Check-in

Check-in Times

See the check-in times and start your trip the best way, without worries.

General check-in conditions

Find out the check-in times at the airport you are leaving from. Don’t be late and catch this flight.

Available from:

  • 36 hours Before departure.
  • 24 Hours Before departure to and from the USA.
  • No hold baggage - If you check-in online, via the mobile application or at the self check-in kiosks, you can go directly to the boarding gate. However, at Algiers, Accra, Casablanca, Marrakech and Tangier airports you should go to a check-in desk to get this access.
  • With hold baggage - You must leave it at the drop-off desk in the airport.
To ensure that your flight leaves on time, all passengers must be at the boarding gate 30 minutes before the departure time.

Departure locations

The cut-off times for check-in and dropping off hold baggage vary depending on the departure airport. 
 
See the specific cut-off times here.

Airports of A - C

Airport Hold baggage drop-off counter opening time Cut-off time for check-in and dropping off hold baggage
Accra 2 hours 1 hour
Alicante 2 hours 45 minutes
Amsterdam 2 hours and 30 minutes 45 minutes
Banjul 3 hours  1 hour and 20 minutes
Barcelona 2 hours 45 minutes
Belém 4 hours 1 hour
Belo Horizonte 4 hours 1 hour
Berlin 2 hours 45 minutes
Bilbao 2 hours 45 minutes
Bissau < 3 hours 1 hour and 30 minutes
Boa Vista 3 hours 1 hour
Bologna 2 hours and 30 minutes 45 minutes
Boston 3 hours and 30 minutes 1 hour
Brasilia 4 hours and 15 minutes 1 hour
Brussels 2 hours and 30 minutes 45 minutes
Caracas 6 hours 2 hours 
Casablanca 2 hours 1 hour
Cancún  3 hours  1 hour
Chicago 3 hours 1 hour
Copenhagen 2 hours 45 minutes

Airports of D - H

Airport Hold baggage drop-off counter opening time Cut-off time for check-in and dropping off hold baggage
Dakar 3 hours 1 hour
Dublin 2h30  45 minutes 
Dusseldorf 2 hours 45 minutes
Faro 2 hours 45 minutes
Florence 2 hours 45 minutes
Fortaleza 4 hours 1 hour
Frankfurt 2 hours 45 minutes
Funchal 2 hours 45 minutes
Geneva From 4:45 am to 8:30 pm 45 minutes
Gran Canaria < 2 hours 45 minutes
Hamburg 2 hours 40 minutes

Airports of I - L

Airport Hold baggage drop-off counter opening time Cut-off time for check-in and dropping off hold baggage
Lisbon From 4.00 am to 0.00 45 minutes (Ponte Aérea) | 45 minutes (Europe) | 1 hour (Intercontinental)
London (Gatwick and Heathrow) 2 hours 45 minutes
Luanda 3 hours 1 hour
Luxembourg 2 hours 45 minutes
Lyon 2 hours 45 minutes

Airports of M - O

Airport Hold baggage drop-off counter opening time Cut-off time for check-in and dropping off hold baggage
Madrid 2 hours 45 minutes
Malaga 2 hours 45 minutes
Manchester 2 hours 45 minutes
Maputo 2 hours 1 hour
Marrakech 2 hours 1 hour
Marseille 2 hours 45 minutes
Miami 4 hours 1 hour
Milan (Malpensa) 2 hours and 30 minutes 45 minutes
Munich From 4:30 am to 9:30 pm 45 minutes
Naples  2 hours and 30 minutes  45 minutes 
Natal 4 hours 1 hour
New York (JFK) 2 hours 1 hour
New York (Newark) 3 hours and 30 minutes 1 hour
Nice 2 hours 45 minutes
Oslo 2 hours 45 minutes

Airports of P - R

Airport Hold baggage drop-off counter opening time Cut-off time for check-in and dropping off hold baggage
Paris 2 hours 45 minutes
Ponta Delgada 6 hours 45 minutes
Porto < 3 hours 45 minutes (Ponte Aérea) | 45 minutes (Europe) | 1 hour (Intercontinental)
Porto Alegre 4 hours and 35 minutes 1 hour
Porto Santo 2 hours 45 minutes
Prague 2 hours 45 minutes
Praia 3 hours 1 hour
Recife 4 hours 1 hour
Rio de Janeiro 3 hours 1 hour
Rome 2 hours and 30 minutes 45 minutes

Airports of S - T

Airport Hold baggage drop-off counter opening time Cut-off time for check-in and dropping off hold baggage
Sal 3 hours 1 hour
Salvador 3 hours and 30 minutes 1 hour
San Francisco
3 hours
1 hour
Sao Paulo (Guarulhos) 4 hours 1 hour
Sao Tome 3 hours 1 hour
Sao Vicente 3 hours 1 hour
Seville 2 hours 45 minutes
Stockholm 2 hours 45 minutes
Stuttgart < 2 hours 45 minutes
Tangier 2 hours 45 minutes
Tel Aviv  4 hours  1 hour 
Tenerife  2 hours  45 minutes
Terceira 6 hours 45 minutes
Toronto 3 hours and 30 minutes 1 hour
Toulouse < 2 hours 45 minutes

Airports of U - Z

Airport Hold baggage drop-off counter opening time Cut-off time for check-in and dropping off hold baggage
Valencia 2 hours 45 minutes
Venice 2 hours 45 minutes
Vienna From 4:30 am to 11 pm 45 minutes
Warsaw 2 hours 45 minutes
Washington
3 hours  1 hour
Zurich 2 hours 45 minutes