What to do at the airport?

Soon you will have your first flight on an airplane, and you do not know what is going to be at the airport? In this article, Elhau will tell you what to do at the airport.

First Flight: it's important to know

The airport must appear in advance, usually registration for the flight is announced 2 hours before the departure of the aircraft.
Hand luggage (baggage that you plan to takewith them to the cabin of the aircraft). It is necessary to take into account its dimensions and weight. In addition, it is forbidden to carry on board the aircraft in hand luggage: piercing and cutting objects, liquids in containers more than 100 ml (they must be packaged tightly). However, the ban on capacity of more than 100 ml does not apply to baby food, it is examined separately.
Baggage. When collecting a suitcase, it is necessary to take into account the maximum permissible free baggage allowance per person (for different airlines it is different, but basically ranges from 20-23 kg per person).
Shopping in duty-free shops. Remember, if you have transplants, then better to buy before the last connecting flight, as on the inspection of the purchase made at the previous airport can be withdrawn.

What to do at the airport: registration

Registration starts within 2 hours, and ends45 minutes before departure. In order to understand which racks are calculated for your flight, you need to find the board with the schedule of departures. Usually, check-in for the flight takes place on several racks, when selecting a queue, be sure to pay attention to the pointers: what class is taken at this rack. Choose a queue corresponding to the class indicated in your ticket.

While you are standing in line, prepare your owntickets and passport. At the check-in desk, you will be issued boarding passes, while tickets can be taken away to the bag - they will only be useful for you on the next flight (if you have a ticket for several flights at once). Also, at this stage you will hand over the luggage, the luggage number with its weight will stick to the boarding pass - do not lose it.

Passport and customs control

After registering for the flight, you need to pass passport and customs control (international communication).

There are airports where customs control takes place before check-in for a flight. If you do not have things to declare, then you need to choose a green corridor, if there is - red.

In the passport control area you will need a passport and boarding pass. You return the documents to the window, stand and wait, when you return the stamped documents.

Personal inspection

Before personal inspection it is necessary to pull outpockets all metal items, mobile, remove the strap, shoes and outerwear. All that was removed, put in a special basket and put on the tape, so that all things went through the scanner.

If you have successfully completed all the stages, you can go to duty-free or waiting room at the exit number specified in the boarding pass and wait when you are invited to board.