Seems strange then the airlines helping you to break the law. In Singapore we had a 8 hour stop over and Singapore airlines put us up in hotel off the airport, but we were given boarding cards on arrival at Singapore for the onward flight.
Same at malaga this year, arrived at 8am, going out a 6pm, Iberia, booked our cases in gave us boarding cards and then put us on there transfer bus in to malaga and our hotel for the day. (we were transfering from an international flight to a domestic flight)
In both cases the airline actively encouraging us to leave the airport, in the case of Singapore Airline, they offered a range of activities off the airport, we nearly took a bus tour around Singapore, but chose to catch up on some sleep.
In both cases our hold luggage was booked through to our destination.
At no time were we told we could not leave the airport and as I say, where encouraged to do so.
 
I can't remember if it's TranSec, DfT or IATA. I'll try and locate a link.
 
Aviador: I am sure your information is correct, however, actions by airlines dont support the rules.
 
Tarn Spotter said:
Aviador: I am sure your information is correct, however, actions by airlines dont support the rules.

I'm still struggling to find the relevant body who made the rule but here's one airports website FAQs


Once I have checked in, can I leave the airport?

Due to security restrictions you are not permitted to leave the airport once you have checked luggage in.

http://www.newquaycornwallairport.com/travel/faqs
 
I can't think what security implications would impact on someone checking in luggage and then leaving the airport. The fact that it's realistically unenforceable means that airlines/airports will have to ensure that all checked in luggage is screened if they really are worried that someone might check in something nasty in their luggage and then skedaddle. In the Newquay example only the law abiding would comply. A terrorist would not.

The fact that easyJet and other airlines allow luggage to be checked in the night before at Gatwick (without expecting the passenger to remain at the airport all night) shows how mixed and muddled the regimes are at airports across the UK.

http://www.gatwickairport.com/at-the-ai ... -check-in/

I suspect the practical reason that airlines and airports don't like passengers leaving the premises after they've checked in luggage is that if the flight is suddenly brought forward (less likely) or passengers have to be bussed to another airport (more likely) they don't want some passengers away from the airport and out of contact.
 
What if security need to check your baggage thinking it looks suspicious? Meanwhile you have left the airport site to go for lunch. By the time you're tucking into your roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes, Security would be going through the motions of involving the Police and other security agencies.
 
What if security need to check your baggage thinking it looks suspicious? Meanwhile you have left the airport site to go for lunch. By the time you're tucking into your roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes, Security would be going through the motions of involving the Police and other security agencies.

I suppose that would also apply to Gatwick where luggage can be checked in overnight and the passengers allowed to go home (or wherever else they might go).

With the Gatwick situation any passengers who know about it and fly from another UK airport could understandably assume that if passengers can leave the airport there after checking in luggage they can do so at any airport in the UK.

At Bristol Airport it's a common sight to see dozens of passengers lying on the grassy slopes outside the terminal on sunny days presumably after having checked in their luggage because there rarely if ever seems to be any with them other than hand luggage. They would be out of contact just as much as if they'd slipped off to the local cafe.

Your point though is a valid one but does seem to have been sidestepped by Gatwick and at places such as Bristol where passengers are not stopped from leaving the terminal to sunbathe on the grass.
 
It's not just Gatwick that has this facility, Thomson also offer a day before bag drop off at Manchester and Birmingham. From their website

Can I drop my bags at the airport the day before I fly?

Yes - if you're flying with Thomson Airways from Gatwick, Manchester or Birmingham, and your flight departs during the morning, you can drop off your luggage from 12.00 midday to 10pm the day before you fly.
 
Aviador: The more I think about it the more events I can recall where I have been encouraged to leave the airport. Can remember an 18 hour stop over in Tokyo on route to Australia and being unsure what to declare on the immigration card as knew I was going in to the city and told just to put "Transfer"
Taken by car to my hotel and on my return taken through customs straight to the executive lounge, no queueing at customs or the booking gate as I had all my documents.
The whole reason I took this route was to get a few hours in Tokyo as unlikely ever again to happen, I specifically extended my stopover to give me time to explore, all well known to the airline.
Certainly this year at malaga, when we arrived asked at the Iberia desk if I could leave our cases somewhere as we had hours before our flight, just asked for our boarding cards, cases booked in and then they provided us with a transfer in to the city.
There was many americans who had come of early transalantic flights, who were treated the same.
I am sure if security wanted to be in my case they would not wait for me to open it, have had my case opened by security on a few occasions over the last 60 years and no one has asked my permission, in America 30 years ago just cut off my locks.
 
In the EU aviation security cannot open baggage without the passenger being present. I'm still struggling to find the specific rule highlighting that passengers must not leave the airport once they've checked baggage. The standard EU regulations EC300 and EU185 sets out the basic aviation regulations and associated implementing and supplementing acts whilst the Single Consolidated Direction (Aviation) 2010 sets out the More Stringent Measures implemented by the DFT here in the UK. In any case I suspect the airport will not be supporting this application on the grounds of reduced revenue streams.
 
Fears restaurant plan near Leeds Bradford airport could hit town centre trade

The plans have been recommended, "the scheme in principle is considered acceptable". For me at least it is a shame the land couldn't have been used for something more airport related. The company behind the new pub as some hotels which would have been more suitable for the area given it's proximity to the airport.
 
Would be impossible to site in the city cente with its need for 100+ plus parking spaces. Not sure the group but as a local resident I am all for it, the area needs restaurant sites with this amount of parking. I was looking to book a local site last year and I struggled to find one with adequate parking and in the end book outside the area.
 
Aviador said:
Fears restaurant plan near Leeds Bradford airport could hit town centre trade

The plans have been recommended, "the scheme in principle is considered acceptable". For me at least it is a shame the land couldn't have been used for something more airport related. The company behind the new pub as some hotels which would have been more suitable for the area given it's proximity to the airport.

Couldn't agree more Aviador. If the forward numbers forecast for LBA ever comes to fruition (which I doubt) the area will be so short of hotel rooms that everyone will be clambering for new hotels to be built yesterday and, at the same time, criticising the Council for not doing anything. Can't win situation for them again?

Do you think that the 'employment' designation for the site has prevented the developers from seeking a hotel/restaurant as they have been advised that such a change of plan would be a bridge too far and wouldn't get passed but that a half way house, ie restaurant only, would be looked on favourably? That scenario sounds entirely feasible to me.
 
There has been activity in the field off Warren House Lane opposite Airport West for approx. 2 months now, to the left of the 14 TDZ. Anyone know what they are doing? the field is gated, but not within the airport perimeter fence.
 
Bring it on!!! Summer evenings sat outside watching aircraft land until last orders.
 
A friend tells me there is now a sign saying Farmhouse Inn coming soon.

Look forward to trying a carvery meal,then watching some planes with a pint in hand!
 
Great that something will finally occupy the site at long last, not so great that it's not airport related but as people have already pointed out, at least the spotters and meeter and greeters will have somewhere to go without being fleeced by the airport and their catering mob.

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Former plans for the Airport West site.
 

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