Dublin Airport Authority (daa) has urged passengers travelling over the October bank-holiday weekend to arrive “at least two hours before a short-haul flight and three before long-haul” as it braces for an estimated 430,000 travellers between Friday and Monday. In a statement on 21 October, daa warned that peak security queues could exceed 45 minutes in Terminal 1 during early-morning waves. Additional staff will be rostered from 04:00 each morning, and the fast-track channel will operate 24/7 for the first time since the pandemic. All car-parks are already 96 percent full, prompting daa to partner with a third-party overflow lot near Swords, with shuttle buses every 20 minutes. For corporate travellers, the main risk is missed connections on European feeder flights that lead on to transatlantic services popular with tech and pharma executives. Travel managers should advise employees to allow longer layovers or to routings via Shannon where demand is lower. The advisory comes as Aer Lingus and Ryanair prepare for the winter-schedule switch on 27 October, historically one of the busiest change-over periods for crew rostering and slot allocation. daa confirmed that both airlines have filed contingency slot requests, signalling possible last-minute time changes. Travellers holding Irish Residence Permits should also ensure their cards are valid for at least three months beyond travel dates; immigration officers at Passport Control have stepped-up random checks following recent cases of forged IRP cards.
Source: Extra.ie
