the small hours.

Do I need an ETA to visit Manchester?

If you are a visa-free visitor — including US, EU, Australian and Canadian nationals — yes, since 25 February 2026. It costs £20, covers multiple visits of up to six months over two years, and is usually approved within minutes through the official UK ETA app. British and Irish citizens do not need one. Without an ETA you will be refused boarding.

Is Fast Track worth it at Manchester Airport?

At around £5.49 per person booked in advance, yes for early-morning departures and for anything from Terminal 3. For a midday Terminal 2 flight, when most passengers clear security in five minutes anyway, it is usually unnecessary. Buying on the day costs roughly 20% more.

How long does it take to walk between Manchester Airport terminals?

Around 20 to 25 minutes between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 via the covered Skylink walkways, and 10 to 15 minutes from either terminal to The Station. For connecting flights the airport advises allowing at least 90 minutes between terminals; hand-luggage-only passengers can use the flight transfer bus.

Which lounge is best at Manchester Airport?

Aspire in Terminal 2 is the value pick at around £24. The Executive by Escape Lounges, which opened in July 2026 in place of the 1903 Lounge, is the premium option at £58 to £64. Escape Lounge sits in the middle and is the only lounge with a presence in both terminals. Book ahead — walk-up rates are much higher and summer mornings sell out.

Planning the Rest of Your Trip

With the airport sorted, the city is the easy part. Start with our guide to things to do in Manchester for the attractions worth your time, then getting around Manchester for trams, buses and walking routes once you are here. If you are still weighing up neighbourhoods, where to stay in Manchester compares them properly, and our transport passes guide explains the Bee Network fare caps that make a few days of tram and bus travel surprisingly cheap. For the wider picture — when to come, what it costs, how long to stay — the complete Manchester travel guide pulls it all together.

Leaving a car here for a week is its own decision, and the drive-up rate is three to four times the pre-booked one. Our Manchester Airport parking guide compares every car park after the 2026 renumbering, with prices and walking distances.

Around three-quarters of passengers now fly from T2, and it is a very different building from the one regulars remember. Our Manchester Airport Terminal 2 guide covers the security halls, the food hall, the lounges and the walk to the gates.

The lounge line-up changed twice in 2026 — one closed, one opened, and the private terminal was rebranded. Our Manchester Airport lounges guide has the current prices and an honest verdict on each.

If the only thing you need is which door to walk through, our guide to the Manchester Airport terminals sets out which airlines use T2 and T3, what happened to Terminal 1, and how long the walk between them really takes.

The part people plan worst has its own guide: Manchester Airport security covers the 100ml position, whether Fast Track is worth £5.49, and how early you actually need to arrive at each terminal.