Walsh said Dublin and Belfast flights are moving to T5
Aug 6, 2014, 5:23 am
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Again that I guess will the same as the UK Domestic equivalent: the door will normally be closed during DUB arrivals, a HAL member of staff will check the boarding pass or other travel documents to confirm onward travel, and then open the door for each passenger after their bona fides have been checked.
Aug 6, 2014, 6:07 am
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Again that I guess will the same as the UK Domestic equivalent: the door will normally be closed during DUB arrivals, a HAL member of staff will check the boarding pass or other travel documents to confirm onward travel, and then open the door for each passenger after their bona fides have been checked.
Aug 6, 2014, 6:26 am
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Aug 6, 2014, 6:26 am
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Domestic baggage claim should have a customs point anyway for the occasional Intl->MAN->LHR check through.
The real reason I suppose is the paranoid security where even DUB arrivals are considered contaminated. Is this because DUB screening is untrusted or is it possible to enter DUB from a connection unscreened?
Aug 6, 2014, 6:34 am
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Aug 6, 2014, 7:19 am
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AIUI, DUB arrivals are required to be security screened before their next flight, and this is one of the reasons for the convoluted set-up in the UK/Ireland section at T1.
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Sep 4, 2014, 8:34 am
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DUB screening is however trusted enough by the TSA for US precleared passengers to connect as 'clean' domestic traffic when landing in the US. Yes, there is secondary screening after US preclearance, but its only function seems to be to enforce the removal of shoes which is a US only requirement.
Sep 4, 2014, 8:43 am
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DUB screening is however trusted enough by the TSA for US precleared passengers to connect as 'clean' domestic traffic when landing in the US. Yes, there is secondary screening after US preclearance, but its only function seems to be to enforce the removal of shoes which is a US only requirement.
2 years ago, security screening at DUB failed an EU audit, meaning transferring passengers had to be re-screened at their EU airport of transfer.
Sep 4, 2014, 12:12 pm
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The Department insisted that neither [security deficiency] relates to the screening of ordinary passengers or luggage.
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HMG regards all foreigners as incompetent re security - hence the re-screen.
IF only the British hadn't ballsed up the relationship with our Irish cousins over the last few hundred years...
IF only the British hadn't ballsed up the relationship with our Irish cousins over the last few hundred years...
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Since September I have been travelling weekly to Dublin with BA. I’ve often wondered why we always go to the same gate and increasingly regularly by bus!
Having read this thread, am I correct in saying the only reason Dublin has a special gate is so that they can transfer to t5 departures directly without having to clear customs?
Surely they can just land as a domestic flight flight and declare security that way?
Having read this thread, am I correct in saying the only reason Dublin has a special gate is so that they can transfer to t5 departures directly without having to clear customs?
Surely they can just land as a domestic flight flight and declare security that way?
Jun 23, 2019, 10:26 am
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Not quite, you hypothetically have to clear Customs (for whatever isn't covered by the Single Market, not much!) but you don't have to clear Immigration since you're already in the Common Travel Area. Hence the use of door 23 which was constructed to avoid the UK Border, but still takes you down to baggage reclaim and out via the not heavily staff Customs hall.
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Belfast however….
There are some people in Belfast who want to be part of the Republic. I am not sure how it would sit with them if Dublin was to be considered a part of the UK and treated as a domestic flight