Aer Lingus offer advice to all customers travelling to Dublin Airport this bank holiday weekend

Aer Lingus has supplied clients travelling through Dublin Airport over the Bank Holiday weekend some essential recommendation to passengers lacking their flights.

The air transport firm stated they’d be speaking instantly with clients after the chaos that ensued final Sunday, which noticed over 1,000 passengers miss their flights attributable to workers shortages and prolonged queues.

Plans have been put in place by Dublin Airport operators, daa, to scale back the chance of an identical scenario recurring this weekend as many individuals head away for the financial institution vacation.

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Here’s a full checklist of Aer Lingus’s tips for travellers to comply with.

Arrival Instances

European Journey: We advise clients to reach 2.5 hours earlier than their flight.

Transatlantic Journey: We advise clients to reach 3.5 hours earlier than their flight.

Our staff on the bottom shall be readily available to help.

At Residence

Examine-in utilizing the Aer Lingus app / aerlingus.com earlier than travelling to the airport.

Bag Drop

Clients with baggage who’ve checked-in already and have their boarding move ought to instantly make their solution to one among our 38 Specific Bag-Drop kiosks and keep away from the check-in queue.

Night Earlier than Examine-in

Clients departing between 5:30am and eight:00am can check-in at one of many Specific Bag-Drop kiosks and drop baggage the night earlier than their flight between 4:00pm and seven:45pm.

Be ready for safety screening

Put together cabin baggage for screening. Separate out liquids, gels, and pastes into one single, clear one-litre plastic bag with every container no greater than 100ml. Take away digital gadgets from hand baggage and place within the tray, together with sneakers, jackets, cash, and jewelry.

Arrive at boarding gate on time

After passing via safety, clients ought to preserve a detailed eye on the departures screens to be able to discover out their boarding gate and examine the standing of their flight to make sure they arrive at their boarding gate in good time.

Travelling to USA or Portugal

When travelling to the US or Portugal, clients shall be required to add the mandatory journey documentation to VeriFLY, the journey move app, and full all of the duties earlier than they will examine in on-line or use the bag drop kiosks.

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