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Hainan now on sale. DUB-PEK can be booked only on days 26. PEK-DUB can be booked days 2467. EDI-PEK bookable days 47. PEK-EDI bookable 2467. So it appears only the non stop options can be booked Eastbound. Is this due to issues with the CTA/Customs & immigration and not being able to mix inbound/outbound pax?
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Hainan now on sale. DUB-PEK can be booked only on days 26. PEK-DUB can be booked days 2467. EDI-PEK bookable days 47. PEK-EDI bookable 2467. So it appears only the non stop options can be booked Eastbound. Is this due to issues with the CTA/Customs & immigration and not being able to mix inbound/outbound pax?
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Yeah your correct with your last comment I wonder if there will be just the three Air Bridges or the artist impression just shows that as it would have been better if there were the four.
Try and take some photos on your return as there hasn't been many updates lately.
Cheers
Try and take some photos on your return as there hasn't been many updates lately.
Cheers
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Any chance the EDI-DUB leg of the new Hainan route might be bookable as a standalone flight? Obviously it's already a heavily trafficked route but flying it with Hainan would be a nice change from the monotony of the FR/EI duopoly...
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Dublin Airport have confirmed that Hainan will be selling flights between Dublin and Edinburgh.
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Well considering you don’t need a passport to travel within CTA that’s going to interesting. I wondering what checks are going to be in place to make sure adequate documents from passengers “Transitting without Visa” via Dublin are going to provide to show they won’t get off in Edinburgh. You can’t TWOV EDI. I suspect a lot of £2000 fines for the airline.
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depending on the triangle double drop routing, I hope the remaining inbound longhaul passengers get off and plane gets a good clean as I dont fancy boarding that...
Wonder if its a productive way relative to the length of flight for filling empty seats... would have thought might be a logistical reservations nightmare
Wonder if its a productive way relative to the length of flight for filling empty seats... would have thought might be a logistical reservations nightmare
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Well considering you don’t need a passport to travel within CTA that’s going to interesting. I wondering what checks are going to be in place to make sure adequate documents from passengers “Transitting without Visa” via Dublin are going to provide to show they won’t get off in Edinburgh. You can’t TWOV EDI. I suspect a lot of £2000 fines for the airline.
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Where are flights on sale? I just get an error message when trying to book EDI-DUB/DUB-EDI on Hainan's website. Given it isn't even possible to book EDI-DUB-PEK or DUB-EDI-PEK presumably due to customs and immigration reasons as I posted the other day, I'd be surprised if they open it up to just EDI-DUB pax.
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Cheers, try and book that and the same error message will appear though. It could still be a work in progress... You'd have thought at the very least they'd want to be able to sell the one stop PEK option Eastbound, but maybe it's not going to be possible due to regulations.
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Er....you do need a passport to fly into DUB.
The CTA is open at the UK side but you will be going through passport control at DUB, now a driving licence is ok but in reality, you DO need ID.
Are the DUB-EDI-PEK transit passengers really being allowed off at EDI?
The CTA is open at the UK side but you will be going through passport control at DUB, now a driving licence is ok but in reality, you DO need ID.
Are the DUB-EDI-PEK transit passengers really being allowed off at EDI?
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You definitely don’t need a passport, well until 2020 anyway. The airline may ask to provide ID. As currently being debated due to Brexit there’s a Border from Newry to Derry/Londonderry where you can go back on forth at will.
Would you really want to risk travel to DUB without a passport ?
AFAIK some airlines will not accept a photo licence as ID for that flight.
Having a passport may not be a legal requirement but one always has to keep airline staff and immigration officials happy.
When I used to fly north/south every week (mainland uk) with EJ I was under the impression that they would accept photo licence ID for internal flights if you were travelling without any baggage.I did used to use my photo licence for those flights but I always had my passport tucked away in a safe pocket 'just in case'
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AFAIK some airlines will not accept a photo licence as ID for that flight.
Having a passport may not be a legal requirement but one always has to keep airline staff and immigration officials happy.
When I used to fly north/south every week (mainland uk) with EJ I was under the impression that they would accept photo licence ID for internal flights if you were travelling without any baggage.I did used to use my photo licence for those flights but I always had my passport tucked away in a safe pocket 'just in case'
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Where are flights on sale? I just get an error message when trying to book EDI-DUB/DUB-EDI on Hainan's website. Given it isn't even possible to book EDI-DUB-PEK or DUB-EDI-PEK presumably due to customs and immigration reasons as I posted the other day, I'd be surprised if they open it up to just EDI-DUB pax.
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Er....you do need a passport to fly into DUB.
The CTA is open at the UK side but you will be going through passport control at DUB, now a driving licence is ok but in reality, you DO need ID.
Are the DUB-EDI-PEK transit passengers really being allowed off at EDI?
The CTA is open at the UK side but you will be going through passport control at DUB, now a driving licence is ok but in reality, you DO need ID.
Are the DUB-EDI-PEK transit passengers really being allowed off at EDI?
Hainan now on sale. DUB-PEK can be booked only on days 26. PEK-DUB can be booked days 2467. EDI-PEK bookable days 47. PEK-EDI bookable 2467. So it appears only the non stop options can be booked Eastbound. Is this due to issues with the CTA/Customs & immigration and not being able to mix inbound/outbound pax?