Chaos in airports


I flew out of there week past Sunday, flight due around 5pm. Had fast track thankfully. I'd estimate 45mins the size of the security Q. Terminal 3 was mobbed, couldn't get a seat. Flight delayed 2hrs.
brill, we fly 6.50 am to Rome, I keep telling myself straight through
 
Flew to turkey yesterday from Gatwick. Queue moved for check in initially quite fast but then arguments over what people coukd take on the flights and luggage . Turkish airlines so people going to Istanbul and onwards . Short staffed at check in anyway but one or two holds ups have big knock on downt he queue.. took about an hour in the end to get luggage checked in..

Through security in under 2 minutes and airport was fine.. flight delayed an hour or so though but I knew that about 20 hours earlier
Anyone traversed Gatwick recently? Good or bad?
Was fine at security.. checking in bags with Turkish airlines not so
 
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Just came in through Stansted a couple of days ago. It took two hours to get through. The main problem was those automatic passport/face recognition scanners. A lot of them were out of service, and others just plain didn't work. I am always directed (eventually after about 5 attempts) to the manual booths. The automatic machines don't recognise my face as being a face
If that's you in your avatar I can understand why! :lol:
 
Just delays. And people. I’m not travelling with luggage so a dinnar about that.

were you held on the plane before being allowed to go through customs and out of the airport?

we've got all day so i might be a bit patient with that, but our outbound flight is at 8am, planning on getting there at 5am as our hotel is at the airport anyway, but the queues to get into the departure lounge look horrendous
 
Had booked to come over the week of the QPR game with the family - ridiculously hard to find (not even) affordable flights, 10k, and got an email this morning that they’ve canceled the flights, no alternative provided 😡
 
were you held on the plane before being allowed to go through customs and out of the airport?

we've got all day so i might be a bit patient with that, but our outbound flight is at 8am, planning on getting there at 5am as our hotel is at the airport anyway, but the queues to get into the departure lounge look horrendous

Dinnar, I didn’t fly into Toronto, I was flying out. You can get an idea of security times here btw, might ease your anxiety -


I wouldn’t worry about clearing security with that timeframe.
 
As much as I am looking forward to seeing the final two gigs of Pearl Jam's Euro Tour over in Amsterdam, having saw on Twitter the state of Schiphol security queue its fair to say that I am not thinking too much about the journey home!! :eek:
 
Our Amsterdam flights cancelled by KLM , look over weekend to book somewhere else though
Haway the hols still
 

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