Aberdeen Airport

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1/10

"more like a bus station"

(United Kingdom)

Not Verified | This Airport is more like a bus station and really needs to be extended. The wait at security is getting beyond a joke and I believe the plan is to delay access airside until some flights are boarding due to the critical lack of space. Staff are sub standard and mostly quite rude and security like to carry out random tests to learn how the tech works. Honestly a terrible experience.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitApril 2018
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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3/10

"obviously a problem for BA to sort"

(United Kingdom)

Trip Verified | British Airways no longer have a presence in Aberdeen, instead they use Swissport who are useless. They regularly forget to put the rear steps to the aircraft on time, forcing passengers to use the front door, the rear steps are then brought in and you battle to get through to your seat. On my last flight out of Aberdeen gate staff failed to tell passengers which steps to use and again it was chaos on board with regular flyers using the rear steps unable to get through the crown to their seats. This is obviously a problem for BA to sort.
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitApril 2018
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
no
1/10

"they were not enforcing basic rules"

(United Kingdom)

Trip Verified | The security staff are below a standard that I would expect, I thought everyone had to take jackets and shoes off during security inspection but apparently not, as soon as I asked why they were not enforcing basic rules they just took me to one side for a full body scan which I do not mind but it was to shut me up. As soon as they had done two others were asking the same question. If your a terrorist you walk through security as you will not be stopped.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitMarch 2018
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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1/10

"Aberdeen learn from these reviews"

(United Kingdom)

Trip Verified | Honestly. This airport calls itself International. They dream. Have the powers that be visited any other airports to compare? El Hierro, a tiny Canary Island has better facilities, more helpful staff and a quicker check in. Firstly you cannot check in at Aberdeen until about 2 hours before your flight, if Tenerife can take you at any point on departure day, why not Aberdeen? Then the check in procedure is slow. My husband checked on the way out, it took three minutes per group. At Tenerife it was one minute. The acoustics in the general proles departure lounge are so bad that often you cant hear what the announcement refers to. The food and drink is horribly expensive airside, and the condition of the seats in the general departure lounge is nothing short of appalling. The loos, whilst quite clean, are showing signs of wear. The final insult is the lack of covered walkways/airbridges to flights. On the way out we were told it was gate 1, only to find that gate 1 has about 5 subgates, so one hundred metres later you get to queue at a door, to be sent another 200 metres to your plane. On the way back, having come from Tenerife 28 degree heat, we were greeted with 2 degrees and rain, and we still had to go down uncovered metal slippery wet steps and walk in an uncovered walkway to the terminus. Please please Aberdeen learn from these reviews!
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitMarch 2018
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Airport Staff 12345
no
2/10

"the airport is abysmal"

(United Kingdom)

Verified Review | As a means of providing a visitor's first impression of this town, the airport is abysmal. The new buildings might improve the terminal, but it isn't going to improve the staff's poor customer service. Miserable, grumpy, slow to open check-in desks on time, and this morning nothing short of rude. The passenger facilities are archaic and more befitting a regional airport in the United States, rather than a so-called International Airport. I really hope the parking charges (that are extortionate) are being put to good use. We aren't all rich oil executives or workers, and I'm tempted to travel via Edinburgh from now on.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitAugust 2017
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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1/10

"really needs to improve passenger comfort"

(United Kingdom)

Verified Review | Aberdeen airport really needs to improve passenger comfort. It is not pleasant having to fly regularly from this airport. Last week during boarding on a flight to Amsterdam, they were boarding a flight to Paris and another to Alicante and put everyone in lines, pretty much almost mixed up. People were asking which line was their flight, etc. Total confusion. Plus some rude staff members kept shouting for people to squeeze to the sides.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitJuly 2017
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
no
1/10

"rip off pick up parking charges"

(United Kingdom)

Unverified | I would only like to add my agreement to the majority of complaints about my home city of Aberdeen's abysmal airport. From the catastrophic security system to the rip off pick up parking charges (£2 for 15 minutes then £10 if you are a minute longer), the whole experience leaves me frustrated and ashamed of being an Aberdonian. I avoid it at all costs and prefer to drive an hour or two to other airports if at all possible.
Experience At AirportTransit
Date VisitJune 2017
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages N/A
Airport Staff 12345
no
1/10

"staff very unpleasant

(United Kingdom)

Verified Review | Aberdeen airport is a total joke! Zero comfort for passengers, no options for some decent meal and the staff is usually very unpleasant. If you happen to fly in peak times be ready to be in queues all the way until you literally board the plane. Needs proper intervention!
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitJune 2017
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
no
10/10

"it never seems too crowded"

(United Kingdom)

Verified Review | It may be a small airport but I like it. The very fact that you can smoke after security makes all the difference in the world. There is a decent selection of shops and it never seems too crowded. I would pay the £1 every time if it meant keeping the smoking area. To be honest if you knock on the door someone will open it anyway.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitMarch 2017
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
yes
1/10

"Aberdeen airport is awful"

(United Kingdom)

Verified Review | Aberdeen airport is awful. Like many regional airports it has been reorganised in its original footprint by people who are determined to maximise the inconvenience of passengers (just like Stansted, Manchester, Edinburgh, Gatwick et al). It is cheap and nasty. The security area is appalling with a bottleneck deliberately created into a single scanner that invariably goes off requiring a 360 degree body scan and removal of shoes (not required at LHR in identical circumstances). The scan detected an issue with my shirt cuffs which I could understand if I had been wearing metal cufflinks but there was a button that seemed to be the issue that was not even inspected I was just told 'that's ok'. Multiply this by people in the queue and hey presto that is why there is a queue. Now I know all the safety stuff is important but this seems ridiculous and inconsistent. The exit from the security area is a narrow chicane so agian it just adds to congestion. Airside is dismal with not enough seats and filthy and limited toilet facilities. There are plenty of security guards (why?) and airport staff sitting about but clearly no effective management. All-in-all a pitiful example of a regional airport that poorly serves the area and any passenger unfortunate enough to travel through it. I am not sure who owns it but whoever does should be ashamed.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitMarch 2017
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
no