Manchester Airport flights delayed, with Hong Kong departure estimated 4 hours late

A Cathay Pacific departure to Hong Kong had an estimated delay of four hours and 35 minutes at Manchester Airport on Tuesday 27 October. Morning and afternoon services were affected by hold-ups of at least 30 minutes.

Flight CX216, scheduled for 10.25am, was estimated to depart at 3pm. Two easyJet services also had estimated delays exceeding 90 minutes: U27002 to Malaga, scheduled for 9.40am, was estimated to leave at 11.52am; U27696 to Lisbon, due at 9.45am, had an estimated departure of 11.26am.

Departures more than an hour late

TUI’s BY2106 service to Tenerife left at 10.02am rather than its scheduled 8.40am, a delay of one hour and 22 minutes. KLM flight KL1030 to Amsterdam departed at 10.14am, one hour and nine minutes behind schedule.

Etihad Airways flight EY78 to Abu Dhabi took off at 8.57am, one hour and two minutes after its scheduled departure. EasyJet’s U22251 to Hurghada, due at 1.40pm, had an estimated departure of 2.49pm.

Other affected services

Among flights that had departed, easyJet’s U22001 to Barcelona was 57 minutes late, while U23836 to Milan left 55 minutes behind schedule. TUI flight BY168 to Punta Cana departed at 11.18am, a delay of 58 minutes.

Services to Belfast and Dublin were also affected. EasyJet U2701 to Belfast departed 37 minutes late and U2703 left 48 minutes late. Aer Lingus flights EI203 and EI205 to Dublin departed 38 and 46 minutes late respectively.

Later easyJet departures had estimated delays of 40 minutes for U22147 to Dalaman, 42 minutes for U22285 to Agadir and 35 minutes for U22139 to Antalya. Their estimated departure times were 3.15pm, 3.27pm and 3.30pm respectively.