Do I need a passport for an internal flight?
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#34
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I fly LHR - EDI regularly -
BA & BD = No photo ID
AF & U2 = Photo ID (and no exceptions)
So for max flexibility, its best to take it just in case! (However I never bother!)
BA & BD = No photo ID
AF & U2 = Photo ID (and no exceptions)
So for max flexibility, its best to take it just in case! (However I never bother!)
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A long time ago (1980 ish), when Cat III landings were not so common, a colleague took off from LHR one foggy night and as UK airspace closed all around the plane, ended up in Denmark for the night.
I haven't a clue how they dealt with passports and the like.
I haven't a clue how they dealt with passports and the like.
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Ryanair are the worst (as in many other areas), they insist on a passport for domestic routes even though I can't see any logical or legal reason for doing so.
http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/...yanair-flights
"Ryanair does NOT accept driver licences, electoral/residence cards, family books, seaman books, military ID cards etc"
http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/...yanair-flights
"Ryanair does NOT accept driver licences, electoral/residence cards, family books, seaman books, military ID cards etc"
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Ryanair are the worst (as in many other areas), they insist on a passport for domestic routes even though I can't see any logical or legal reason for doing so.
http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/...yanair-flights
"Ryanair does NOT accept driver licences, electoral/residence cards, family books, seaman books, military ID cards etc"
http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/...yanair-flights
"Ryanair does NOT accept driver licences, electoral/residence cards, family books, seaman books, military ID cards etc"
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Where was the destination, do you remember and what about the alternates? Was PIK not an option (if UK internal)? Never heard of that place been closed by fog.
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Ryanair are the worst (as in many other areas), they insist on a passport for domestic routes even though I can't see any logical or legal reason for doing so.
http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/...yanair-flights
"Ryanair does NOT accept driver licences, electoral/residence cards, family books, seaman books, military ID cards etc"
http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/...yanair-flights
"Ryanair does NOT accept driver licences, electoral/residence cards, family books, seaman books, military ID cards etc"
Agree. RYR seem a pain, so I avoid if at all possible. In 4 decades of Domestic air travel, I have never, not once been asked for photo ID in order to board (never used RYR internally though and I never check a bag). I did once get pulled over by a plain clothes guy at the gate when disembarking at LHR when returning from BFS a few years back. He did ask for ID. Went no further than that.