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Connecting through Dublin on Aer Lingus

Posted by (East Peoria, IL) on

Has anyone flown through Dublin en route to the Continent recently? In 2015, we flew Aer Lingus to Dublin en route to London. We had to go through security and immigration/passport control in Dublin, but I don't believe we had to do anything upon landing at Gatwick.

This year, we are connecting through Dublin on Aer Lingus, heading to Venice in May. I believe there is something about the layout of the airport that all passengers must go through the above drill, even when just transiting through to connect. Am I correct about this? I'm simply going to expect that we'll have to do security and passport control in Dublin, and then immigration and customs in Venice? I believe others have said the process is pretty easy in Venice, as we'll just go through the "nothing to declare" line.

Anyone have any clarification on this?

Posted by
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We've traveled Aer Lingus through Dublin twice, both times connecting to a Schengen country. The first time we went to the passport control/immigration line, and the man there said there's no need to go through that, just head down the corridor to the connecting flight. We did have to go through security again, as we did the second time. So when you fly to Italy through Dublin, you'll probably have to go through security again, but nothing else until you get to Italy. In Italy, you'll have to go through passport/control immigration, since you're entering the Schengen zone, and customs (just a walk through) since it's you final destination.

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The connecting corridor (which will often include a passport check) is not always open, but would be expected to be in the morning which I guess will include your arrival.

The configuration of the airport means that only if both flights operate from the 200 gates (which won't be the case for EI flights) can everything be bypassed. This too won't be for long as this area is also being segregated for arrival / departure.

Posted by
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Thanks for the information. I was figuring we'd definitely have to do security in Dublin again, wasn't sure about the rest.

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The connecting corridor (which will often include a passport check) is not always open, but would be expected to be in the morning which I guess will include your arrival.

I neglected to say that the 1st time we made the connection the connecting corridor was closed (or at least a sign said that), so we wound up going out into the unsecured part of the terminal.

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