Connection time in Dusseldorf
Mar 14, 2014, 5:54 pm
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Connection time in Dusseldorf
I have an award on hold for October from NCE-DUS-TXL. The connection time is only 35 minutes. I have never been to Dusseldorf, though I know it is a small airport and easy to connect. With all intra-Schengen flights, will this be enough time? Will I have to re-clear security? Would I be OK checking a bag in the hold?
Mar 14, 2014, 8:32 pm
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If everything is ontime, connection (incl. checked bags) should be fine.
You just have to go to the next gate in Terminal B (which takes you 5 mins)
You just have to go to the next gate in Terminal B (which takes you 5 mins)
Feb 6, 2017, 2:30 am
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After searching this site, I get to know that Dusseldorf is small and great for connections. However, I wonder if on separate PNR/tickeets, will 125 mins be enough to deplane, collect luggage and check in again?
I'll be arriving from Ahu Dhabi on Etihad(already ticked, business, so I'll be the first few ones to get off the plane) at 7:20 in August 2017, and my final destination will be Barcelona. There's an Air Berlin flight to Barcelona on 9:25, and another Norwegian flight to Barcelona at 12:10.
Now I'm tempted to book the AB flight at 9:25, which gives me 125mins connection time. I know this will be doable if I have no check in luggage (in fact the AB flight is code shared with EY, and cab be purchased into one ticket, but will be much more expensive). But since I have check in luggage and EY stops interlining baggage for tickets issued after Feb 1st, 2017(which I assume doesn't affect me as my ticket was issued in Jan 2017), will 125 mins be enough to deplane, go through immigration and drop my luggage at the AB counter if my EY flight is on time?(Technically 80mins, as AB flight close its counter 45mins before departure time) Or is it a better idea to purchase the Norwegian flight at 12:10?(I'm asking cause I don't want to spend too much time in dusseldorf, will be plan a one night layover in Dusseldorf on my way back.)
Many thanks for your reply in advance.
I'll be arriving from Ahu Dhabi on Etihad(already ticked, business, so I'll be the first few ones to get off the plane) at 7:20 in August 2017, and my final destination will be Barcelona. There's an Air Berlin flight to Barcelona on 9:25, and another Norwegian flight to Barcelona at 12:10.
Now I'm tempted to book the AB flight at 9:25, which gives me 125mins connection time. I know this will be doable if I have no check in luggage (in fact the AB flight is code shared with EY, and cab be purchased into one ticket, but will be much more expensive). But since I have check in luggage and EY stops interlining baggage for tickets issued after Feb 1st, 2017(which I assume doesn't affect me as my ticket was issued in Jan 2017), will 125 mins be enough to deplane, go through immigration and drop my luggage at the AB counter if my EY flight is on time?(Technically 80mins, as AB flight close its counter 45mins before departure time) Or is it a better idea to purchase the Norwegian flight at 12:10?(I'm asking cause I don't want to spend too much time in dusseldorf, will be plan a one night layover in Dusseldorf on my way back.)
Many thanks for your reply in advance.
Feb 7, 2017, 1:27 am
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After searching this site, I get to know that Dusseldorf is small and great for connections. However, I wonder if on separate PNR/tickeets, will 125 mins be enough to deplane, collect luggage and check in again?
I'll be arriving from Ahu Dhabi on Etihad(already ticked, business, so I'll be the first few ones to get off the plane) at 7:20 in August 2017, and my final destination will be Barcelona. There's an Air Berlin flight to Barcelona on 9:25, and another Norwegian flight to Barcelona at 12:10.
Now I'm tempted to book the AB flight at 9:25, which gives me 125mins connection time. I know this will be doable if I have no check in luggage (in fact the AB flight is code shared with EY, and cab be purchased into one ticket, but will be much more expensive). But since I have check in luggage and EY stops interlining baggage for tickets issued after Feb 1st, 2017(which I assume doesn't affect me as my ticket was issued in Jan 2017), will 125 mins be enough to deplane, go through immigration and drop my luggage at the AB counter if my EY flight is on time?(Technically 80mins, as AB flight close its counter 45mins before departure time) Or is it a better idea to purchase the Norwegian flight at 12:10?(I'm asking cause I don't want to spend too much time in dusseldorf, will be plan a one night layover in Dusseldorf on my way back.)
Many thanks for your reply in advance.
I'll be arriving from Ahu Dhabi on Etihad(already ticked, business, so I'll be the first few ones to get off the plane) at 7:20 in August 2017, and my final destination will be Barcelona. There's an Air Berlin flight to Barcelona on 9:25, and another Norwegian flight to Barcelona at 12:10.
Now I'm tempted to book the AB flight at 9:25, which gives me 125mins connection time. I know this will be doable if I have no check in luggage (in fact the AB flight is code shared with EY, and cab be purchased into one ticket, but will be much more expensive). But since I have check in luggage and EY stops interlining baggage for tickets issued after Feb 1st, 2017(which I assume doesn't affect me as my ticket was issued in Jan 2017), will 125 mins be enough to deplane, go through immigration and drop my luggage at the AB counter if my EY flight is on time?(Technically 80mins, as AB flight close its counter 45mins before departure time) Or is it a better idea to purchase the Norwegian flight at 12:10?(I'm asking cause I don't want to spend too much time in dusseldorf, will be plan a one night layover in Dusseldorf on my way back.)
Many thanks for your reply in advance.
Depending on the day, the EY morning arrival might be around the same time as AB's US/Caribbean and CX/CA/SQ's Asia arrivals which will make passport control busier than usual, but we are not talking about JFK T4 here
Feb 7, 2017, 5:45 am
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Feb 7, 2017, 9:52 am
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You are right! CX/CA/SQ get into A together with LH... forgot about that
Aug 31, 2017, 10:03 am
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Trying to keep to an existing thread, although the topic here is a long connection: six hours between arrival from the U.S. and departure to FCO. We're asking for wheelchair assistance for my wife. I know that we have Schengen passport control: do I see that we can do without a security check? Otherwise I was thinking of asking if we'd be more comfortable spending most of the time landside. Staying airside in concourse B, it looks like we can pay for access to the Junkers lounge: would that be worthwhile?
Flights to FCO today leave from gates B58 and B71: zooming in on Google Maps with gate numbers, I don't see B gate numbers that high, so would these be remote stands? Where is the bus boarding area?
Flights to FCO today leave from gates B58 and B71: zooming in on Google Maps with gate numbers, I don't see B gate numbers that high, so would these be remote stands? Where is the bus boarding area?