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Dublin Airport officials have warned of “significant queues” for passengers arriving to the country's main airport. Some passengers are also b...

Or you can email [email protected] at any time. In a statement, a spokesperson for the airport said: “Dublin Airport is experiencing significant queues for airline check-in, bag drop and security screening this morning as 50,000 passengers are expected to depart over the course of the day. Dublin Airport officials have warned of “significant queues” for passengers arriving to the country’s main airport.

There is a long line for bag drop, check-in and security, with queues reaching outside the terminal buildings.

We sincerely apologise for the obvious frustration and inconvenience this may cause. “Due to significant queues inside the terminals passengers queueing outside the terminal have been advised they may not make their flight and may need to contact their airline to rebook. Due to significant queues inside the terminal for check-in, bag drop & security, passengers queueing outside the terminal may not make their flight & may need to contact their airline to rebook.

The daa, owner and operator of Dublin and Cork Airports, said it expects around 50,000 passengers to pass through the airport over the course of the day.

We sincerely apologise for the obvious frustration and inconvenience this may cause.— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) May 29, 2022 Due to significant queues inside the terminal for check-in, bag drop & security, passengers queueing outside the terminal may not make their flight & may need to contact their airline to rebook. Dublin Airport has apologised "unreservedly" and warned that some passengers may miss their flights due to "significant queues" for airline check-in, bag drop and security screening.

Dublin Airport has warned some passengers flying out today may miss flights because of 'significant queues.'

Passengers on short-haul flights taking off after 08.30 are advised not to arrive any earlier than 06.00. pic.twitter.com/Dp9uXN2DDH April 19, 2022 @simoncoveneyneeds to intervene and address this, wonder what @DubFireBrigadewould do if there was emergency 🚨 pic.twitter.com/m5d2371UKe May 29, 2022 Taking to Twitter, the Airport Authority also went on to say;

Dublin Airport has warned that 'significant queues' will result in some people not making their flights today. It follows weeks of delays at security ...

People are going on business trips, people are going to visit relatives and some of them now are missing their flights and have to rebook. But today seems to have broken new ground with many many people missing flights and absolute chaos throughout the terminal. We sincerely apologise for the obvious frustration and inconvenience this may cause.

Due to significant queues inside the terminal for check-in, bag drop & security, passengers queueing outside the terminal may not make their flight & may need ...

And that caused obviously a compounding effect throughout the morning.” He said that the situation was now “under control” at Terminal 1, but lengthy queues could be expected at Terminal 2 for the next couple of hours. The airport has previously said it is trying to rebound from the impact of the pandemic and has blamed shortages in fully trained staff working at the country’s busiest airport. The statement, issued on behalf of the ministers, said: “The passenger experience at Dublin Airport is falling far short of the service that our citizens and visitors should expect at our largest state airport. In a statement on Sunday, the Department of Transport said Transport Minister Eamon Ryan and junior minister Hildegarde Naughton have “expressed deep unhappiness” over the scenes at the airport on Sunday. “The minister will be engaging with them and Government will be discussing this and reviewing this in terms of the huge numbers and the delays and so on.

Passengers in Dublin Airport have been told they may miss their flights due to “significant queues” for airline check-in, bag drop, and security this ...

“We were trying to gear up… "We assure we have the safety and security of passengers as a priority, we have pedastrianised the zone outside the airport and have airport police and An Garda Siochana also present to make sure it’s a safe environment to queue. "We have to look at the full causes of why this morning’s queues were as lengthy as they were and will upgrade passenger advice this coming week. He said the Daa are still advising passengers to arrive at the airport two and a half hours before a short-haul flight and three and a half hours before a long-haul flight, but admitted passengers should give another hour if they are dropping bags or need to visit the check-in desk or have queries to make. "Due to significant queues inside the terminals, passengers queuing outside the terminal have been advised they may not make their flight and may need to contact their airline to rebook. “Dublin Airport is experiencing significant queues for airline check-in, bag drop and security screening this morning as 50,000 passengers are expected to depart over the course of the day,” a Dublin Airport Authority (Daa) spokesperson said.

Dublin Airport officials have warned of “significant queues” for passengers arriving to the country's main airport. Some passengers are also b...

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Airport says travellers should contact airlines to rebook due to issues at security screening and check-in.

this queue doubled up in the tunnel [from the car park], doubled up outside the building and security’s not letting anyone else in the building at this point,” she said. It is a failure to prepare for known demand,” Mr O’Rourke said in a statement. Daire NicAonghusa checked Ryanair’s and the airport’s advice online in the morning before arriving at the airport two and half hours before her flight to Edinburgh from Terminal 1. Dublin Airport sincerely apologises for the obvious frustration and inconvenience this is causing.” “There’s thousands of people in this queue... The Minister of State for Transport Hildegarde Naughton, who has responsibly for international transport, said she had brought forward her meeting with the DAA Chief Executive to first thing on Monday morning. She rebooked onto another flight to Edinburgh from Belfast on Monday instead. “There is quite an onerous security clearance process that has to be gone through, but we should see the numbers ramping up very shortly.” Unfortunately today the numbers just caught up with us,” Mr McQueen said. It is a failure of management. “Since the scenes we had at the end of March we have been trying to get ahead of the numbers. The Dublin Airport Authority has said it will provide a refund to passengers who missed their flights as a result of long delays on Sunday as Ministers expressed “deep unhappiness” with wait times.

Dublin Airport saw thousands of passengers affected by delays this weekend, resulting in lengthy queues and passengers missing their flights. Bonnie Radintz and ...

One thing I would say is that I am relatively young and able-bodied so standing in queues wasn’t an issue for me.” In a statement issued on Sunday, a Dublin Airport spokesperson said due to the significant queues inside the terminals, "passengers queuing outside the terminal have been advised they may not make their flight and may need to contact their airline to rebook". Some minor bumps and delays, until today. “All of our travels have been pretty smooth. The family were informed that they wouldn’t arrive home until Tuesday on new flights, so they booked an Aer Lingus flight to London and changed their Delta Airlines flight to fly them from London to Minneapolis. “We were originally on a Delta flight connecting in Boston to Minneapolis,” Ms Radintz explained as they awaited information on their new Aer Lingus flight to London where they’ll fly home from tomorrow.

A couple based in Co Kerry who missed their flight from Dublin Airport to Italy this morning have described the situation faced by passengers there today as ...

People who were behind us kind of rushed up and went in front of us and people were going mad. People were going mad." It doesn’t look good," he said, saying their day was now ending with a long drive back to Kerry. I counted 36 of us at the gate, and people looked very distressed," said Jerry. While they were removing the cases off the plane, I don’t see why they couldn’t put 36 of us on the plane in that time. Both Jerry and Rose are now in touch with Topflight in a bid to make rearrangements for their holiday.

Passengers queue in the walkway into departures at Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport. Photo: Frank McGrath. Laura Lynott, John Downing and Ciara O'Loughlin. May 30 ...

He said given the volume of passengers queuing, it was “proving difficult” to prioritise those whose flights were departing imminently. He told RTÉ Radio 1: “We were trying to gear up… With the DAA admitting a higher number again are due to travel over the bank holiday weekend, it would not rule out telling passengers to arrive even earlier for flights. We will provide every reasonable assistance to support their efforts – but it is primarily a task for them,” he told Independent.ie. “We have to look at the full causes of why this morning’s queues were as lengthy as they were and will upgrade passenger advice this coming week.” The DAA has said it will refund passengers who were unable to make their flight due to the delays.

It comes after 50,000 people spent hours queuing outside and inside both terminal buildings yesterday. Check in, bag drop and security were blamed for the ...

Follow @98FM on Twitter for the latest Dublin news "They're telling people to come early, then they're telling and blaming people for coming early for the lengthy queues that we see outside of the airport before they even get in to inside, they're telling people to contact the airlines directly themselves if they missed flights and then the latest thing yesterday evening was that they said they'd pay for the flights. Long queues are forming at Dublin airport again this morning.

The Head of Communications for airport operator daa has said "well over 1000 passengers" missed their flights at Dublin Airport due to lengthy queues ...

Some of our airline partners are facilitating re-booking on the next available flights free of charge, no additional cost. And we'll be doing our level best to make sure that everyone makes their flight this weekend. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. Operations at Dublin Airport are running more smoothly today, with currently no queues outside the terminal buildings. Mr Cullinane said all available staff will be deployed this week and over the bank holiday weekend, and every effort will be made to avoid a similar situation over the bank holiday weekend. Asked why the airport did not have enough staff to deal with yesterday's numbers, Mr Cullinane said the airport is operating on "very fine margins", and is "running to the max" of available staffing levels.

More than 1000 people missed their flights on Sunday and an emergency meeting between Dublin Airport bosses and Government ministers will take place.

“The advice is to arrive two-and-a-half hours for a short haul flight, the long haul is three-and- a-half. And that caused obviously a compounding effect throughout the morning.” “If you don’t make your plane on time, the airline will say it’s not their problem. “This tends to happen a lot. "It is now currently half eight in the morning. "We were told our flight was at quarter to six this morning. In a statement on Sunday, the Department of Transport said Transport Minister Eamon Ryan and Ms Naughton have “expressed deep unhappiness” over the scenes at the airport on Sunday. The statement, issued on behalf of the ministers, said: “The passenger experience at Dublin Airport is falling far short of the service that our citizens and visitors should expect at our largest state airport. So, if you don’t make your flight on time, you have to be able to prove you followed the advice and joined the queue at the right time. People look for the airport to reimburse the cost of flight if there is proof they arrived on time and followed advice. The queues at the airport have led to people arriving earlier for flights, and DAA introduced queueing outside the terminal buildings in an attempt to control the numbers inside. Ryanair has issued a scathing assessment of long queues at Dublin Airport, accusing airport operator daa of “mismanaging the Covid recovery” and “stranding thousands of airport passengers”.

Over 1,000 passengers missed flights on Sunday due to lengthy queues at Dublin Airport, according to the Dublin Airport management body (Daa).

By the end of June it is hoped there will be an additional 370 officers working in the airport. Mr Cullinane said that all available staff will be on duty over the long weekend, including the taskforce, and the Daa will be doing their best to ensure all passengers make their flights. The Daa has said that security officers will finish their training and be available to begin working in the coming days and weeks.

A passenger shared video filmed at 3.40am, in which long lines can be seen waiting for security. “Queues thick with people growing in depth too,” tweeted Dr ...

We sincerely apologise for the obvious frustration and inconvenience this may cause.” Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Meanwhile, Dara Totterdell tweeted: “Incredulous at the scenes in front of and in departures this morning at 04.30!! Nobody deserves to be treated this way! Passenger Majella Dempsey said: “Through security in 35 mins this morning #DublinAirport staff all so nice and good humoured. No queue for checking in bags @Ryanair, joined security queue at 7. Actually no living creature deserves to be treated this way!!

Airport operator daa this morning confirmed that 'well over' 1000 passengers missed flights on Sunday.

“We’re getting there, the weekend was a blip and we will show that in the weeks ahead.” While queues returned to more “controlled and calming” levels on Monday morning, he declined to say if enough staff will be in place to avoid a repeat of the scenes over the coming weekend. “We are conscious that we let ourselves down and we let the nation down yesterday, and we certainly don’t want a repeat of that on our watch this week,” he told RTÉ's Morning Ireland.