Dublin Airport Mayhem

ted1 · 07-04-2022 07:42AM

took less than 15 minutes to get through security at 6:15 at T1 this morning

podgeandrodge · 07-04-2022 08:17AM

I see Dublin Airport has stopped selling Fasttrack for the moment "but will honour Fasttrack tickets already sold" - so is there a fast track booth still open, and is it open for those with free fast track access e.g. business/aerclub?

maestroamado · 07-04-2022 08:19AM

Great to see they getting this sorted... I see the MD of Manchester quit...

Economics101 · 07-04-2022 09:30AM

App showed 40 mins for T1 and 20 for T2 at 0830 this morning. Now (0930) they are showing 25 for T1 and 15 for T2. Anyone been through in the past hour to compare this with real experience?

Also, T1 shows a persistently longer time than T2, especially significant at fairly busy periods. Is this evidence of inefficient allocation of security personnel. Roughly equal times would also be fairer. Does DAA favour their old buddies in EI over obstreperous FR?

riddles · 07-04-2022 10:08AM

Anyone know what the US clearance processing times are?

ShagNastii · 07-04-2022 10:11AM

Am just though and it was quite speedy. Took about 20-25mins.

That said the boarding check ins were getting busy (especially with Delta).

Security lines weren’t too onerous either.

miezekatze · 07-04-2022 11:33AM

Went through T1 this morning, arrived around half 9 or so. I had a suitcase to check in, queued for that for a bit over half an hour. Security queues didn't look bad, but I had FastTrack and there was no queue at all. Food outlets very busy and hardly anywhere to sit, even at the gates.

Economics101 · 07-04-2022 11:44AM

Queues now (1140am) showing 5 mins for T! and 25 for T2. DAA must have read my post above ☺️

andrew1977 · 07-04-2022 11:46AM

I am flying with Ryanair next week, will my boarding card scan ok at Terminal 2 security ( if queue is shorter there than T1 ) and go down through the connecting stairs/corridor back into T1 and head for the Ryanair gate ?

Thanks

Economics101 · 07-04-2022 12:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118893317#Comment_118893317

I would be a bit cautious about that:

a:.Is the info on the App up-to-date and accurate?

b: is the difference between queuing times at least 30 minutes, given the potential hassle?

c: will they accept a boarding pass for FR at T2?

kiwizizi · 07-04-2022 12:07PM

Anybody gone through the airport at around 3pm on a Friday or any day lately? Set to sit in the airport for hours on end tomorrow (nervous traveller anyway). Bags packed with books as seems like it's going to be a long wait.

andrew1977 · 07-04-2022 12:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118893404#Comment_118893404

The person I am travelling with will be at the airport ahead of me with a bit of time of kill before I arrive, so they will check the queues in both terminals, just want to cover all options just incase mayhem ensues with security ( I do hope to get there well in advance of my flight.)

Yes, hard to trust the app for accuracy, will see on the day how the queues are shaping up , was curious to know if they accept a Ryanair boarding card at T2.

I have used the connecting stairs from T2 to T1 before, quick enough walk through, but i was on an aer lingus boarding card that day which flew out of T1, even though I went through the T2 scanning /security area.

tfeldi · 07-04-2022 04:48PM

I have heard from a friend that Ryanair is now also offering bag drop off the night before at Dublin Airport. Can someone confirm that? Any official announcement?

maestroamado · 07-04-2022 09:06PM

Be very thankful that you are not flying from Dublin airport. Airlines are advising passengers to arrive 4 yes 4 hours before their flight. Things have gotten so bad that Aer Lingus are now allowing passengers who have luggage to go into the hold to check it in at the airport the evening before their flight. Reports of people missing their flights have been a daily occurrence. Long term car park is letting people park their cars 4 hours before the time they had originally booked for. And the forecast for the Easter period is that things will not improve. Interesting footnote is that the head of the Dublin Airport Authority who are responsible for this fiasco is Dalton Philips. That name may be familiar to some English people. In 2015 he was fired by Morrisons having come close to running the supermarket giant into the ground.

This was sent to me...

jippo nolan · 07-04-2022 09:14PM

probably a hatchet man brought in to cull the numbers of staff, long list of them have wreaked havoc to working conditions throughout the airport for the last 20 years or so.

ie Team Aer Lingus, FLS Aerospace & SR Technics to name a few.

Sheep Shagger · 07-04-2022 10:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118874946#Comment_118874946

Back in the day did there not used to be two security zones...the one there is now and the other down by where the Ryanair desks are (when Ryanair wasn't down that end?).

Speaking of retail in T1. Loads of shops have shut and been replaced with bars (Superdry, Samsonite and some jewellery place) as you walk towards the Ryanair gates.

ted1 · 07-04-2022 11:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118895836#Comment_118895836

Sounds more like a vendetta against someone. I sr t through the Airport this morning and it was grand. Let’s stick to first hand information as oppose your heresay

Glencarraig · 07-04-2022 11:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118893487#Comment_118893487

Boarding cards are not terminal specific in Dublin.

maestroamado · 08-04-2022 03:51AM

What a load of rubbish... The fact is last week DAA were asking passengers arrive 4 hours before flight... It has being written here and everywhere...

maestroamado · 08-04-2022 03:56AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118896342#Comment_118896342

What a load of rubbish... The fact is last week DAA were asking passengers arrive 4 hours before flight... It has being written here and everywhere...

ted1 · 08-04-2022 06:36AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118896689#Comment_118896689

And this week it’s not. So your Post is outdated abs just confuses people

maestroamado · 08-04-2022 07:03AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118896723#Comment_118896723

What i quoted is fact and you say its vendetta... that's rubbish... Its about 9 Months ago since i said on this forum that there was a problem at Dublin Airport.. I can find the post if you want to read...

I did not know Mr Phillips previous life until yesterday... i do not think someone telling the truth about his previous success is a vendetta either... Its great that DAA seem to be finally getting their act together... Putting a person from a marketing background as head of an organization that is principles are customer service is strange move for me... I seen a small clip of himself and O'Leary and i doubt if they be going for Friday pints...

The only only person confused here is you unless you can say what i quoted is lies...

HeidiHeidi · 08-04-2022 07:15AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118896689#Comment_118896689

The only time I saw people being asked to arrive 4 hours in advance was for transatlantic flights.

Hysterical exaggeration does your vendetta no favours at all.

maestroamado · 08-04-2022 08:01AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118896757#Comment_118896757

Anyone who challenges the truth by saying its a vendetta surely needs to start thinking about themselves... are you saying that went on at Dublin Airport is ok... I don't need favours like you... i can do my thing... This has being going for 9 Months and now its fixed great...

odyssey06 · 08-04-2022 08:10AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118896757#Comment_118896757

People were being asked to arrive 3.5 hours in advance. 4 hours for transatlantic flights.

Random headline:

Dublin Airport is under fire for advising people to arrive for flights at peak times three and a half hours before departure

This is hardly "hysterical exaggeration", the only hysteria seems to be a recent craze for over-use of the word "hysterical".

maestroamado · 08-04-2022 10:10AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118896839#Comment_118896839

I have being a problem at Dublin Airport for about 9 Months... i said it here at the time and was told there was not a problem... there was another thread after about people being encouraged to buy fast-track to avoid queue and over 100 people on one day missed flights... these things all happened. It was only yesterday when i was sent the text i posted things came abit clearer... it seems a clear change of strategy... Your friend seems to thinking pointing out facts are a vendetta... It clear that there was something going on as they were able to fix it over a couple of days... great...

HeidiHeidi · 08-04-2022 12:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118897329#Comment_118897329

You should get out for some fresh air.

Yes, DAA have majorly dropped the ball here - and I'm about to be a victim of it next week, so I'm not just a disinterested observer.

They've fked up royally, it's a major pain in the proverbial - but as I've said before, these are extraordinary and unprecedented times, for everyone - they'll get it sorted eventually (hopefully before next Wednesday morning!).

Making a whole conspiracy theory out of it, where Dalton Phillips is out to shaft the flying population of Ireland (why would he?) is only winding you up.

davetherave · 08-04-2022 12:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118895836#Comment_118895836

Air Lingus offered the "evening before" bag drop long before covid.

https://www.thejournal.ie/aer-lingus-bag-check-in-871859-Apr2013/

https://twitter.com/aerlingus/status/1001455579519504390?lang=en

Ryanair offered the same - https://twitter.com/ryanair/status/617323458163310592

The allowing people to to enter the long term car parks 4 hours before they had originally booked for sounds pretty bad, but it sounds much less bad if you included that you have always been able to enter 2 hours before your selected arrival time.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170606041754/https://www.dublinairport.com/car-parks/car-park-booking-faqs

Mr rebel · 08-04-2022 01:13PM

Very bizarre at Dublin airport today. So I breezed through fast track security in under 10 minutes and thought the airport must be calm enough.

Well once you get past security to airside it is like Christmas and all the bank holidays rolled into one! I had to double check this isn’t the Easter weekend. Never seen the airport to busy with passengers in my life on a “regular” weekend. I’m thinking if all the airlines asking people to turn up 3.5 hours before their flight is being counter productive as now you have too many people waiting around for ages before their flight.

Unfortunately due to the possibility of being caught in a long queue for security, I decided it was best not to pre-book the lounge and pay on the day. I turned up there after clearing security and was informed they aren’t taking walk ins as it’s too busy. So yeah I’d recommend pre-booking the lounge to avoid the mass of people clogging up the terminal.

Lesson learned for me anyway!

Nermal · 08-04-2022 01:24PM

Where does the responsibility actually lie if one joins the queue for check in or security at an appropriate time but misses the flight?

Are the DAA be liable for costs? Can they be forced to arrange replacement flights?

Dublin Airport Mayhem

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