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 closed 45 minutes before, which I first thought very
early.
Also with his advice now I'm gradually realizing why the TLV departure
flood was so clouded, although it was 5 AM - the morning departure
might mean one has to arrive the airport much earlier.
Cheers,
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Amir E. Aharoni
<amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
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 half hours
before the departure! For example, if your flight departs at 22:00,
you must already be at the airport at 18:30. Yes, that is a lot of
time. It is needed because of security checks, although it doesn't
mean that you'll spend three hours in interrogations and X-rays -
you'll probably spend most of it reading or browsing the duty-free
store. Nevertheless, don't arrive late!
The same is true for the return flight: When you go from Israel back
home, arrive at the Ben-Gurion airport three and a half hours before
the departure.
Make sure you take a good book to spend the waiting time productively! :)
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