Manchester Airport flight disruptions today left passengers facing cancellations and delays on June 23, with the hardest hit routes linking Manchester and Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Travelers were told to check flight status directly with their airline before heading to the airport.
The cancellations covered eight flights. Turkish Airlines flight TK1992 from Istanbul, due at 1.10pm, and TK1916 from Istanbul, due at 10.55pm, were cancelled, along with TK1991 to Istanbul, scheduled for 12.05pm, and TK1915 to Istanbul, set for 9.50pm.
Etihad Airways flight EY074 from Abu Dhabi, due at 2.30pm, and EY073 to Abu Dhabi, due to leave at 1pm, were also cancelled. SunExpress flight XQ535 from Antalya, scheduled for 4.30pm, and XQ534 to Antalya, scheduled for 3.30pm, were cancelled as well.
Manchester Airport June 23 delays
Delays stretched across several other airlines and destinations through the day. Aurigny flight GR678 from Guernsey was delayed by around 89 minutes, Ryanair flight FR9077 from Rhodes by approximately 56 minutes, and TUI flight BY2611 from Santorini by around 30 minutes.
easyJet flights were also affected: U22054 from Mykonos was delayed by about 50 minutes, U22074 from Santorini by roughly 41 minutes, U27265 to Palma by around 44 minutes, and U22124 to Rome Fiumicino by approximately 46 minutes. Jet2 flight LS842 to Zakynthos was delayed by around 23 minutes.
Turkish Airlines and Etihad Airways
The same-day pattern ran across arrivals and departures, which is why passengers needed to keep checking their booking rather than rely on the timetable they saw earlier. A flight listed as operating in the morning could still be cancelled by afternoon, and a later departure could be delayed after an earlier update.
For passengers, that meant the practical step was not to wait at the terminal for a fixed schedule to hold. The airline status check was the safer move before leaving for Manchester Airport, especially on routes to Istanbul, Abu Dhabi and Antalya that had multiple cancellations in both directions.
The disruption was limited to June 23, but it touched several carriers and destinations in one day, which left travelers with a narrow choice: verify the latest status first, then travel only if the airline still showed the flight as operating.
