Originally Posted by
AirportPlanner1
Min check-in of 15-30 mins can be done almost anywhere with limit dependent on terminal size. SEN do not set a limit, the airlines do. Nothing to stop Loganair for example coming along and offering 20 min check-in.
I don't follow your logic there I'm afraid. How could Loganair responsibly tell pax they can check-in up to 20 minutes before flight departure when at the top of SEN's website home page is a notice declaring "Please ensure that you arrive at least 2 hours before your scheduled time of departure." SEN most definitely 'set a limit' for arrival time at the airport and that doesn't mean pax can amble around landside for 100 minutes before checking in. I had hoped that the 2 hour requirement might be temporary while they sorted out their Security screening shortcomings following the arrival of RYR; it seems not. As it is they've shot themselves in the foot through ineptitude and thrown away one of the main passenger benefits they previously boasted about.
At least they don't say, as the STN website does, that you should allow 2 hours to get through Security after having checked in.