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donkey balls · 15-03-2026 06:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124314941#Comment_124314941

So own ground ops and check in staff surprised at that as most companies be it Airlines or manufacturing want it off the books so to speak. No pensions holidays and other benefits that affect the company books. Easier to have a 3PL crowd do that work and cut them loose when need be without redundancy etc.

Captain_Crash · 15-03-2026 06:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124314978#Comment_124314978

I think AA have big enough ops in Dublin to justify it, they have in-house employees here for sure, but possibly some outsourced ops too maybe I dunno? DL also have their own staff here including a maintenance base.

Locker10a · 15-03-2026 06:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124314798#Comment_124314798

That’s correct they are handled by Aer Lingus.

They may have a handful of their own boarding agents/customer service but EI do the rest.

donkey balls · 15-03-2026 07:02PM

Next question do AA have a bidding process for upgrades I know EI do.

AndyBoBandy · 23-03-2026 11:53AM

Folks,

I flew through Dublin T1 back in Feb and noticed the Wrights of Howth wasn't in its usual place…

Has it moved, permanently/temporarily?

I was lucky I'd bought the rashers, sausages & pudding before going to the airport as I'd usually pick some up in Wrights…

L1011 · 23-03-2026 11:59AM

Wrights lost the contract for the shop in the atrium to, eh, Wrights. The other Wrights that do Marquette (I think they're brothers, Mark and Michael Wright). But I didn't think it had closed yet

Wright’s challenges award of €9.4m retail contract at Dublin Airport | Irish Independent

Or do you mean the small airside one?

p_haugh · 23-03-2026 12:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124334260#Comment_124334260

It seems the whole retail section in T1 between the duty free at security and Butlers/Marquette was being renovated when I went through in January & February. Not sure as to what stage it's at now, and if the same retailers will be going back in when it's complete.

AndyBoBandy · 23-03-2026 12:40PM

yeah, I'm talking about the airside shop, that sold the smoked salmon, as well as the Clonakilty sausages, rashers & pudding, and Kerrygold, Barrys/Lyons Tea etc..

Just reading now about it, and it looks like there is a shop down towards the 300 gates Wrights Food Fayre.. which looks to me a restaurant/cafe place as opposed to the old shop!!

New Home · 23-03-2026 09:39PM

I was about to check-in online with KLM/AF (EU routes) and on the prohibited items for both hand luggage and bags in the hold, among explosives, poisons, corrosives, etc, they've added "Perishable goods" with a pic of a fish and an onion. If I've interpreted this right, no foodstuff of any kind, not even a sandwich for personal consumption, is allowed, be it in the cabin or the hold. The list as it is now doesn't match what they've written in the baggage information pages. I haven't been able to find out when this started, if it's airline- or airport-specific, why it started, and I've looked a lot on the web today. I suppose exceptions will be made for items bought at the airport, but I'm not sure.

Does anyone know what's going on?

I'm travelling in the morning and I'd like to know what I can pack. If it's true, it's a massive restriction.

Thanks.

dmcdona · 23-03-2026 09:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124335749#Comment_124335749

not sure where you are going but I just read the TSA website (USA) - seems sandwiches and most foods (except restrictions on liquids and smelly cheese etc.) are fine. A quick check on the Aer Lingus website reads similar.

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/food

AndyBoBandy · 23-03-2026 10:13PM

I usually always bring food through security. In the last few months, I've brought 2kg Ham fillets (both cooked & uncooked), frozen chips, frozen croquettes, minced beef, packets of sliced ham, various cheeses, rashers, sausages, pudding, and plenty of veg including potatoes, onions, lettuce, peppers, carrots etc.... pre-made sandwiches too.. so pretty much all perishable stuff and never had an issue.

Butter is the only thing they won't let me bring through… hence my posts above re Wrights of Howth where it was always handy for picking up a few blocks of Kerrygold.. (but luckily I have a few in the freezer at the destination).

john boye · 23-03-2026 10:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124335812#Comment_124335812

Do you do your weekly shop on the way to the airport?

AndyBoBandy · 23-03-2026 10:59PM

no, but when travelling to our holiday home I like to bring certain meats/cheeses with me, and when returning home from the holiday home, anything that can be taken back is taken back so as not to waste anything!!

In summers we drive (it’s a 3 day drive involving 3 ferries) and I even brought eggs back with me!!

New Home · 24-03-2026 03:46AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124335776#Comment_124335776

Thanks - I'm travelling via AMS back to DUB, staying well within the EU, but there is a Schengen/Non-Schengen transfer.

New Home · 24-03-2026 10:26AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124335905#Comment_124335905

I'm just thinking - it's probably different by land/sea than by air. The sign at the desk a few mins ago did state no perishables, so I'm eating my salad before going through security. I'll take a pic of the sign if I see it again.

AndyBoBandy · 24-03-2026 11:33AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124336470#Comment_124336470

Everything I listed above (with the exception of the eggs) I've brought through airport security.

When I drive, I bring a car fridge/freezer and bring loads more stuff with me, and it looks like I'll be filling it with rashers/sausages for this summers trip as I'm guessing Wrights is gone for good.

Flying on Friday so will have a mooch around to see what's happenned.

New Home · 24-03-2026 11:45AM

Thanks Andy - apologies, I misunderstood you.

Safe travels.

AndyBoBandy · 27-03-2026 09:23AM

I’ve just gone through security in Dublin and brought the following items with me in carry on bags;

2 bags of frozen croquettes. 2x packs of sausages (16 per pack), 2 lengths of white pudding, 2x packets of minced beef (1.3kg), 3 packets of smoked salmon, a packet each of grated & sliced cheddar cheese, and a Cashel blue cheese, 4 home baked cupcakes, 5 slices of an 18 inch pizza, a packet of naan bread, and about 3/4 of a Brennan’s sliced pan…

The naan bread was taken out though for a random scan/swab..

New Home · 27-03-2026 11:03AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124344663#Comment_124344663

Who did you fly with? Bird's Eye?

Seriously, I wonder are they airline related restrictions (AF/KLM)...

ProfessorPlum · 27-03-2026 12:43PM

Probably three different points of restriction

1 - airport security - they are only concerned with screening potentially dangerous weapons. Including liquids/pastes/gels. Technically where the butter stop probably came in. Should be ok now at Dublin with the new scanners.

2 - customs - including the CBP check at Dublin for USA flights. Will often restrict produce, plants, seeds etc. CBP are fine with chicken but not beef, ("if it swims or flies it's ok") and there's a hefty fine if you don't declare it.

3 - airline specific - one bad experience with blue cheese in an overhead bin, or poorly packed fish in a lost check in might explain the logic here.

Gorteen · 27-03-2026 01:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124335776#Comment_124335776

I flew to Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago and some really nice ham sandwiches and fruit which I'd bough to eat on the plane had to be binned at Immigration pre-clearance in Terminal 2, Dublin. Apparently chicken sandwiches would have been ok, but "4 legs bad, 2 legs good" is the threshold for meat. Likewise all fruit not permitted.

New Home · 27-03-2026 03:12PM

See, I can understand the limitations for non-EU/overseas travel, but I found it very odd that when I checked in online they had added perishable goods to the list for an EU trip. Someone I know travelled with Lufthansa a few days before me and they had no restrictions regarding food. Go figure.

dmcdona · 27-03-2026 07:25PM

It all sounds very arbitrary and you really won't know until you're either going thru security or pre-clearance.

I sometimes get asked to take my shoes off, sometimes not. Have often accidentally left my watch on with no issue.

I do find the sandwich thing odd - any meat in there is going to be cooked/cured so hardly a bio risk I would have thought…

But even odder given TSA are ok with sambos…

Captain_Crash · 27-03-2026 10:55PM

TSA aren’t the problem, CBP are, if it swims or flies your good so long as it’s cooked. TSA don’t police what enters the US, by the time your dealing with them your already in the US anyway so it’s completely different.

L1011 · 27-03-2026 11:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124345980#Comment_124345980

The low emission body scanners dont care about watches, and those have mostly replaced metal detectors. Until someone gets enough explosives in a watch I guess.

dmcdona · 28-03-2026 08:23AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124346481#Comment_124346481

Went through a scanner recently (I think in Glasgow) and they pulled me for my 1 euro shopping trolley coin in my wallet…

The watch I think was through an old metal detector in Alicante.

Very long story short… about 30 years ago was traveling from Bristol to Dublin with some specialised acoustics equipment in a larger cargo case. Had to go through the oversized scanner. The chap asked me "what's in the box?" My innnocent but accurate reply "a head and torso"…

Luckily he just laughed.

New Home · 28-03-2026 09:35AM

Years ago I got stopped in Frankfurt when going through the scanners because I had a rubber band (for my hair, no metal bit) in my back pocket. "I told you to empty your pockets". Morons.

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