Delayed Flight - Check In

Just a quick question.

Our flight from MCO tonight at 19:30 is now delayed (late inbound aircraft) until 22:45.

Are we still required to check-in as if departure is 19:30. Pretty certain that is the case but 5 hours at airport does not really appeal with three kids.

FM

[buns]

By no means is this a defiantive answer, but in these challenging times, i would be checking in on time to ensure that I was not off loaded.

There are so many trying to get back to the UK, that I would not wish to loose my place

buns

[Darren Wheeler]

Yes, you still need to check-in at the normal time as departures can be brought forward as well as pushed back.

on that subject i watched 2 747s land at man on friday within 5 mins , it was so odd watching 2 move to stand ,

now if there was 2 flights flying on same route an hour between them both the first was delayed by an hour and a half would the get the other flight no ?

[Neil]

No, each flight keeps it's original flight number irrespective of the length of delay.

No, each flight keeps it's original flight number irrespective of the length of delay.

But dont they get an extra letter if more than 24 hours late?

[Neil]

No, each flight keeps it's original flight number irrespective of the length of delay.

But dont they get an extra letter if more than 24 hours late?

Depends. If the flight is cancelled and rescheduled for the next day when that days original flight will also operate then a 1 is added to the front of the cancelled flight number.

If I get notified of a delayed checkin, I typically re-set the time I should get to the airport.

I've done this a few times with Virgin over the years, it's always best to check with them.

I got a heads up of a delay to the SFO-LHR flight a few years back, and spent the afternoon in Santa Cruz instead. I did get there with 2 hours to go, and I was the last one to check in !

Thanks for all the replies.

I checked with VA and they advised to check in based on the revised flight time. We played it cautiously but arrived at the airport at 6:45 for the scheduled 7:30 departure. No problems at all checking in and indeed check in was less busy as a result. Flight departed at 10:30 so still had a wait but nowhere near as long as it could have been.

Since the inbound aircraft was no due until 8:30 we knew it could not be moved back.

FM