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CABBIES’ DAILY BATTLE RUNNING THE GAUNTLET IN CHAOS HIT MANCHESTER AIRPORT
Cabbies at Manchester Airport and others across the country, have been running the gauntlet this summer. Manchester’s under-fire flight hub has suffered months of delays, cancella- tions, and baggage issues, resulting in thousands of angry holidaymakers. But the problems with it go further than just affecting travellers. John Scarlett, 34, regularly takes customers to and from Manchester Airport with his company JMS Topgear Travel, sometimes making as many as six trips to the flight hub in one day. The issues at the airport mean John is sometimes left waiting for hours before picking up clients - something that has serious implications for his business. “For taxi drivers at the airport, time is money,” he told the Manchester
Evening News. “We can’t afford to be sat there waiting.” John said the usual wait time from touchdown to a customer emerging is around 45 minutes - but he has been forced to wait more than two hours on a string of occassions. “Obviously that has a knock-on effect with your following bookings,” he said. “I can book six journeys a day. But then you get one delay and then you can’t do all your jobs, and you’re rushing around trying to find a backup driver that can do your second or third job.” The cabbie also called the Terminal 2 West car park pickup point an “accident waiting to happen,” with passengers walking out in front of cars and drivers blocking the way. He also blasted the airport over num-
ber plate recognition barriers into drop off zones, which he said often don’t work, once again slowing him down in a job where every minute is valuable. “Other people are being affected, not just passengers. It’s a brand new termi- nal, but they can’t even get the simplest things right,” John said. A Manchester Airport spokesman said: “Having received feedback about the position of the registration plate reader in one of our car parks, we have carried out extensive trials and are looking to move it to a more suitable location in the near future. “Regarding the pickup point in Terminal Two, we are confident there is sufficient space to allow those collecting passen- gers to park and walk on foot to either the reception lobby, or the arrivals area.”
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