Dublin airport security queues

A spokesperson for daa, which manages the airport, said that these delays were experienced by passengers in both Terminal 1 and 2 between 2am and 4.30am. Graham ...

Mr McQueen said that part of the long term solution is boosting the number of airport security staff from 600 to 900, and that this week 250 applicants were interviewed, and offers are being made to around 100 of them. Mr McQueen said that as soon as more security staff were available on site, further lanes were opened and the problems eased. Graeme McQueen said that security checks are operating 24 hours a day in Terminal 1, but that the operation was minimal in the early hours of the morning.

Travellers are being advised to arrive up to three and a half hours before flights.

While there have been no constraints on recruitment – more than 100 new security staff have already been recruited to date this year - daa is re-doubling its efforts to recruit additional staff. In Cork, the average time between arrival at the airport and getting through security remains at around 30 minutes this week - and the advice for passengers who want to avoid any stress is to arrive around 90 minutes before boarding time. Passengers hoping to travel through Dublin were advised to be in the airport at least three and a half hours before boarding time - but there were reports that some travellers had missed their flights this morning as huge queues snaked around the two terminals and virtually to the doors.

There was more carnage at Dublin Airport on Friday morning as passengers arriving for flights faced waits of up to two hours to get through security.

Waited 1 hour for desk to open, 40 minute to drop bags but team great. 2hours & 10 minutes with bag drop desk wait" Last week, it was warned that anyone flying within Europe to arrive at the airport at least two hours early.

Dublin Airport says there were significant queues in both terminals in the early hours of this mo...

"The shortage of security screening staff is the key contributory factor to the current difficulties. "daa is also exploring other options to increase security staff numbers, including identifying former security screeners still employed by daa but now in different roles in the company and reaching out to those currently on career breaks, to ascertain their interest in reverting to security duties in the short term. At the peak this morning, it took some passengers up to 70 minutes to pass through security.

There was chaos at Dublin Airport on Friday, as passengers arriving for early-morning flights were faced with delays of up to three hours.

They have also blamed the long queues on a shortage of fully-trained staff working at the airport. But with the busy Easter period coming up next week, Dublin Airport have advised passengers to arrive to the airport a minimum of three-and-a-half hours before their flight is due to depart. Dublin Airport said in a statement their plan includes measures used recently to address the delays which they said was successful — adding that none of the 300,000 passengers that went through the airport over the past 10 days missed flights.

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"In fairness, the office staff coming in does make a bit of a difference. The plan includes hiring more staff, workers from Cork airport being reassigned to Dublin temporarily, office-based staff helping at security, and asking former screeners or staff on career breaks to return short-term. "DAA are, and have been, offering financial incentives for staff to work overtime. "Those steps may help but I don't think that it will make a massive difference," the security team member says. "Many staff had been working overtime as part of the incentive scheme, with some working up to 50 extra hours over the month of March. Some have been left short hundreds of euro which has led to a lot of disgruntled staff. A Dublin Airport worker has warned of potential "madness" over the next week in the lead-up to Easter.

Passengers travelling from Dublin Airport were hit by early-morning queues once again on Friday after weeks of "chaotic" delays.

Thankfully, however, this log jam is now easing." This week daa invited around 250 candidates for an interview, with offers now being made to almost 100 of those candidates. "The company is temporarily re-assigning a number of Cork-based security staff to Dublin in a manner that will assist the operation at Dublin Airport, without compromising the product offering in Cork. daa is also offering overtime to screening staff to encourage them to take up additional hours to help alleviate the issue. Mr McQueen said the measures to mitigate the delays include "the recruitment, training, and security clearance of a significant number of additional security screening staff to help Dublin Airport cope with the significantly higher than expected passenger numbers set to fly over the coming weeks and months". "As the number of passengers travelling through Dublin Airport continues to increase over the coming period, daa continues to refine and adapt its security screening operation with the aim of ensuring that we get all passengers through security in plenty of time to make their flight," Mr McQueen said. Dublin Airport is warning people travelling over Easter to arrive at the airport "a minimum of three and a half hours prior to their departure time".

Significant queues were reported in both terminals on Friday, in particular between 2.30am and 4.30am.

At peak times, this can mean up to 3 and a half hours before your departure time. “But there is no formal request and has been no formal request for the army to be part of the solution in Dublin airport.” The plan incudes the recruitment and training of a “significant number” of additional security screening staff, deployment of a task force, a targeted communication campaign and keeping security in Terminal 1 open 24/7 to reduce the build-up of queues.

Passengers were greeted by more crazy queues from 3am this morning with some waiting over two hours to get through security.

Thankfully, however, this log jam is now easing." This week daa invited around 250 candidates for an interview, with offers now being made to almost 100 of those candidates. 2hours & 10 minutes with bag drop desk wait" "As the number of passengers travelling through Dublin Airport continues to increase over the coming period, daa continues to refine and adapt its security screening operation with the aim of ensuring that we get all passengers through security in plenty of time to make their flight," Mr McQueen said. "Now in impossible snake queue through hall. Dublin Airport is warning people travelling over Easter to arrive at the airport "a minimum of three and a half hours prior to their departure time".

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While there have been no constraints on recruitment - more than 100 new security staff have already been recruited so far this year - DAA is re-doubling its efforts to more staff,” Mr McQueen said. Thankfully, however, this logjam is now easing.” “In the days and weeks to come, adhering to this advice, rather than arriving at the airport much earlier, will help passengers get through security screening as quickly as possible,” he added.

Many other passengers praised the airport staff for what they said was a well-run operation.

Another happy mother said: "Arrived at airport short term car park 2:32am so daughter could catch flight at 6:30am. Left her at 3:05am at the T1 Q to security. "As the number of passengers travelling through Dublin Airport continues to increase over the coming period, daa continues to refine and adapt its security screening operation with the aim of ensuring that we get all passengers through security in plenty of time to make their flight," Mr McQueen said. A spokesperson for the daa said the "significant queues" in both Terminals at Dublin Airport in the early hours of Friday morning were particularly bad between 2.30am and 4.30am.

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This week, DAA invited about 250 candidates for interview, and almost 100 successfully progressed through the interview stage. The DAA indicated there was an average queue time of an hour before 6am today. Thankfully, however, this logjam is now easing.” In a statement the on Saturday the airport operator thanked passengers for heeding their advice in arriving early for flights at the airport over the Easter break whilst saying that queues for check-in, bag drop and security “moved well” this morning in advance of the first wave of departures. We are currently filtering passengers into the terminal buildings in an orderly manner to join check in & security queues which are moving & we thank passengers for their cooperation & patience at this extremely busy time of the morning in advance of the first wave of departures.— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) April 9, 2022 The operator of the airport thanked passengers for their co-operation and patience “at this extremely busy time of the morning in advance of the first wave of departures”.

The Dublin Airport Authority has highlighted a number of measures they will be taking to try to ease any future delays.

At the weekend, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary called for 250 army personnel to be drafted in to help. “But there is no formal request, and has been no formal request, for the army to be part of the solution in Dublin Airport. Mr McQueen added: "DAA thanks passengers for heeding its advice to arrive up to three and a half hours before their departure time. Meanwhile, Simon Coveney has said he is “not very keen” on the idea of deploying troops to help to deal with the delays at security checks at the airport. The committee said that it welcomed the update from the DAA, but still had "serious questions in relation to the recruitment process". Dublin Airport previously said it is still trying to rebound from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and blamed the delays at security on a shortage of fully-trained staff.

Dublin Airport filtered long queues of passengers into the terminal this morning and reassured passengers that queues were moving in an “orderly manner”. Ahead ...

While another wrote: “Just passed through #DublinAirport security and all I can say is congratulations to @DublinAirport management for a fantastic people management job! It said the average queue time was an hour before 6am. In a statement on Twitter, Dublin Airport said: “We are currently filtering passengers into the terminal buildings in an orderly manner to join check in & security queues which are moving & we thank passengers for their cooperation & patience at this extremely busy time of the morning in advance of the first wave of departures.”

Videos posted on social media showed a queue of waiting passengers stretching from the doors of Terminal 1 down the exit ramp.

He also told RTÉ's The Business: "The army have the most expertise in security, they are the best in Europe at it and I think the European Union would accept that and it would solve the problem. This morning passengers were asked to queue outside— Laura Fletcher (@fletchl) @DublinAirportT1 &T2. daa said it was "filtering passengers… One experience shared on Twitter was that "queues are moving, staff are pleasant and doing their best given the circumstances."

Images of 'problematic' queues outside Dublin Airport terminal one this morning gave many the impression that more travel chaos was unfolding as Easter ...

The whole hierarchy at the daa needs to go for scenes like this.” Someone else tweeted: “Jesus this has to be a national embarrassment at this stage. A spokesperson for the daa said the "significant queues" in both Terminals at Dublin Airport in the early hours of Friday morning were particularly bad between 2.30am and 4.30am.