Birmingham Airport passengers face another day of chaos as hundreds of people wait in long queues amid confusion over 100ml liquid rule
Passengers at Birmingham Airport are facing yet another day of chaos as hundreds of people have been left waiting in long queues.
Holidaymakers were forced to stand in long queues on Friday morning, with some turning up three hours before take-off only to find themselves a long way from departures.
Passengers shared warnings with other travellers hoping to fly out of the West Midlands airport on June 7.
Jodie Rhianon shared a picture on X of a massive queue to get into the airport at around 5.45am.
She said: 'Public service announcement: If you are thinking of flying from Birmingham airport anytime soon. Don't. You're welcome.'
'If you are thinking of flying from Birmingham airport anytime soon. Don't'
Pictures of the huge queues outside Birmingham Airport this morning
Social media user 'CaptainGlobie', at around 7.30am posted a picture of the queue which had stretched to outside the Arrivals entrance, and wrote: 'Good job the suns out…
'To be fair to staff they are doing a great job trying to make sure people get flights on time but it needs fixing. Not like you wouldn't expect passengers at an airport…'
At 5.15am today, @BiteYourBrum posted: 'Yeeeeah, Birmingham Airport is an absolute shambles - Glad I came three hours early now.
'I can hardly see departures but there's hundreds in front of me just to get inside. Oh and if you come by monorail they'll just send you outside to join this, btw. What fun @bhx_official.'
Huge queues inside Birmingham Airport yesterday (June 6, 2024)
She later added that it took around 90 minutes to get through the queue in total.
X user Anne-Marie Eden has posted a picture which shows no queues outside the airport at around 9am today, with the chaos appearing to have cleared up.
A Birmingham Airport spokesperson said: 'With the ongoing construction works and liquid restrictions in place, the airport was naturally busy as you would expect for a Friday getaway'.
'Queues can be seen daily at peak times, which is natural for any airport. A picture of a queue is subjective, and in the moment, at that time. We strongly advise that customers follow our advice and turn up only in line with their check in opening time.
'We had no reports of hypothermia or any calls to our medical line to assist passengers. We have fully trained first aiders onsite and none of our staff were called to treat anyone.
'We ask customers, check our social channels and website to follow our simple instructions to make travelling through Birmingham Airport easier for all.'
This is the second day of chaos in a row at Birmingham Airport after huge queues have formed outside yesterday amid confusion over new 100ml liquid rules and 3D baggage scanners.
Furious passengers faced hours-long queues to get through security after the airport installed a new technology which allows people to travel with liquids up to two litres in their bags.
Birmingham Airport met the deadline at the start of this month to install the new 3D scanners, but officials at the West Midlands hub decided to combine both the old and the new rules for carrying liquids 'until further notice'.
The airport said the former 100ml limits still apply, but passengers will be allowed to carry them inside their hand luggage instead of being separately screened, which has sparked confusion amongst passengers.
