Dublin Airport Mayhem

Never mind..just copped it!

Flying TUI to Barcelona with bags & kids. Not sure how TUI are set up, I'll probably give them a call closer to the time & ask.

I thought Sunday morning would be quiet too but another poster said they took 1:35 yesterday.

Just boarding now. Skipped breakfast, and just as well.

Despite being checked in online and boarding passes ready, we were told there was no bag drop and we had to go through the check in desks. That took about 1:15.

Security queue said 40 minutes, and in fairness that was bang on but because of the time spent checking in (again) we ended up with only 20 minutes to spare, enough to grab a sh*t and a sandwich and go to the gate.

So if we'd stayed for breakfast at the hotel we'd have been up the creek.

Does Ryanair only open the bag drop two hours before the flight, we're flying next month from Donegal to Dublin and then onto France, flight from Donegal will arrive in about 8.45 and we'll have a 20kg bag in the hold, was hoping we could just drop it off asap and then get through security, our flight to France is 12.20. worried now that we'll have to wait about till 10.20 to drop the bag off. Do they have automatic bag drops with Ryanair? It's so long since I had a large bag with me, and traveled, that I can't remember.

5am, I was there Saturday last week at 5:30am and it was fine through in 15 mins, this week I arrived about 4:45 am and was mental

For anyone wondering when check-in opens; Dublin Airport have a handy list of when the check-in desks open for each airline.

T1: https://www.dublinairport.com/docs/default-source/check--in/dap_check-inadvisory_t170d70660ed6c48b7b6dea65ddc83a0da.pdf?sfvrsn=d8aca47c_2

T2: https://www.dublinairport.com/docs/default-source/check--in/dap_check-inadvisory_t2b633a603c2284647bd826e666ada5665.pdf?sfvrsn=705dbcd6_2

Bit of proper mayhem at the ranch this evening, one man hospitalised. A 'cultural' incident looking at the videos on social media....

https://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-airport-fight-man-arrested-hospitalised-5773323-May2022/

Video: https://streamable.com/sb8xs8

That is not staggering. That is the reality today. Policing in this country is inadequate. Country is going to the dogs…

Gardai or security wouldn't have intervened in that incident anyway - they are afraid of, ahem, that element of Irish society.

Leaving that aside -

I boarded a flight at 7:45 am Monday. The whole experience was awful. Huge queues at T2 departure gates due to a single man checking boarding passes manually. Security then was a nightmare due to lack of staff (still!) there. Then we discovered our flight was now departing T1 at gate 306. Long walk all the way over there and, as we approached the gate, the smell of sh*t was just appalling.

Dublin airport has gone to the dogs and is a national embarrassment.

Edit: Speaking of terrible customer experience, I forgot to mention all the systems that make up the Aer Lingus / IAG technology chain - the Aer Lingus mobile app, the nonsensical VeriFly app and the automated in-airport systems. They are either buggy as hell or don't work at all. In the year 2022 it is simply unforgivable and will drive more passengers to Ryanair.

Thats a disgrace, no airport police around, Have they not a duty of care to anyone unlucky enough to share a plane with that lot, they'd just cause mayhem

Lot of chickens coming home to roost in Dublin Airport, it would appear.

Im not in the least bit surprised.