Small nice international airport. The immigration ...

Small nice international airport. The immigration and arrival formalities at this airport is simple and fast, wish I could say the same about the departure too.

On arrival you just have to fill up a small form with details of your stay and you can pretty much breeze through the immigration counter. With in no time you can pickup the checked in luggage an can be on your way.

I wish the departure was also simplified and more straight forward.
I arrived at the airport after doing my online check in and hoping all I have to do is pickup my boarding pass, drop off the bags and go through security and board the aircraft. The number of stops and people one have to encounter to get to the aircraft makes it a bit annoying.

In my case I have to stop and hand over my boarding pass/Passport to 10 different people before boarding the aircraft.

1) You must have a proof of travel and passport to enter the terminal.
This is understandable. They are trying to make sure only valid passengers enter the terminal. In my case, I showed the passport and online check in conformation to the person at the gate to allow entry.

2)To stand at the line to drop off bags and collect boarding pass.
you have to show proof of travel and passport to the personal standing at the beginning of the line to be allowed to stand in that line. I was asked for the seat number. She scratched name off a printed list she had.
Cannot understand the purpose of this.

3) Produce the online check-in conformation to another agent while standing in line. She scanned it using a hand held device.
Couldn t understand what value it adds as I have not yet collected my boarding pass and there is a possibility that the seat might be changed while issuing the boarding pass.

4)Produce travel documents to the agent at the counter and dropped off the bags
This is a required step.

5)Take the escalator and you have to provide the boarding pass and passport at the immigration counter. They photograph you and not sure whether they put another stamp on the passport or not. Cant really understand why this is done, but understandable as each country has it s own way of managing who comes and leaves the country.

6) Right after you clear the above counter, the boarding pass and travel documents are verified by another person.
Don t understand why.

7) Now to the security check. the boarding pass and passport are verified again, carry in bags scanned and security clearance stamp added to boarding pass.
This step is required to make sure the passenger is not carrying any non approved items into the aircraft.

8) The boarding pass and passport verified again by another individual.
Not sure why.

9)The boarding pass and passport verified again at the gate.
This is also understandable as they have to make sure it is the right person entering the aircraft.

10) the boarding pass and passport verified again inside the vestibule while standing in line to board the aircraft.
But why?

11) the cabin staff checks the boarding pass again at the aircraft door to confirm you are in the right aircraft.

In my opinion this can be reduced to 5 steps (1, 4, 7, 9) and the travel experience can be improved