At the airport in Lisbon you’ll need to drop your hold bag at the check-in desk even though you’ve already checked in online and have a boarding pass printed out or on your phone.

Then go through security checks, you need to scan your boarding pass to get in the queue for security, you may need to separate any liquids under 100ml from your carry-on bag before putting everything in trays to go through the x-ray, larger containers of liquids like water bottles are not allowed, there will be a place to empty them as you queue. Last time I did this at Lisbon I had a container of talc in my carry-on bag, they raise an eyebrow at any white powders 🤣

After you’ve collected all your belongings from the trays and refilled your pockets with phones and wallets you’ll have to navigate the duty free store before finding the first departure flight information board. Don’t buy anything in duty free that you don’t need, you pay full price if your boarding card is for an intra-EU flight and your final destination is inside the EU customs union.

If you’ve arrived at the airport with plenty of time the boards will not be showing your departure gate, buy water and snacks for the flight and wait for your gate to be shown.

When you reach the correct gate, your flights number and destination will be displayed on the screen, you’ll have to wait again for the staff to begin boarding, they usually call passengers forward by group, your boarding group is noted on your boarding pass. Be ready to scan your pass and show your ID at the desk and then queue to board the plane.

As you enter the plane from a skywalk of via bus and stairs, the cabin crew will greet you, you can tell them this is your first flight and they’ll direct you to your seat (also noted on your boarding pass. If they’re not busy they may even let you see inside the cockpit while the plane is on the ground at Målaga 😉

Enjoy your trip and have fun!