APH highlight differences in airport and airline check in times
12.08.10
Gatwick based airport parking and hotels company APH has put together a table highlighting the different check-in times at major UK airports. The research also shows which airlines offer online check-in services and self-service check-in desks, at which airports.
The airport parking company's research found that passengers flying with low cost airlines easyJet and Ryanair have the longest time allowance to check-in online or at the airport, ranging from 60 days to two hours and 15 days to one hour respectively. Iceland Express also allows travellers to check-in from 60 days before the flight, with Monarch Airlines and Wizzair allowing just 7 days.
However some airlines, such as Brussels Airlines, Flybe, and SAS, allow passengers to check-in as close to one hour before the flight with BMI even offering 30 minutes for most flights. And some airlines change the times depending on the destination you are flying to. Customers flying with Qatar have 36 hours to check-in, but those flying with the same airline to the USA have only 24 hours. Customers flying to Geneva with bmibaby also have only 24 hours, whereas to other destinations they can check-in up to 7 days before.
Not all the airports offer self-service check-in kiosks with apparently none available at Blackpool, Durham Tees and Luton airports. Virgin Atlantic, Flybe and Norwegian are the only airlines at Gatwick that offer a self-service check-in kiosk whereas there are 13 airlines using the kiosks at Heathrow.
Nick Caunter, Managing Director of APH says: ‘It is easy to assume airlines and airports all have the same check-in times but this research shows what a wide range there is. The research is available in the ‘Know Before You Go’ section of the website at www.aph.com/checkintimes.'
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