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Check In Times

Long check in queues can be tiresome, which is why some people like to get to the airport early to avoid the queues or even check in online so that they can just drop their bag and head straight to departures. To make sure your check in experience is hassle free, use the table below to find out what the check in times are at the major airports, and also which airlines which offer online check in and/or self-service check in.

AIRLINE CHECK-IN TIMES AT ALL UK MAJOR AIRPORTS

Airport	Long Haul	Short Haul	Within UK and Ireland	Airlines offering online check-in		Airlines offering self-service check-in
Aberdeen Airport	2 hours	2 hours	1 hour	Air France British Airways EasyJet Flybe KLM Ryanair SAS Wideroe Airlines	30 hours (24 hours for Mauritius/Hungary) 24 hours 36 hours 36 hours 30 hours 15 days – 4 hours 22 hours 22 hours – 1 hour	BMI British Midland British Airways Flybe
Belfast International Airport	3 hours	2 hours	1 hour	Aer Lingus Bmibaby Continental Airlines EasyJet (International and City Airport)	30 hours (24 hours from/to USA) 24 hours – 30 minutets 24 hours 60 days – 2 hours	Aer Lingus EasyJet
Birmingham Airport	3 hours	2 hours	1 hour	Air France bmibaby British Airways Continental Airlines Emirates Flybe KLM Lufthansa Ryanair SAS Swiss	30 hours (24 for Mauritius) 24 hours – 30 minutets 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours 36 hours 30 hours 23 hours 15 days 22 hours 23 hours	Air France Flybe KLM Lufthansa Monarch
Blackpool International	3 hours (Holiday & Charter Flights)	2 hours (Jet2.com & Aer Arann)	90 mins Other Scheduled Flights	Manx2 Aer Lingus Jet2	24 - 2 hours (hand baggage only) 30 hours (24 hours from/to USA) 28 days	No Self-service check-in available
Bristol Airport	3 hours	2 hours	90 minutes	Air France Brussels Airline Continental Airlines EasyJet KLM Ryanair Thomas Cook	30 hours (24 for Mauritius/Hungary) 1 day 30 hours 60 days – 2 hours 30 hours 15 days – 4 hours 28 days – 7 days	Air France Air Southwest KLM OLT
Cardiff Airport	3 hours	2 hours	90 minutes	Aer Lingus bmibaby Flybe KLM Thomas Cook	30 hours (24 hours from/to USA 24 hours – 30 minutes 36 hours 30 hours 28 days – 7 days	Flybe
Durham Tees Valley Airport	2 hours	2 hours	2 hours	Aer Lingus Flybe KLM Ryanair	30 hours 36 hours 30 hours 15 days	No self-service check-in kiosks
East Midlands Airport	3 hours	2 hours	90 minutes	Aurigney Bmibaby Jet2 Ryanair	72 hours – 3 hours 24 hours – 30 minutes 28 days – 5 hours 15 days	Ryanair bmibaby
Edinburgh	3 hours	2 hours	1 hour	Air France bmi British Airways KLM Cityhopper (including passengers with e-ticket from Continental Airlines) Flybe Lufthansa	30 hours (24 for Mauritius, Hungary) 24 hours – 30 minutes 24 hours 30 hours 36 hours 23 hours	Air France bmibaby/bmi British Midland British Airways Lufthansa
London Gatwick	4 hours	3 hours	2 hours	North Terminal: Adria Airways British Airways Brussels Airlines EasyJet Emirates Malev Qatar Airways	24 hours – 1 hour 24 hours 24 hours – 1 hour 60 days – 2 hours 24 hours – 90 minutes 23 hours – 50 minutes 36 hours – 90 minutes	North Terminal: British Airways Delta
London Gatwick	4 hours	3 hours	2 hours	South Terminal: Air Baltic Aer Lingus Air Malta Aurigny EasyJet Flybe Iceland Express Monarch Airlines Ryanair TAP Air Portugal Virgin Atlantic Airways	12pm day before (local time) – 2 hours 30 hours – 2 hours 23 hours – 2 hours 72 hours – 3 hours 60 days – 2 hours 36 hours 60 days – 24 hours 18 days – 4.5 hours 15 days – 4 hours 24 hours – 90 minutes 24 hours – 2 hours	South Terminal: Virgin Atlantic Airways Flybe Norwegian.no
Glasgow	3 hours	2 hours	1 hour	British Airways bmi Flybe KLM	24 hours 24 hours – 30 minutes 36 hours 30 hours / 24 hours (USA)	bmibaby/bmi British Midland British Airways Flybe
London Heathrow	3 hours	2 hours	90 minutes	Air France bmi British Airways Cathay Pacific KLM Lufthansa SAS Singapore Airlines South African Airways Swiss Turkish Airlines Virgin Atlantic	30 hours 24 hours (Mauritius, Lebanon, Hungary and Deli) 24 hours – 30 minutes 24 hours 48 hours 30 hours 24 hours (USA) 23 hours 22 hours – 1 hour 48 hours 24 hours 23 hours – 1 hour 24 hours – 90 minutes 24 hours – 2 hours	American Airlines Air Canada Aer Lingus Air France bmi British Airways Gulf Air Japan Airlines KLM Lufthansa SAS United Airlines Virgin Atlantic Airways
Humberside Airport	2 hours	2 hours	1 hour	KLM	30 hours	KLM
Leeds Bradford Airport	3 hours	2 hours	90 minutes	bmi Flybe Jet2 Ryanair	24 hours – 30 minutes 36 hours 28 days – 5 hours 15 days – 4 hours	bmi Flybe
Liverpool Airport	2 hours	2 hours	2 hours	EasyJet Flybe KLM Ryanair Wizz Air	60 days – 2 hours 36 hours 30 hours 15 days – 4 hours 7 days – 3 hours
London City Airport	2 hours	2 hours	1 hour	Air France British Airways Cityjet KLM Lufthansa SAS Swiss	30 hours (24 for Mauritius, Hungary) 24 hours 24 hours 30 hours 23 hours 22 hours – 1 hour 23 hours	Air France Air Southwest Aer Araan Alitalia British Airways KLM Lufthansa Luxair SAS SWISS
Luton Airport	3 hours	2 hours	90 minutes	Aer Arann EasyJet Flybe Ryanair Wizz Air	72 hours – 3 hours 60 days – 2 hours 36 hours 15 days – 4 hours 7 days – 3 hours	No Self-service check-in available
Manchester Airport	3 hours	2 hours	1 hour	Terminal 1 Aurigny Air Services (only for passengers travelling without hold baggage). Finnair Lufthansa Monarch	Terminal 1 72 hours – 3 hours 36 hours 23 hours 18 days – 4.5 hours	Terminal 1 Aurigny Monarch Thomas Cook Lufthansa Finnair
				Terminal 2 KLM Qatar Virgin Atlantic	Terminal 2 30 hours 36 hours (24 for USA) 24 hours	Terminal 2 First Choice KLM Thomson Airlines Qatar Airways Virgin Atlantic
				Terminal 3 bmibaby British Airways Flybe	Terminal 3 7 days (24 hours Geneva) 24 hours 36 hours – 1 hour	Terminal 3 British Airways bmibaby City Jet Flybe
Newcastle Airport	3 hours	2 hours	90 minutes	Air France British Airways EasyJet KLM	30 hours (24 for Mauritius, Hungary) 24 hours 60 days – 2 hours 30 hours	Air France British Airways Flybe KLM
Prestwick Airport	3 hours	2 hours	1 hour	Ryanair Wizz Air	15 days 7 days
Robin Hood Airport	3 hours	2 hours	90 minutes	EasyJet Flybe Ryanair Wizzair	60 days – 2 hours 36 hours – 1 hour 15 days – 4 hours 7 days – 3 hours	Flybe
Southampton Airport	60 minutes (except My Travel, TUI, First Choice and Thomas Cook – minimum 2 hours)	60 minutes (except My Travel, TUI, First Choice and Thomas Cook – minimum 2 hours)	60 minutes (except My Travel, TUI, First Choice and Thomas Cook – minimum 2 hours)	Air France Aurigney Blue Islands Flybe	30 hours (24 for Mauritius/Hungary) 72 hours – 1 hour 24 hours 36 hours	Flybe
London Stansted	3 hours	2 hours	2 hours	Airberlin EasyJet Ryanair	30 hours – 2 hours 60 days – 2 hours 15 days – 4 hours	Air Berlin Ryanair

Information correct as of 6th August 2010.

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