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Check-in time limit
Check-in time limit
Check-in is a key element in the process, for this reason you should check-in within an allotted time. These check-in times have recently been lengthened due to increasingly thorough security regulations concerning check-in and boarding.
Alitalia strongly recommends that passengers arrive 2 hours prior to their departure time to allow sufficient time to complete check-in and clear security.
Alitalia checks-in passengers at Heathrow Terminal Terminal 4
Once you have checked in you will receive your boarding pass, and you should go to the boarding gate at the time printed on the boarding pass.
Check-in times at the main Alitalia airports:
| Domestic flights | International flights | Intercontinental flights | |
| From Heathrow | - | 40' | - |
| From Rome Fiumicino | 35' (*) | 45' | 60' |
| From Milan Malpensa | 35' (**) | 45' | 60' |
| From Milan Linate | 25' (***) | 45' | - |
| Rest of Italy | 25' | 45' | 60' |
(*) 40 minutes for Malpensa
(**) 40 minutes for Fiumicino
(***) Should the airport be closed due to fog, the check-in time is fifty minutes before departure time. It is advisable to arrive at the airport well in advance.
See the table for more information on check-in at airports in other countries.
Regarding direct flights from Italy to Accra, Casablanca, Dakar, Lagos, Cairo and Tel Aviv, there is a 60 minute time limit for checking in - to allow for security checks.