Airport Check-in Open and Closing Times

Check-in counters open at least two hours before departure and close between 40 and 75 minutes before the flight's scheduled departure (depending on origin/destination).

                                                                           FLIGHTS BETWEEN COUNTRIES IN THE SCHENGEN AREA

Flights where both the departure and arrival airports are located within the Schengen Area* (for example, Barcelona–Rome).

  • Check-in desks open: 2 hours before the flight’s departure.
  • Check-in desks close: 40 minutes before the scheduled departure time.
  • Exception: at Amsterdam Airport, check-in desks always close 60 minutes before departure.

 

                                                                  FLIGHTS TO OR FROM COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE SCHENGEN AREA

Flights where both the departure and arrival airports are located within the Schengen Area* (for example, Barcelona–Rome).

  • Check-in desks open: 2 hours before the flight’s departure.
  • Check-in desks close: 40 minutes before the scheduled departure time.
  • Exception: at Amsterdam Airport, check-in desks always close 60 minutes before departure.

You must be at the boarding gate 40 minutes before departure, as indicated on the boarding pass. The boarding gate closes 20 minutes before the scheduled departure time.

Be sure to get there with time to spare!

 

*Schengen Area countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland.

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