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Just experienced the airport for the first time on a return journey to Venice last week. No problems whatsoever with security, travel, staff etc. Clean, efficient, no issues. Got a bus from Buchanan Bus Station, Glasgow there and back, traffic a bit busy but altogether no problems. Would travel from Edinburgh again.

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On ‎24‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 20:39, Mr Gandosaur said:

Went through Incheon airport last week in Seoul. What a fucking nightmare that was. Nice airport but took 2.5 hours to get through check In, security and immigration before a 20 minute trek to my gate.

I got lucky going through it myself last week, but I can see why people can get chronically held up. I had anxiety trying to ensure I wrote in the correct information into the two immigration slips that you fill out. It felt incredibly big brother having to write exactly where I was staying, going, planning on doing on a business trip I had no idea for how long I would be there for.

My complaint these days with Edinburgh is on the way back in how ridiculously long it takes for hold luggage to come through. On the two trips I've been away on in the last month, it's been roughly 25-30 minutes for both times I've been waiting to collect.

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Why does “Gate 07B” exist at Glasgow? No sign for that anywhere, took a chance and bolted up towards gates 1-24 and thankfully it was there. Soon as the gate info was released it went straight to boarding. A mistake I won’t make again. 

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Went through Edinburgh Airport last week on route to London. Whizzed through security in the family lane but when getting into departures it was absolutely fucking hoaching. Nae room in either Wetherspoons on the other one up the other end. Had to go into the Gathering bit and nearly never got my pint. Bogs were rammed as well. Seemed very packed for a Thursday lunchtime.

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12 hours ago, Karpaty said:

Why does “Gate 07B” exist at Glasgow? No sign for that anywhere, took a chance and bolted up towards gates 1-24 and thankfully it was there. Soon as the gate info was released it went straight to boarding. A mistake I won’t make again. 

"How Fuckin Shite Is Glasgow Airport" thread for this pish.

12 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

Went through Edinburgh Airport last week on route to London. Whizzed through security in the family lane but when getting into departures it was absolutely fucking hoaching. Nae room in either Wetherspoons on the other one up the other end. Had to go into the Gathering bit and nearly never got my pint. Bogs were rammed as well. Seemed very packed for a Thursday lunchtime.

The terminal is woefully under-resourced, especially toilets.

They've not long opened up the new bit with gates 12-16 (I think), but all it is is some seats and a branch of Pret. The nearest (rammed) toilets were back down by Wetherspoons. 

By all means expand to cope with increased passenger throughput, but it's not just about the space. 

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On 24/10/2018 at 22:46, Melanius Mullarkey said:

Went through Edinburgh Airport last week on route to London. Whizzed through security in the family lane but when getting into departures it was absolutely fucking hoaching. Nae room in either Wetherspoons on the other one up the other end. Had to go into the Gathering bit and nearly never got my pint. Bogs were rammed as well. Seemed very packed for a Thursday lunchtime.

Mods, please.

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I flew out of Edinburgh on Monday.

Not content with already having too few toilets, they've now closed the ones near gate 4 for refurbishment.

The new international arrivals hall is also a soulless place.  Very clinical and unfitted unfinished looking.

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4 minutes ago, The Master said:

I flew out of Edinburgh on Monday.

Not content with already having too few toilets, they've now closed the ones near gate 4 for refurbishment.

The new international arrivals hall is also a soulless place.  Very clinical and unfitted looking.

Also flew into Edinburgh the other day. Previously defended Edinburgh but done a lot more travelling recently; it is just a bit shit. The security before you fly out is nowhere near as bad as its made out to be, a bit longer than most but not that bad. Coming back I fucking hate it. Always crammed onto a bus, security queues always huge and seems Edinburgh is filled with people flying into it that have never seen the passport scanners before so always make a c**t of it.

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On 12/13/2018 at 14:24, Big Fifer said:

The security before you fly out is nowhere near as bad as its made out to be

It has improved a lot since they changed it a while back. The old set up was far worse. The new one seems a lot more organised now that it is finished.

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