[Wikimania-l] please arrive early to the airport

2011-07-30 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Hello, Some Wikimaniacs already landed in Israel, but most of you will be flying in the next few days. The travel agent who sold you the plane ticket must have told you this, but let me re-iterate it, because it's very, very important: When you go to Israel, arrive to the airport three and a

Re: [Wikimania-l] please arrive early to the airport

2011-07-30 Thread KIZU Naoko
Thank you Amir for your information, since it was not given by my own agent. That said, it depends on where you'll start if you really have to arrive 3h30 before the flight departure. In AMS, my boarding hour was set 1 hour before the departure itself as usual but the boarding gate was said to be

Re: [Wikimania-l] please arrive early to the airport

2011-07-30 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
A couple of people commented privately and told me that i may be exaggerating. I am not exaggerating: on all my direct flights to and from Israel in the recent years the agents requested that i be at the airport 3 and a half hours before the flight. I am actually happy about it: it's a great

Re: [Wikimania-l] please arrive early to the airport

2011-07-30 Thread Harel Cain
I flew over 20 times in and out of Israel in the last couple of years and was never in the airport more than 2 hours before the flight, and everything was fine. However, for Israelis the procedures can indeed be quicker. From what I know the recommended time to be in TLV for tourists is 3 hours

Re: [Wikimania-l] please arrive early to the airport

2011-07-30 Thread Itzik Edri
I agree with Harel, I also few Dozens times, and I never got more than two hours - two and a half before :) Itzik On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com wrote: I flew over 20 times in and out of Israel in the last couple of years and was never in the airport more

Re: [Wikimania-l] please arrive early to the airport

2011-07-30 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
If you, for example, fly from Marseille to Frankfurt and then to Tel-Aviv, then it may be OK. But double-checking with your travel agent or airline company won't hurt. 2011/7/30 Florence Devouard anth...@anthere.org: Is that the right time to outline that my flight is departing from my city at

Re: [Wikimania-l] please arrive early to the airport

2011-07-30 Thread Milos Rancic
My boss frequently travels on relation Belgrade-Tel Aviv and he said to me that it is necessary to come to airport earlier just in Tel Aviv. In Belgrade (and probably in the rest of Europe) everything is regular, which means that usually just 30-45 minutes is good enough. On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at

Re: [Wikimania-l] please arrive early to the airport

2011-07-30 Thread Thomas Dalton
How early you need to get the airport depends on where you are flying *from*, not where you are flying *to* (apart from whether it is domestic or international, of course). I would suggest people look on the airport's website for advice. For example, London Heathrow airport says:

Re: [Wikimania-l] please arrive early to the airport

2011-07-30 Thread Florence Devouard
Ahah. No, I live in Clermont Fd and the airport is about 10 mn from my house by car. That's a small airport and there are few passengers. Getting in planes is really really really quick and easy. Anyone could be jalous :) I have a transfer in Paris. If there is a fail, it will be in Paris, but

Re: [Wikimania-l] please arrive early to the airport

2011-07-30 Thread Harel Cain
Eventually, everyone makes it to the flight - also in Tel Aviv. One just needs to come on time and be patient enough during the security checks, tiring and annoying as they might be - getting annoyed will just be the wrong thing to do as it might bring on even more questioning. They won't leave