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Edinburgh Airport 5 star review on 17th June 2017

Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Poorly run lots of employees with clipboards ticking all the boxes baggage nothing really happens takes a lifetime embarrassment compared to other countries but this is what happens when every employee has a pen”

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Posted 2 days ago

“What went wrong.... We used Edinburgh airport. Rudest staff ever at check-in and arrivals, security and passport control are a disgrace. Secuity staff displayed childish behavior, hinging on absurd (told my elderly mother very rudly, she would need to checkin a mascara or bin it) i said i would add it to my liquid bag, which seem to upset her no end, so she proceeded to go through all her baggage very slowly, felt like she was doing this purely as revenge for not getting to bin the item. Pasport control, staff screaming at eneryone at top of their voices to move at because we were queing all the way up the stairs, there was nowhere to go because it was full. 45mins que, No exception for elderly or people with small children and babies. 80 mins from landing to exiting the airport is unacceptable, back to Glasgow or Newcastle for us in future, dont need this place blighting my memories, holidays are too expensive these days to be tarnished by this joke of a place.”

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Posted 6 days ago

“OCS failure to get us where we were meant to be. On arrival DUMPED at wrong gate. FAILED to get our flight. Lost TIME. Spent more time travelling, 5 out of 7 days. On return DUMPED again. Promised help with expenses. DUMPED again. Emails blocked. DUMPED again. Thomas Miller and his team (bar Sarah) need memory help. If you want to be DUMPED go to Edinburgh airport and visit OCS. Mr Dewar time to up the service or end up in the dump. Andrew.”

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Posted 6 days ago

“Everything. OCS put us to wrong gate. Lost our flight. Lost precious time with family. Spent time in places we did not want to go. Spent time in Edinburgh Airport through no fault of our own. Promised compensation. Never happened. Dumped on our return trip by OCS again. Thomas Miller OCS duty manager promised us he would handle it all. One telephone call and nothing. Blocked our emails. Edinburgh airport does not care for people. Sad.”

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Posted 1 week ago

Thank you for your review. If you haven't already, please reach out to us using our contact form and we will be able to look into this for you: https://support.edinburghairport.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new Kind regards, Customer Support Team

Posted 1 week ago

“I have flown through more airports globally than I can name, and by far Edinburgh Airport security has been the most off-putting. Rather than making things safer, the carryon baggage search at Edinburgh Airport is at the point of being silly. Other airports across the globe abide by regulation restrictions on liquids, but at Edinburgh Airport even the regulation sizes are treated with suspicion and tested. This includes the vanity sets which airlines give customers to fly with, this includes mascara and an individual eye drop vial (which is only a few ccs and is less than one small spoonful). Never before had I seen a flight attendant have their carry on luggage inspected with a fine tooth comb. I don’t think Edinburgh Airport security genuinely believed any of these things or myself or the flight attendant were of risk (I have a Global Entry security clearance myself). After spending 20 minutes going through my carry on bag and finding nothing in violation of regulations, the security officer pointed to the handbag on my shoulder which had already been X-rayed and had already passed security and asked about the contents of the handbag.The security team does their job with no accountability, no supervisor we can complain to, and they can and do get away with playing childish power games which waste time, are off putting and serve no purpose in making the airport any safer. This was my first visit to Scotland. Nothing in my personal profile makes me a suspicious person. I have always been a peaceful, law abiding person who enjoys traveling, but I will choose never to fly through Edinburgh Airport again. It’s just not worth it.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Thank you for your review, If you haven't already, please reach out to us using our contact form and we will be able to look into this for you: https://support.edinburghairport.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new Kind regards, Customer Support Team

Posted 2 weeks ago

“It's the first time I've ever received anything free at the airport, I didn't realise assaulted was complimentary at Edinburgh airport. So don't ever ask a question like why because if you do men in security think that they have the right to man handle you and push you physically to move on and shout, anywhere else that's assault why is it not in the airport?? and when you ask to speak to a supervisor why are you told "I don't understand why you need to speak to a supervisor" but if you don't understand why I need to speak to a supervisor I don't know what you people get up to. Putting hands on people is not normal!!”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

If you haven't already, please reach out to us using our contact form and we will be able to look into this for you: https://support.edinburghairport.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new Kind regards, Customer Support Team

Posted 2 weeks ago

“British airports generally seem to be far worse than most other developed countries and edinburgh is one of the worst in Britain. It was badly designed from the outset with sub-standard materials and its now also filthy and dilapidated. It is a disgrace to edinburgh. I don’t know how much profit is being derived from the airport - it seems plenty busy - but it certainly isn’t being appropriately reinvested in the airport”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“Returning home, having been in multiple slick airports, only to sit on the plane waiting for a gate.. 30 minutes later and still no news. Frustrated and tired crew and passengers. Edinburgh Airport disappoints AGAIN.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“Women cleaning in the men’s restrooms around the urinal next to me as I’m using it. Completely inappropriate. Apparently men in the airport are not entitled to dignity, respect, and privacy like female customers are. So much for equality, it’s disgusting perverted experience.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

“Just try to contact them by phone with any enquiry that is not on their list, its awful. How can a major international airport have no one to answer questions outside 9 to 5 . unbelievably awful. I wasted ages and still could not speak to a human. Its a disgrace!”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Thank you for your review. The team can be contacted on live chat or social media from 7am-6pm during the week and 8.30am-4.30pm at the weekend. Our phone lines are operation from 9am-2pm Monday to Friday and our feedback form accepts submissions 24 hours a day. Kind regards, Customer Support Team

Posted 2 weeks ago

“I've used Edinburgh airport several times over the past two or so years and it never fails to curl my toes and make me grimace. Ceiling tiles missing, others stained, floors messy, unclean, worn out signage, tarmac paths that are pitted and rutted. What an under-funded embarrassment. Arrivals is akin to a 1960s eastern-bloc cliche but never mind, there's an Irn-Bru vending machine to make it all right. Jet-washing, proper maintenance and cleaning routines and at least a smidgen of respect would make a big difference, but clearly no-one in a position of authority can be bothered to implement any of those. As a first impression of our country it's a very sad and bad joke. The general populace should crowd-fund large banners proclaiming our own national embarrassment at what visitors have to encounter and endure. Not good enough by those responsible, and not by a long way.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

“Landed from Tenerife over 80 minutes ago and luggage still not arrived. Service is terrible!!! and this isn't the first time either. Would’ve been quicker travelling from Glasgow and would be in the house by now too.”

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Posted 1 month ago

“As a proud Scotsman, I am embarrassed and ashamed of Edinburgh airport. From arrival Via Roads littered with potholes and faded markings. A long stay car park that’s a shambles With the entrance dug up and abandoned, no shuttle bus anymore, so a walk along an undefined, uncovered, badly lit path, no signs and with no trolleys for baggage. Good luck. The whole airport, Poor organisation, badly run, underfunded, lacking maintenance, disillusioned and fed up staff. Rip off prices at every turn, Traveler’s are simply a target to be exploited, thats what it feels like. I’ve read replies from customer services to other poor reviews, its alway an excuse and never the Airports fault???? Yes it is!!!! Take ownership of the issues, better organisation and planning. Proper leadership from the top for starters. I visit plenty other clean, efficient, well run airports. What’s happened Edinburgh airport????? Terrible, terrible terrible. Embarrassing, embarrassing!!!! I am ashamed. After family discussion, we will now only use Edinburgh Airport as a last resort, why would anyone use this Airport unless they had to. Get a grip Edinburgh Airport.”

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Posted 1 month ago

“Flying from Edinburgh to Dublin on EI3257 schedule departure was at 16.45 arriving at 18.00 on Tuesday the 5th of May. The boarding process started but unfortunately, after we had scanned our boarding cards and had lined up to board the plane, ground staff informed us that there were technical difficulties and the flight was delayed. There was approximately 50 customers and we all sat patiently for an update. Aer Lingus operates another flight at 19.50 and we were informed that there were 28 places available and the ground staff would release a list of passengers being accommodated on it. They were just waiting on instructions from management. So far, so good. Obviously any people travelling with young children, older passengers or anyone needing special assistance should be accommodated first. (Wrong assumption- a family with a young child and an older lady were not). The next six hours were like being in an episode of Fawlty Towers. The ground staff made an announcement for people with checked baggage to approach the gate. As the plane being used is a small propeller plane that is almost everyone. After about 40 minutes with the at least 10 people still in the line they informed that the later plane was now full. All business travels like myself were excluded. I asked a member of ground staff where was the list to which he replied there was none and they allocated seats to people who had luggage in the hold. I informed him, that, it was customary practice for airlines to prioritize seats based on class of ticket purchased (Aerspace, Advantage- type ticket which is the closest you can get to business benefits on regular Aer Lingus European flights) and loyalty in that airline tier program. He replied "I do not care if you are the Managing Director of Aer Lingus everybody gets treated the same here". He added that this was an unusual situation. (Really a plane being delayed in an airport) He was totally overwhelmed. Anytime after this when a passenger enquired what was happening he replied" I know nothing", just like Manuel from Fawlty Towers. We were issued with a 5 pound food voucher at around 4.30, little did we know that this would have to last us till around mid-night. Anyway all shops in Edinburgh Airport close at 8pm as the last departing flight was 20.15. We were first informed that there was a replacement plane being sent over. Next we were told that the original plane would be ready at 10pm and if it was later hotel accommodation would be considered. Anytime anybody went for an update the ground staff would sit and walk to the far end of the airport. Totally comical. To add to the misery people were getting hungry and the automated announcement every 15 minutes of offering burgers, pizzas and coffee and that EDI had your back was infuriating. More like getting your back-up. At last, in came our knight in shinning armour, the manager of the ground staff, or as it turned out the star of the show "Basil". He informed us that the flight was now scheduled to take-off between 11.30pm and 12.30 am but this could change. We asked about hotel accommodation as some of us had been here for 8 hours and there was nowhere to get hot food or drink. He said that was not an option. We asked for more information on the flight status and for clarification on how the seats on the earlier flight were allocated. At this stage he got angry and stated that they had got 28 people off and that his shift was ended and his supervisor had told him to do three hours overtime. One of the ladies asked to speak to his supervisor which he stated was not going to happen. He was not a happy bunny and we got the blunt of his displeasure. At least he was getting paid to be in the airport unlike the rest of us. He sat behind the desk and scowled at anyone who approached him. I wonder if EDI use episodes of Fawlty Towers as training programs for customer care. At last we boarded our plane around 11.30 and were informed that a technician had to be flown in from Dublin on the earlier flight to handle the situation. One customer who had the equivalent of a business class ticket asked for a tea and was told that it was to be paid for. I recently flew from Frankfurt to Singapore where my six year old daughter fainted 2 hours into a 14 hour flight. She subsequently had to go to the hospital twice while in Singapore. To say, that was a better experience then flying through Edinburgh airport is not an understatement. There is absolutely no advantage flying with Aer Lingus, which by the way, has no longer got lounge access in Edinburgh if this is the sought of treatment you get when you spend €283 euro return compared to Ryanair €33.”

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Posted 1 month ago

“Time for luggage to come through is appalling. Have used Edinburgh airport often and have found this is a common problem. Why can’t it be addressed?”

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Posted 1 month ago

Thank you for your review. I appreciate the frustration that can be caused by baggage waits, and this is clearly not the experience we want passengers to have. It’s important to note that the transportation and delivery of baggage is the responsibility of handling agents, and these companies are contracted by airlines to fulfil this role. This is not something the airport itself has direct involvement in. This is not us passing the buck, or shifting the blame elsewhere, but just the way the process works. It’s important we provide this context to help you understand the roles and responsibilities. Kind regards, Customer Support Team

Posted 1 month ago

“Has to be the worst experience of our lives. Landed on Christmas day with no trolleys available by the carousel and so we couldn't take all our bags outside the border double auto doors. Some bags were left inside and we could not go back in to get them. Had a 9 month baby crying and exhausted. No staff member willing to help and the border force being really rude.”

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Posted 2 months ago

“Having arrived back in Edinburgh myself and 5 others needing wheelchair assistance were quickly and safely taken through passport control to the baggage reclaim only to find no trolleys yet again. My wife and I had three bags. One bag put under my wheelchair, the other 23kg pulled by the poor man who was pushing my chair and the third by my wife who at 75 years old and awaiting an hip replacement herself struggled all the way to bus stance 7. This is an absolute disgrace for an International airport. I noted that there were plenty trolleys lying outside the terminal. Even Tesco manages to return trolleys back to the shop where they are needed. Come on Edinburgh buck up your ideas.”

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Posted 3 months ago

Thank you for your review, I understand how frustrating it will have been to discover there were no trolleys available. Our trolleys are in constant rotation, which means once they have left an area, they must be collected by a member of staff, and processed back into their designated zones. This unfortunately takes time, and on this occasion has meant that the area you were in had no available trolleys. Kind regards, Customer Support Team

Posted 3 months ago

“This was our first time using Edinburgh Airport for a short break in Amsterdam. The departure suite is acceptable and facilities are in line with a small airport. Our flight back was delayed at Schipol for nearly an hour and an half which was one of those things I suppose. That was nothing compared to Edinburgh Airport. Arrivals was an absolute shambles. Long wait for ground crew to arrive at aircraft. We were bussed to terminal building which was so overcrowded we were not allowed off bus for 10-15 mins. After being allowed off the bus it took over an hour to go through passport control. There was a fast track if you paid for it…. Eventually having got through passport control it was over a hour wait before our luggage arrived on carousel ! The aircraft had been landed over 2 and a half hours previous ! If we had paid extra for fast track through passport control we would have had a two hour wait at carousel. The airport is so mismanaged or understaffed…..I really don’t know which. I will NOT be using again if I can possibly help it !”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Edinburgh is easily one of the worst airports I have ever experienced. My main grumble is with security, it seems that every time I want to fly somewhere they want to stop me, even though I have followed all the procedures correctly such as removing any items with metal e.g belt, smart watch, phone, even my specs, liquids to go through on tray. Despite doing everything required they have sent me through an additional full body scanner. Also, latest was on returning from Tenerife when customs stopped me for reasons unknown and not explained to me. I had scanned my passport successfully and been let through only for a customs chap to stop me exiting. He then asked me where I had flown from, did I live in Scotland and how long for (i was born in Scotland and always lived here), how long I was away for, what for, did i have any additional items to declare, as if I was a criminal. Only item I had was aftershave bought from a Tenerife airport Duty Free shop. He also scanned my cabin bag which had previously been scanned and let through at Tenerife without any issues and only contained clothes, wash items, chargers for phone, watch and a mini music speaker. It was embarassing being led away like that when I had done nothing wrong. I consider it harassment as only happens to me at Edinburgh airport and on numerous occasions. Customs is a new one though, guess they want to vary my harassment now. Would be good to have an explanation on why they keep on doing this to me! Looks like the only way for me to stop this harassment is by not flying from or to Edinburgh airport. I am actually thinking about keeping a notebook with me and recording in it everytime i am stopped by Edinburgh airport security. Might even complain to my local MSP.”

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Posted 3 months ago

Thank you for your review. The Security team will only ask those who activate the walk through metal detector to enter the body scanner, the team have no control over who activates unfortunately and I hope it isn't too much inconvenience however the safety of all customers is of paramount importance. Kind regards, Customer Support Team

Posted 3 months ago

“Absolutely terrible experience. Travelling with infant and no trolleys. Baggage left near carousel and no staff member willing to help. Waited for 2 hours while baby was hungry and tired”

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Posted 4 months ago

Edinburgh Airport is rated 3.6 based on 1,326 reviews