No identification needed: Bergen/Copenhagen
 

Recently, when flying between Bergen, Norway and Copenhagen, Denmark on Norwegian, I was not required to provide any identification to make the flight; the boarding pass was all that was required.

The person checking us in did not request to see anything, and neither did anyone else.

Is that common?

Only in civilized countries.

What does it matter who you are? Anyone who owns a ticket should be able to go where they want.

Same thing on KLM flights within Schengen.

It is common for domestic flights (or flights within free-travel areas such as the Schengen area) in many parts of the world.

The only real purpose of checking IDs is to enforce the no-fly list.

fixed that for you

Only the USA has a "no fly list", which it insists on keeping even thought it is unable to provide any rational explanation for its purpose.

I fly internationally routinely and for my intra-Schegen flights with carry-on only, my ID is checked less than 30% of the time for such itineraries last year and this year. For intra-Nordic Passport Union travel, ID checks for such international travel are rather rare IME going back at least several years. For me, it's common not to have ID checks on such route as you flew.

If the only real purpose was to enforce a no-fly list and the Czech Repulic doesn't have its own no-fly list, why does PRG check ID even for intra-Schengen travel?

Very interesting - thanks for the report. I just moved to CPH so I'm interested to see how this plays out as I travel around Europe.

Thus far I've only heard of something similar with intra-New Zealand (and possibly intra-Australia) flights.

CPH is one of the biggest airports that is least likely to have ID checks for international intra-Schengen flights if you do self check-in and carry-on-only.

I haven't been to PRG, but who checks ID there, the airline or the security personnel? The airline may be doing it for other reasons like preventing transfer of tickets.

If the airline does that, I have no problem with revenue protection ID.

No government actors should be permitted to inspect ID.

It's not the airline doing so at the entrance to the screening checkpoint at PRG. It's some kind of uniform-wearing "security" service which is not contracted by the airlines.

True: no ID checks for Australian domestic travel.

Whether OLCI or self-check kiosk at airport, whether carry-on only or automated baggage drop: the only human I need to deal with is the gate agent who scans my BP (and the flight attendant who tells me how to find seat 14D :rolleyes:).