quick Q: passport for domestic flights???

bren50c

hi. i just have a quick question. does anyone know if you need a passport to fly from galway to dublin on aer arann??do you think they'd accept student id or an age card.

seamus

They should do. Technically you're not legally allowed to carry your passport unless you intend to leave the country, so Aer Arann can't insist on passport only. You want something decent though, like a driver's licence.

bren50c

cheers for the reply. i actually dont have my drivers licence. i had to post it to the motor tax office a few days ago to get a new one. i suppose ill give it a shot ,they can hardly say no.

seamus

Here you go:
http://www.aerarann.com/skylights/html/idpolicy.htm

ButtermilkJack

seamus wrote:

...Technically you're not legally allowed to carry your passport unless you intend to leave the country...

Is that true? Wow I never knew that. What would be the reason behind that? Obviously some kind of security thing, no?

ButtermilkJack

1.1 International & Domestic flights to, from and within the U.K.
I sincerely hope that this is not what I think it is :mad:

Are they pushing themselves as an English carrier in order to gain a larger market? Or do they think Ireland is in the U.K.? Nowhere in the "passenger information" does it mention domestic flights within Ireland, even when you start from aerarann.ie instead of .com, unless of course I've scrolled right past it, in which case...

Hmmm...

finlma

ButtermilkJack wrote:

1.1 International & Domestic flights to, from and within the U.K.
I sincerely hope that this is not what I think it is :mad:

Are they pushing themselves as an English carrier in order to gain a larger market? Or do they think Ireland is in the U.K.? Nowhere in the "passenger information" does it mention domestic flights within Ireland, even when you start from aerarann.ie instead of .com, unless of course I've scrolled right past it, in which case...

Hmmm...

What the hell are you on about??

They fly to the UK
They fly from the UK and
They fly within the UK

Whats the problem? Nowhere do they say they are as you call them an "English carrier"

zefer

bren50c wrote:

hi. i just have a quick question. does anyone know if you need a passport to fly from galway to dublin on aer arann??do you think they'd accept student id or an age card.

I flew from Cork to Dublin yesterday and didnt show any id..
just needed reference number

bren50c

i e-mailed aer arann and they said that you DONT need any photo id for flights within ireland. they really dont make it very clear on their website...

ButtermilkJack

finlma wrote:

What the hell are you on about??

They fly to the UK
They fly from the UK and
They fly within the UK

Whats the problem? Nowhere do they say they are as you call them an "English carrier"

That is only my perception! I never said it stated this on the website.

My point was this... As an Irish customer, wanting to purchase a ticket for a domestic flight within Ireland, from an Irish airline, through a .ie website, why does it gear it's passenger information towards UK flights primarily, and why am I finding it hard to get information on domestic flights within Ireland?

And before you say it, no I am not one of those 'I hate English' people. It was only an observation.

bren50c wrote:

i e-mailed aer arann and they said that you DONT need any photo id for flights within ireland. they really dont make it very clear on their website...

Exactly my point!!

dermot_sheehan

seamus wrote:

They should do. Technically you're not legally allowed to carry your passport unless you intend to leave the country, so Aer Arann can't insist on passport only. You want something decent though, like a driver's licence.

Bull****,

You can legally carry your passport whereever. Aer Arann can also insist on any ID they want, though it appears they haven't

Our man in Havana

It seems that Aer Arrann use the same type booking system as Ryanair.

BuffyBot

It seems that Aer Arrann use the same type booking system as Ryanair.

Many airlines do. It's a fairly standard reservation system that can be customised to the airlines requirement.