LAST UPDATE | 5 Jun 2022
QUEUING TIMES IN Dublin Airport are currently below 30 minutes in both terminals, according to the DAA’s group head of communications.
Airport management has put a number of measures in place to ensure passengers do not miss their flights due to lengthy queues.
More than 1,000 people missed their flights last week due to the delays.
DAA’s group head of communications Kevin Cullinane said there was another busy ‘first wave’ of departures this morning “but none of the delays experienced last Sunday”.
At 3pm today, the approximate time to get through Terminal 1 is 19 minutes, and 9 minutes for Terminal 2.
Cullinane said:
Understandably, the very early hours of the morning saw early presentation of some passengers for airline check-in and bag drop desks in advance of security. Numbers arriving were dealt with efficiently by the airport team, with a small number of passengers who had arrived overly early for their flight being held for a short-period, allowing us to prioritise passengers with earlier departure times. These passengers were asked to wait in the marquee outside of Terminal 1 for around 10 minutes.
He added that the pre-terminal waiting areas in the short-term car park have not yet been needed, but “will remain available to us over the weeks ahead as the busy summer season picks up further.”
As many as 49,000 passengers are expected to depart from Dublin Airport today.
Last week’s delays led to international coverage and sparked questions over what preparations the airport had made for the return of summer travel this year.
Passengers are being advised to arrive 2.5 hours before a short-haul flight and 3.5 hours before a long-haul flight, and to allow for an additional hour if they are checking a bag in.
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