List of Airports Where Emirates e-boarding Passes Are Allowed for Check-In

An earlier version of this article named the airports where Emirates accepted an e-boarding pass for check-in. Emirates now says the digital pass works almost everywhere on its network and has dropped the list. Below is how to obtain one and the times that matter.

Getting the pass

  • Complete check-in on the website or in the Emirates app, then keep the pass in the app, on the phone or in a wallet app.
  • The app remembers your details, which speeds up the next check-in.
  • Agents who check you in at the airport or at your address in Dubai can email you a digital pass or print one.

Where it works

Emirates states that the phone version is accepted at nearly every airport it serves. If an airport insists on paper, the desk prints one for you. At Dubai International you can also tag your own bags and collect the pass at contactless kiosks driven from your phone.

Times to remember

StepBefore departure
Airport check-in opens3 hours at most airports (up to 4 at some)
Passport control and security cleared90 minutes
At the gate: Economy and Premium Economy60 minutes
At the gate: Business and First45 minutes

In Dubai, budget up to 20 minutes on foot for an A gate, 15 for a B gate and 25 for a C gate.

Related

The rules for online check-in are in our Emirates web check-in guide.

Earlier list

This is the list from the earlier version of this article. We could not confirm it on the airline's current pages, so check your own airport before you travel.

Though Emirates allows using online facility for check in while boarding its plane from 140 locations around the world, there are 103 airports where Emirates requires you to carry the print of the e-boarding pass and 74 airports where mobile boarding pass in your smartphone can be used for checking in. List of both these types of airports is given below:

Airports Where e-boarding passes are allowed in printed format:

Dubai Geneva Nice
Abidjan Glasgow Orlando
Addis Ababa Guangzhou Osaka
Adelaide Hamburg Oslo
Amsterdam Hong Kong Paris
Athens Houston Perth
Auckland Islamabad Peshawar
Baghdad Istanbul Phnom Penh
Bahrain Jakarta Phuket
Bangkok Jeddah Prague
Barcelona Johannesburg Rio de Janeiro
Basra Karachi Riyadh
Beijing Kuala Lumpur Rome
Beirut Lahore San Francisco
Birmingham Larnaca São Paulo
Bologna Lisbon Seattle
Boston London Gatwick Seoul
Brisbane London Heathrow Seychelles
Brussels Los Angeles Shanghai
Budapest Lyon Sialkot
Buenos Aires Madrid St. Petersburg
Cape Town Malta Stockholm
Chicago Manchester Sydney
Christchurch Manila Taipei
Copenhagen Mauritius Tokyo Haneda
Dakar Medina Tokyo Narita
Dallas Melbourne Toronto
Dammam Milan Venice
Dhaka Moscow Vienna
Doha Munich Warsaw
Dublin Muscat Washington DC
Durban Nairobi Zagreb
Düsseldorf New York Zürich
Fort Lauderdale Newark
Frankfurt Newcastle

List of Airports Where Mobile Boarding Passes are allowed:

Dubai Glasgow Orlando
Amsterdam Hamburg Osaka
Athens Hong Kong Oslo
Auckland Houston Paris
Bahrain Istanbul Phnom Penh
Barcelona Johannesburg Phuket
Beirut Kuala Lumpur Prague
Birmingham Larnaca Rio de Janeiro
Bologna Lisbon Rome
Boston London Gatwick San Francisco
Brisbane London Heathrow São Paulo
Brussels Los Angeles Seattle
Budapest Lyon Seoul
Buenos Aires Madrid Stockholm
Cape Town Malta Taipei
Chicago Manchester Tokyo Haneda
Christchurch Mauritius Tokyo Narita
Copenhagen Medina Toronto
Dallas Milan Venice
Dublin Munich Vienna
Durban Nairobi Warsaw
Düsseldorf New York Washington DC
Fort Lauderdale Newark Zagreb
Frankfurt Nice Zürich
Geneva Orlando
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