The Queue For Security / Departures "Birmingham Airport" 5.10 a.m.

We've just returned from a holiday in Mallorca in Spain.

This is the queue for Security / Departures at Birmingham International Airport at 5.10 a.m. On Saturday 25 May 2024.

Yes 5.10 a.m !!! The queues snaking outside the terminal building

It took over an hour from bag drop off to get to the departures lounge !

Apparently they are upgrading the area so it won't always be like this !

A bit of a difference to the return journey this morning. It took all of 10 minutes to clear security and get to the airport departures lounge from bag drop off at Palma Airport (which is the third busiest airport in Spain, behind Madrid and Barcelona)

We had a lovely time , lots of photos to follow

[Corinne C]

Wow Air travel is so popular these days!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Wow great candid -no wonder of all the glum faces !

[Zilli~]

Only two smiling strangers in this one!

[Mags]

Be safe and have fun!

[Annie D]

Look forward to your photos 📸

[Nick]

That looks like a nightmare. At least it was on the way out when you had the holiday to look forward to, and not on the way home.

[Maggiemae]

Oh dear - put you off going on holiday anywhere else but your front porch!

[Brigette]

There’s a few grumpy faces in that crowd

[Dione Giorgio]

So you're off! Have a fantastic holiday. A long queue to go through, almost despairing you will not get there in time.

[Judith Johnson]

Wow, that's a big queue 😳

[Carole Sandford]

Never seen folk having to queue outside before!

[Renee Salamon]

No fun

[Casablanca]

Horrendous 😱

[Dorothy]

That’s unacceptable!

[Philippa R]

Wow, that's an awful way to start a holiday, unfortunately all too common now. Hope you (and the rest of the crowd) enjoyed the holiday though!

[Kathy A]

Goodness me!