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Check-in Safety & Security

For your safety, security at UK and overseas airports has been greatly increased, so you should allow plenty of time before your flight. We suggest you check-in at least 3 hours prior to departure and make your way to the departure gate 1 hour before your flight is due to depart.

Increased security measures include suitcases being scanned before check-in, hand luggage X-rayed and manually searched, and further security checks at the boarding gate. These measures will however vary from day to day and airport to airport.

Please note, as a general rule, that the following items are not permitted in your hand luggage:

  • Sharp objects including: tweezers; knives with blades of any length; household cutlery; paper knives; razor blades; tradesman's tools; scissors; syringes; knitting needles.
  • Weapons including toy weapons, replicas and catapults.
  • Sports equipment including: billiard, snooker or pool cues; sporting bats and darts.
  • Aerosols.
Mobile phones, laptops and cameras are permitted into the cabin as hand luggage.



DIY Check-in

Check in just got a whole lot easier, you can check in and pick your own seats before you leave home. From 24 hours to 2 hours before your flight is due to leave you can check in online, click here for more information



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