Travelling abroad will be very different post-Covid, as the Mirror discovered when we boarded the 6.30am Ryanair flight from Manchester to Alicante.
Manchester, the third busiest airport in the UK, handling more than 29million passengers a year, was eerily quiet, with more staff than passengers.
All the bars, cafes and restaurants were closed and only one shop, Boots, was planning to open in Terminal 1. The airport has imposed a strict face mask policy for all passengers and staff and hand sanitisers were placed throughout the terminal, although the ones we tried were empty and did not appear to have been filled.
Regular tannoy announcements reminded passengers to respect social distancing guidelines and to keep their face covered. Througho