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Old Oct 12, 2013, 12:05 pm
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A list of airports serving SkyTeam, and whether they have an immigration fast lane on the inbound (if relevant), or a security fast lane on the outbound, and who can gain access.

When travelling entirely within the Schengen zone, there are no immigration controls so the "inbound" column is not relevant.

American airports with SkyPriority are documented by Delta so are not presently included in this list.

If anything more than a valid boarding pass or FF card is needed to gain access to the lane, it will be noted.

Please amend and correct the list according to your experiences.

Airport code Inbound? Outbound? Notes

Africa
ADD No No
CMN Yes, only for J passengers (boarding pass required) Yes for all SP passengers (automatic gates opening upon boarding pass being scanned - tested with Y and SP and worked)
CPT No No
DAR no yes (special passport control and security then straight into the CIP lounge)
JNB No No
NBO Yes Yes Including separate security screening at the entrance to the terminal
MRU Inbound priority lane at immigration (no strict enforcement). Outbound priority lane for immigration which leads to fast track security.
LOS No Yes.
RAK No inbound fast track, but outbound priority lane for security and immigration on the right hand of normal security entrance
RUN Not applicable Yes
TUN No Yes

Americas / Carribeans
US airports: no priority lane at immigration on arrival. There are usually (but not always) priority lanes for security on departure, but those are usually a joke as they all lead to the TSA agent checking ID and BP and then all lanes are mixed.
BOG No No
BON No No
CTG No No
CUN No No
CUR No No
EZE No Yes, Only for immigration and not for security
FDF Not applicable Yes, all elites
GIG No No
GYE ? No
LIM No No
MEX Unknown Yes, all elites
PUJ No Yes
SCL No Yes
SDQ No No Lounge invite required
SXM No No
UIO No No
Canadian airports: there are no status/class-of-service-based priority lanes at immigration for any airline. For security:
  • YOW ?
  • YUL Yes
  • YVR
    • AF No (no airline priority lane at the time the flight departs)
    • KL ?
  • YYZ Yes

Asia Pacific
BKK J only J only, but all elites travelling on KL pass required. See post and replies.
BOM No No
DEL No (yes if you have a regular visum, not if you use an eVisum) Yes
DPS No No
HAN Yes Yes
HKG No No
HND No No for immigration, yes for security (only for P pax & FB gold/plat)
ICN No No
KIX No Unknown
KUL No (J/F only) Yes
PUS No No
PVG No Yes, all elites
SGN No No
SIN No (immigration) No (immigration), Yes (security at gate). Exception for immigration for P pax : private immigration counter provided by C.I.P. Lounge.
XMN No Yes

Europe

France

BES No No
BOD No Yes
CDG Yes Yes
LRH : No No
LRT : No No
LYS No Yes
MPL No Yes
MRS No Yes (Hall 4)
NCE No Yes
NTE No No
ORY (west terminal) No Yes
RNS No No
SXB n/a No
TLS No Yes, all terminals (automatic gates)
UIP : No No

Germany
BER No Yes
DUS No Yes, all elites
FRA No, Yes but J-class only
HAJ Na Yes (SkyP based on signs but often closed)
HAM No Yes
MUC Unknown Yes, all elites
NUE No Yes, Elite+/J only

Ireland
DUB No Yes

Italy
BLQ Unknown Yes, Elite+/J only (?)
CAG No Yes (2019 - Only when flying AF/KL though, denied with AZ flight/ticket)
FCO NA Yes Sky Priority
LIN NA Yes (Sky Priority)
MXP NA Yes (SkyPriority). No (non-SP) companion allowed.
NAP NA Yes

Spain
AGP Unknown Yes (at the right side of the normal security lane)
ALC No Yes
BCN n/a Yes
BIO No No
IBZ No No
MAD No Yes, all elites (Security fastlane in T2 --> Follow VIP Controls signage)
SVQ : No Yes, but only for J pax (Elites+ in Y not eligible)
VLC No Yes

United Kingdom
BHX NA Yes Sky Priority 2 Access Points
BRS No Yes (Business class + eliteplus only)
GLA No Yes (Boarding pass showing Sky Priority is sufficient)
EDI No Yes (Boarding pass showing Sky Priority is sufficient)
LBA No Yes, all elites
LCY No No
LHR (T4) No Yes
MAN No Yes, Elite+/J only
NWI No Yes but pointless - Sky Priority members have to queue at airport information desk to get Airport Development Fee ticket with special bar code

All others
AMS No Yes, all elites
ARN No Yes, all elites
ATH No Yes
BGO Unknown Yes
BLL No Yes
BRU Unknown Yes Terminal A
BUD Unknown Yes, all elites
CPH Unknown Yes, all elites
DUB Unknown J only
EIN No No
GDN NA, Yes. "SkyPriority" on BP is not enough, they require membership card
GOT Unknown Yes
GVA No Yes
HAM Unknown Yes
HEL N/A, Yes
IST SP-signed lane, but SAV card required SP-signed lane, but SAV card required The rules of this airport are not clear. See post. See also update May 2015 here
LED No No
OSL NA Yes
OTP No No
PRG Inbound / Outbound immigration: Yes / Security : Yes - SkyPriority (Automatic Gates for departures)
SVG Unknown Yes
SVO No No
TUN No Yes for immigration on departure, No for security
TRD NA Yes
VIE NA Yes, all elites
WAW NA Yes Sky Priority 2 Access Points
ZAG NA (was No until Croatia joined Shengen) Yes - SkyPriority (Automatic Gates for access to departures and manual check for Security)
ZRH Unknown Yes, all elites

Middle-East
AUH : No (immigration) / No (security)
BEY : No (immigration arrival) / No (security both pre and post check-in) / No (immigration departure)
DOH Unknown Yes, all elites
DXB No No for J Pax. P pax are escorted.
JED No Yes
MCT No Yes
RUH Yes Yes, Terminal 1, inbound Priority queue at far left of the immigration hall but not particularly quick. For STE+, J
TLV No Yes for pre-checkin security (Both Sky Priority and C pax), post check-in security (Metal Detector/X-ray) for only C pax (not for Elites/Elites+)



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Old May 28, 2013, 8:01 am
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To be clear at airports like DUS for example, it is not Skypriority, but rather anyone in business class on any airline who can use the fast lane at security, etc.
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Old May 28, 2013, 8:52 am
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Originally Posted by stimpy
To be clear at airports like DUS for example, it is not Skypriority, but rather anyone in business class on any airline who can use the fast lane at security, etc.
Yes. The airline is putting a "fast track" sticker on your BP. For AF/KL, eligible FB pax flying Y have access to it.
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Yes. The airline is putting a "fast track" sticker on your BP. For AF/KL, eligible FB pax flying Y have access to it.
No sticker is required. I generally use a mobile BP and just scan my phone at the entry point to let me into the business class lane. This is true not only at DUS, but many other airports including ORY and CDG T1.
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Originally Posted by stimpy
No sticker is required. I generally use a mobile BP and just scan my phone at the entry point to let me into the business class lane. This is true not only at DUS, but many other airports including ORY and CDG T1.
You are obviously correct. I was just pointing out that if you make a regular check-in at the airport, they put a sticker on your BP.
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Originally Posted by San Gottardo
Where it does not exist (again, off the top of my head and things may have changed since):

Geneva...
Does exist on french side (obviously outbound ).
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Is there any immigration/security fast lane:

Inbound: not applicable for flights coming from France

Outbound: yes

Other comments (for example, is a specific fast lane document required, to be asked at check-in, etc) :

The priority lane at passport control is reserved for regional flights, crews and "passagers salon" (pax with lounge access). The rule is little enforced though.

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Is there any immigration/security fast lane:

Outbound: yes

There is not SkyPriority signage, but a "Premium passengers" sign indicating fast lane.

SkyPriority members are accepted in the fast lane (no separate security check after waiting line)
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Update on LYS. They have recently added a Fast Track lane at T2, but there are not yet any Skypriority signs, nor did my Economy BP (FB Plat) work when I scanned it. But my Privilys of course worked.

I am guessing this new gate at security must be either for Skypriority in the future, or perhaps it is only for EK premium passengers. I don't mind a few EK pax, but it would be kind of bad news for us Privilys members if any ST elites could access our line!
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Is there any immigration/security fast lane:

Outbound: yes

No SkyPriority signage at security but the agent knows what SkyPriority is and will let you use the dedicated and separated security check.
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Originally Posted by stimpy
Update on LYS. They have recently added a Fast Track lane at T2, but there are not yet any Skypriority signs, nor did my Economy BP (FB Plat) work when I scanned it. But my Privilys of course worked.

I am guessing this new gate at security must be either for Skypriority in the future, or perhaps it is only for EK premium passengers. I don't mind a few EK pax, but it would be kind of bad news for us Privilys members if any ST elites could access our line!
Still unusefull for Skypriority though it was quite messy on 16th of july!
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Is there any immigration/security fast lane:

- Immigration : no (neither inbound nor outbound)
- Security : yes. But it's not labelled "SkyPriority" as we could expect in a Skyteam hub. It is written "First class" but J class / SkyP are allowed.
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Is there any immigration/security fast lane:

Outbound: yes
All the way to the right of security is the business/first/PreCheck lane. SkyPriority lets you in too. It's a shortcut to the regular lane so you do end up with the 'normal' public if you don't have PreCheck.
If you go via the Delta SkyPriority check-in area, the priority lane is the first one on the right.
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MAD & BIO

All the terminals at MAD seem to have a fast track security, which can be accessed with a STE+ BP, assuming a ST flight leaving from that terminal of course. And if flying UX, there is of course Sky Priority at check in. Which is really, really valuable because most all the people flying UX are not elite. There was a huge line at 6:45am to check in, but no one standing at the business class Sky Priority line.

BIO however, has no fast track of any kind.
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It's a shortcut to the regular lane so you do end up with the 'normal' public if you don't have PreCheck.
This is not unique to JFK. Unfortunately it was the same in all US airports I visited (IIRC).
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Is there any immigration/security fast lane:

Outbound: yes

Note that you can enter security control either from terminal 2A or 2B.
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