MANCHESTER Airport will operate as normal if security staff
carry out their threat to go on strike, managing director John Spooner has
claimed.
Members of the Transport and General Workers Union have voted
in favour of taking industrial action after the airport announced plans to cut
safety and security costs, jeopardising around 200 jobs. The Union has also
claimed security at the airport could be compromised if the cuts are made.
Spooner said: “We will take whatever steps are necessary to
ensure there is no disruption and everyone wanting to travel through Manchester
Airport will be able to do so and will be made very welcome. I can assure our
passengers, airline customers and everyone connected with the airport that
Manchester Airport is, and will continue to be, safe and secure.”