Air India considering T2 for US flights hub

[forest]

excellent news
As far as I am concerned the more routes we have the better.
We need more routes into mainland Europe as well as Russia and other CIS states.
I would also like to see direct flights to S.E. Asia
Basically the more the better

[Chrisco]

Would the passengers not have to pass Irish immigration controls when they arrive, and thus need an Irish visa?

Or does T2 have a transit area?

The list of countries requiring a transit visa for Ireland is surprisingly small:

SCHEDULE 2

TRANSIT VISAS ARE REQUIRED BY CITIZENS OF THE FOLLOWING:

AFGHANISTAN
ALBANIA
CUBA
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
GHANA
IRAN
IRAQ
LEBANON
MOLDOVA
MONTENEGRO
NIGERIA
SERBIA
SOMALIA
SRI LANKA
ZIMBABWE

And given that Dublin Airport doesn't have a transit route, you may begin to see why our immigration system is not fit for purpose; they attempt to overcome the system failures by being arses to everyone who applies for a visa.

[seabhcan]

The list of countries requiring a transit visa for Ireland is surprisingly small:



And given that Dublin Airport doesn't have a transit route, you may begin to see why our immigration system is not fit for purpose; they attempt to overcome the system failures by being arses to everyone who applies for a visa.

Am I correct that no-one can physically transit through ireland because there are no transit zones in any of our airports? You have to pass passport control, right?

[kerrynorth]

Am I correct that no-one can physically transit through ireland because there are no transit zones in any of our airports? You have to pass passport control, right?

They must be building it into T2. Shannon has a transit area as well.

[He3]

Am I correct that no-one can physically transit through ireland because there are no transit zones in any of our airports? You have to pass passport control, right?

I have transited in Dublin.

[seabhcan]

I have transited in Dublin.

Without showing a passport? Where where you coming from and where where you going to?

I've heard that they even ask passports from people arriving from Cork.

[kerrynorth]

I've heard that they even ask passports from people arriving from Cork.

Those People's Republic of Cork passports are not recognised in Dublin, or internationally for that matter. :mrgreen:

[goosebump]

Great news.

The DAA should pull out all the stops on this, and Mary Coughlan should be sent on holiday until the deal is done.

[He3]

Without showing a passport? Where where you coming from and where where you going to?

I've heard that they even ask passports from people arriving from Cork.

You were misled


From the US via the Pale Airstrip to the blue skies of the People's Republic.

[seabhcan]

You were misled


From the US via the Pale Airstrip to the blue skies of the People's Republic.

You can enter Ireland from the US without showing a passport? Yet they ask passports from people arriving from Cork? I thought i'd heard it all...