Check out the following advice about airport delays from Darren Cronian at www.Travel-Rants.Com:

His experience was at Leeds & Bradford airport but his advice is applicable to anyone flying from any of the UK’s airports this summer.

Summer Airport Travel Advice
For those of you travelling during the Summer on short or long haul flights my advice would be to get to the airport as early as you can – I took a flight from Leeds & Bradford airport to London Heathrow this week, and only had ten minutes to spare before the gate opened.

I had actually arrived at the airport two hours before the flight, even though BMI quoted an hour, because I knew it would be crazy with the recent weather problems and terrorist attack on Glasgow airport, and it took me much longer than expected to get through security.

My advice is;

- get to the security check-in as quickly as possible, and make sure you adhere to the up-to-date baggage rules, i.e. liquids in a see-through bag, one piece of hand luggage etc.

- don’t wear shoes that have metal on them, as this will only delay you getting through security, how do I know this, because stupid me forgot to take my shoes off so I went through the metal detector, it beeped, they searched me, took my shoes off and had to go through the detector again.

- be prepared to queue in security, even at Leeds & Bradford which is usually very quick, I had to queue for nearly 40 minutes, so bear this in mind when working out what the best time to arrive at the airport.

- all UK airports aren’t allowing taxi’s or cars to drop people off near the departure terminals, and will have to drop you off in the cark parks or near the airport, so be prepared for a walk.

July and August are the busiest times of the years, so expect delays, both checking in and going through security, be organised, keep your passport and flight tickets with you at all time, and check the airline and airport websites before travelling.

Thanks for the advice Darren.