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Old 28th Jun 2019, 10:41
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Originally Posted by AirportPlanner1
By your logic all airlines at SEN should close their check-ins substantially earlier than the 45 mins (Air Malta), 40 mins (Ryanair) and 30 mins (Flybe) currently in place.
It's Loganair that have a check-in desk closure of 30 minutes prior to departure at SEN. Flybe show the check-in and gate closure times for all their airports and these vary considerably and not necessarily in line with size of the airport. SEN is actually 45 minutes for check-in (the highest of any LON airport) and 10 minutes for the gate closure. How does my 'logic' suggest that they should close earlier than that? Most airlines tend to simply tell you to ensure you arrive in plenty of time, bearing in mind their desk/gate closure times, whereas the airports are more specific about the total time you should allow. In my book if an airport website, on its home page, says 'Please ensure that you arrive at least 2 hours before your scheduled time of departure" that is rather more than just offering guidance.

Your point in respect of all airports wanting you to spend time within the airport is, of course, correct but seeing as the spend at SEN will be almost all airside surely Stobart would be incentivised to process pax through Security as speedily as possible.
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