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Edinburgh transit?
I flew back into Edinburgh last week on Lufthansa and shortly before landing there was an announcement about transiting passengers having their luggage transferred and they could proceed through security to the gate. I then noticed signs (that might have been there for ages, but I can’t say I’ve noticed before) for transiting passengers, that were simply taking people from international arrivals, past check-in to departures. Is it now possible to “officially” transit through EDI, with luggage transfer or was the announcement on the LH flight just a standard wording? Even if not, it’s quite good that the airport itself is now acknowledging/assisting self-transfer passengers. Also, on a related note, if travelling with only hand luggage then can you transfer from a UK-international flight at EDI by just staying airside, since domestic arrivals pass through the departure lounge? Not something I intend to do anytime soon, but I’ve been curious since I first there arrived on a domestic flight. |
Originally Posted by mrmp
(Post 30235401)
Also, on a related note, if travelling with only hand luggage then can you transfer from a UK-international flight at EDI by just staying airside, since domestic arrivals pass through the departure lounge? Not something I intend to do anytime soon, but I’ve been curious since I first there arrived on a domestic flight.[/left]
Therefore, EDI airside is considered as being "in the UK", so anyone arriving on a Lufthansa flight will need to go through UK immigration in order access the departures area. LHR, LGW and MAN have biometrics to differentiate between passengers with domestic and international origins. The announcement you heard can't be standard (unless it's standard for the UK only) because the UK does not "trust" Germany's airport security while other countries served by Lufthansa short-haul do. Thus there would be no mention of connecting passengers needing to reclear security when arriving on Lufthansa in most other European airports. |
I’d forgotten I started this thread (not a regular visitor here) until I saw the signs again at Edinburgh yesterday - which I think solved the mystery. They seem to be aimed at Dublin-bound passengers arriving from Beijing. There was a poster at the top of the stairs down to passport control (coming from gate 5) that was headlined as important information for such passengers; unfortunately I was in a a rush to try and catch a tram then train so wasn’t able to read it, but putting 2+2 together I assume that everyone is deplaned on arrival from Beijing, which means those going on to Dublin need to clear immigration and pass back through security to continue. |
What is the current srate of transit at Edinburgh intl-intl? Arriving from US, departing to FRA, one ticket United to Lufthansa.
Does the passenger need to go through passport control twice? Will checked bags get transferred automatically? |
Originally Posted by tr3k
(Post 35325571)
What is the current srate of transit at Edinburgh intl-intl? Arriving from US, departing to FRA, one ticket United to Lufthansa.
Does the passenger need to go through passport control twice? Will checked bags get transferred automatically? you will clear entry immigration, then back through departures security to the departures area ( no passport control when leaving Edinburgh ( passport check at the gate) but will be passport control at arrival at FRA. Not sure about checked baggage Regards TBS |
Ok, so depends on how long the lines for entry immigration are. I see that they are usiing e-gates now, hope that's not too bad.
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Apparently they have fast track immigration and fast track security, each for GBP 7. Given the price, got both (although on the website security time never seemed to exceed 5 min)
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Anyone knows what MCT is for that airport?
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Originally Posted by tr3k
(Post 35332960)
Anyone knows what MCT is for that airport?
How long have you got between scheduled arrivals and departure? |
Ok, so connection worked out fine even though the incoming flight was late (although the outgoing flight ended up also being late).
For those interested - it is indeed going through immigration to enter UK, and back through security. - At 11am there was no line at immigraton, did not need "fast track" and was done in less than 10 min - Security line was short (5-10 min) but using "fast track" reduced that to even less All in all back airside at the lounge in may be 25 min. Not bad. Bag was checked through, no need to pick up/recheck. |
Originally Posted by tr3k
(Post 35326733)
Ok, so depends on how long the lines for entry immigration are. I see that they are usiing e-gates now, hope that's not too bad.
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why is EDI treated differently to other UK airports?
I also can not think of any UK airports where you can easily just exit the departure lounge back to landside. Surely this is a security/border compromise? |
I can think of ABZ, BHD, NCL (may require some timing), and GLA - all of which you can freely exit from the airisde departures area to landside without any check. part of that is related to those airports not having any airside connection routes - i.e. everyone airside has originally come from landside only rather than directly from another inbound flight.
however, for all airports, if you have arrived from an international flight you will need to exit landside via immigration and then back through security to get in to the airside departures area - international arrivals are segregated and can't simply walk in to the airside departures area. for airports which do have an airside transfer route (e.g. LHR T5) where you can do an international->international transfer without passing through immigration, there is no free flow exit. |
Originally Posted by joshnesbit
(Post 36268096)
why is EDI treated differently to other UK airports?
I also can not think of any UK airports where you can easily just exit the departure lounge back to landside. Surely this is a security/border compromise? |
Originally Posted by joshnesbit
(Post 36268096)
why is EDI treated differently to other UK airports?
I also can not think of any UK airports where you can easily just exit the departure lounge back to landside. Surely this is a security/border compromise? Its the same as the discussion on schengen clean thread you have also posted in. UK domestic arrivals are considered clean in the uk. There is no border compromise as everyone on the flight already cleared the uk border. So at many uk airports, not just edi, domestic arrivals go straight into the departure gates. International arrivalscare handled differently. Very smilar to schengen arrivals in the EU. |
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