Connections from Eilat
Feb 9, 2012 | 11:47 am
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Connections from Eilat
Hi
My sister and family are flying ETH-TLV-LHR next week, all on LY. Will they be able to check luggage through from ETH all the way to LHR? Will they get their onward boarding passes and clear check-in security at ETH?
Thanks
My sister and family are flying ETH-TLV-LHR next week, all on LY. Will they be able to check luggage through from ETH all the way to LHR? Will they get their onward boarding passes and clear check-in security at ETH?
Thanks
Feb 10, 2012 | 12:57 am
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Feb 25, 2012 | 1:14 pm
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A quick update on this - the response above was not entirely accurate. I was hoping to meet my sister and family in the landside part of terminal 3, after they got off shuttle bus. But apparently El Al read out the names of transfer pax on the Eilat - Tel Aviv flight ,and asked them to stay on plane. They were then taken by a special bus direct to the transit area and passed a special passport control - there was no handbaggage security in TLV, and no way to get to landside.
So a wasted trip to the aiport...
So a wasted trip to the aiport...
Feb 26, 2012 | 6:05 am
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Feb 26, 2012 | 9:23 am
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Anyway, I think they would have had problems at security (going airside), as the labels on their passports would not match the barcodes given in TLV (as they did not pass security there).
It is actually an excellent service for most connecting passengers - especially as the airport was heaving that day (end of UK half term).