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Stansted was a disaster this afternoon. Stood in the queue from 2:30pm to 3:40pm. The airport only opened 4/5 security lines and left the other 20-30 lines in disuse.
Staff members where holding up passengers and extending the process as they were pulling every second bag for inspection (massive queue here), I don't know if this is a new procedure in light of recent US regulations?
Staff members where holding up passengers and extending the process as they were pulling every second bag for inspection (massive queue here), I don't know if this is a new procedure in light of recent US regulations?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...s-miss-flights
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I totally agree. I thought it painted the UK in a terrible light last time I used it, foreign tourists being spoken to like dirt. LTN isn't great but it's like a dream in comparison. LGW I found brilliant this year.
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Passed through the terminal last night for a quick hop to London, got through the security in reasonable time 24 mins. I do get the feeling that this process could run a lot smoother bag search is total organised confusion security personal lift the bags of the belt and "hide them" in a queue leaving customers wondering "who has lifted my bag"? Body scanners I see they now have two in place processing every person through them in the queue! Why? Have never seen this happen at any other uk airport ? Certainly not a dft regulation, this alone probably slows down throughput 15/20% an hour. Departed through std 17 black marks on the wall all around. Can belfast management not afford to spend a bit of money on paint to tartan up the old doll? Leaves me wondering how and if they can cope with the influx of passengers the airport is about to receive during the summer? I did bump into an old friend on the way through and he mentioned an existing carrier more than doubling their operation next year!! This will push them well above 6m next year!
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Just after last Christmas the queues for EZY bag drop were horrendous. Waited for just over an hour. To be fair security were very efficient however the queue for boarding at gates 10 to 14 ( the old BA area ) again was horrendous as it trailed down from the lounge passed the business lounge at the old gate 16/17 and nearly down to Starbucks. No staff to queue comb and people on flights departing the earliest just joining the back of the queue and panicking. This part of the terminal is dated and should be next to be upgraded as I would agree it's not fit fir purpose anymore.
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A few flashbacks for anyone harking back to the good old days (1963) when the security process hadn't obscured the lovely architectural spaces of the terminal...
(Pics from the RIBA Archive, available at https://www.architecture.com/image-l...rds=Aldergrove
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Some nice photos there, ara. Is it just me, or did airports just look cleaner and slicker in those days? My local airport, Newcastle, has had several extensions over the years. Each one in a totally different style to the last, resulting in an architectural shambles. Every airport I have visited with the exception of Kirkwall and suchlike is in the same boat.
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Some nice photos there, ara. Is it just me, or did airports just look cleaner and slicker in those days? My local airport, Newcastle, has had several extensions over the years. Each one in a totally different style to the last, resulting in an architectural shambles. Every airport I have visited with the exception of Kirkwall and suchlike is in the same boat.
Although to be fair, the security considerations in Belfast in 1963 were somewhat conducive to good design
Fly BFS-GLA for something similar - a beautiful sixties terminal with a kind of scalloped vault over the main concourse, hidden by decades of poorly considered additions and extensions.
The terminal at Aldergrove was the handiwork of Belfast-born architect Billy McAllister. His firm was also responsible for the terminals at MME, ABZ and LSI (which is, IMHO, one of the most incongruous buildings in Scotland).
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First time I have seen EZY doing a charter service to Lourdes (Wednesday)
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Must have been an error, has since been removed
LOURDESEZY50107:00Must have been an error, has since been removed
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Looks like extra flights to Santaland in December. Think only two last year, three this year?
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/272868/thomas-cook-uk-expands-rovaniemi-operations-in-dec-2017/
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/272868/thomas-cook-uk-expands-rovaniemi-operations-in-dec-2017/
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Still no mention of an FR Rome CIA.
The Ryanair advert, albeit in Italian for the Italian market, did show Belfast as an arrival point into Ireland, as part of Tourism Ireland campaign.
The Ryanair advert, albeit in Italian for the Italian market, did show Belfast as an arrival point into Ireland, as part of Tourism Ireland campaign.