The new terminal, which houses 60 check-in desks as well as shops, bars and restaurants, will increase capacity to five million passengers a year.

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At the airport, the completion of the 272-room Montreal Airport Marriott in 2009 atop the US departure terminal means the transfer time from bed to check-in desk can be less than two minutes.

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Which terminal or ticket counter do they go to for check in?

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The screens detail the day's flights, the airlines, terminal and departure times, while the three new check-in kiosks allow customers flying on Delta Air Lines Inc.

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Participation in the scheme is free and enrolment only takes a few minutes at the two dedicated miSense check-in kiosks set up in the terminal for both Cathay Pacific and Emirates passengers.

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On Wednesday Heathrow Express, a train that connects central London to Heathrow airport in about 15 minutes, opened its first flight-information display screens and check-in services at its Paddington Station terminal in London.

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The companies used an unspecified infrared-equipped Palm device and a Toshiba Libretto, which beamed requests for check authorizations to a point-of-sale terminal, in this case a VeriFone Tranz 330 that was retrofitted with an infrared device from ACTiSYS and a custom cable from CrossCheck.

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The next day, May 28, 1991, I stepped off an El Al plane at Ben Gurion Airport, and before reaching the passport check, I walked up the stairs of the old terminal building to the Ministry of Absorption's offices and officially made aliyah.

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On Sunday, passenger lines to the security check at one stage went all along the departure hall in Terminal 2.

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