Originally Posted by
GayFriendly
Used to love flying from BHX: with it being my local airport, I've flown from there countless times. Now I dread it. Even before this construction shambles, security queues were bad. I'm absolutely dreading what I will face on Sunday when I fly out. It will be my last flight out of BHX until I hear that the new security facilities are both open and have put an end to 1 hour plus waiting in a queue. In May I've booked to fly out of EMA instead (to a destination served from BHX), despite the slightly longer journey to get to the airport.
We hear too many of the bad experiences and not enough of the good ones!
Have you considered the Express Lane for security at £5 or arriving early?
I flew out on a Wednesday morning easyJet to AMS a couple of weeks ago with cabin baggage only, arrived at the International Railway Station at 06:00 for a 08:00 flight where I left the car, got the Air-Rail Link to the terminal then stepped out straight into the fairly short queue for security, no lifts! We were through in 20 minutes
I can't wait for my next BHX flight, hopefully I will be through in 10 minutes next time with the improved system