FRA [renovation] News
Apr 28, 2010, 10:57 am
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Faster boarding at Frankfurt to London Heathrow
All Lufthansa flights from Frankfurt Airport to London Heathrow will now depart from a gate position. This means that passengers will only need to go through one security check before boarding their flight, so saving more time. Flights to London will usually depart from Gate B24 or B27 in Terminal 1 concourse B‑West, close to the Lufthansa First Class and Business lounges. Flights arriving in Frankfurt from London Heathrow will also now park at a gate position.
But unfortunately not to/from other UK airports.
Apr 28, 2010, 11:40 am
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Apr 28, 2010, 12:08 pm
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Apr 28, 2010, 1:00 pm
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Now that all "unclean" passengers need to go through security before entering pier there's no need to for the secondary screening toward the UK anymore. Just as in MUC, except that I haven't seen FRA opening an easy channel back from the "clean" non-Schengen area to the Schengen area yet. Last I've been there the infrastructure for the segregation was in place, but not opened yet so I'm still hoping they did this last minute..
Apr 28, 2010, 3:04 pm
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Just as in MUC, except that I haven't seen FRA opening an easy channel back from the "clean" non-Schengen area to the Schengen area yet. Last I've been there the infrastructure for the segregation was in place, but not opened yet so I'm still hoping they did this last minute..
- Status members travelling on to a Schengen country are requested to use the Schengen lounges in Hall A.
- For status members arriving on a long-haul flight and terminating their journey in Frankfurt, the Lufthansa Welcome Lounge is available from 05.30 hrs to 12.30 hrs in Arrivals Concourse B.
I arrived from NRT at B22 soon after the segregation of arriving and departing pax started earlier this month but instead of going through security back into the "clean" non-Schengen area I went through passport control and later returned to the "clean" area.
I was going to have another look last week at how the segregation worked on my way back from the US but unfortunately the ash cloud denied me the opportunity.
Just wondering under what circumstances one would use the channel from the "clean" non-Schengen area to the Schengen area.
Apr 29, 2010, 5:42 am
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Pax from the UK and Ireland are dumped directly into the clean area. At least that's how it works on other airports, I can't see a reason why this wouldn't happen in FRA.
Apr 29, 2010, 7:21 am
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OK, I see. Most departures to LHR in the last couple of days appear to be from a gate position except for an odd departure or two, but most arrivals are still at bus gates despite the announcement. Evening arrivals tend to use a gate position. Let's see what will happen.
Jun 23, 2010, 6:35 am
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The Lufthansa Business Lounge B-East at Frankfurt is resplendent in its new design
To make your travel experience even more comfortable and to enable us to meet the needs of business travellers and frequent flyers in the best possible way, the Business Lounge at Frankfurt Airport has been comprehensively refurbished. At almost 1,400 square metres in size and decorated in the latest Lufthansa Business Lounge design, the lounge now offers an exclusive atmosphere to frequent flyers. As well as the usual comfort, bistro and work areas, we have for the first time created a JetFriends Lounge for children. Lufthansas young passengers can look forward to a kids corner and playpen, drawing tables, games consoles and a PC with a child-friendly Internet connection. A childrens cinema and comfortable beanbags also ensure that lots of fun can be had before the flight.
Thanks to the refurbishment and extension of both Business Lounges in Departure Area B at Frankfurt, Business Class passengers and Frequent Travellers now have a total of 2,800 square metres of floor space and seating for more than 800 available to them at Gate B24 and Gate B48.
Thanks to the refurbishment and extension of both Business Lounges in Departure Area B at Frankfurt, Business Class passengers and Frequent Travellers now have a total of 2,800 square metres of floor space and seating for more than 800 available to them at Gate B24 and Gate B48.
Let's hope this lounge is actually open unlike the refurbished SEN lounge in MUC.
Jun 23, 2010, 7:07 am
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At FRA and ZRH? If yes, I am doing something wrong as twice in the past month I have had to reclear security going into the Schengen zone after arriving from London ON LH/LX.
Jun 23, 2010, 8:02 am
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Jun 23, 2010, 8:53 am
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LH never announced that departures to other UK destinations would be from gate positions. Only occasional flights to the UK (e.g. late evening departures) other than LHR seem to depart from a gate position.
Jun 23, 2010, 10:13 am
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My FRA-BHX a couple of weeks ago was from a gate position. However, on arrival on the last BHX-FRA I still had to re-clear security to connect to DRS.
Jun 23, 2010, 12:01 pm
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I hope this does change, I get the late evening LH4858 a lot and allways end up in a bus.
Jun 23, 2010, 2:28 pm
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Jun 25, 2010, 5:44 am
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In Munich they are. In Frankfurt the infrastructure for that is still missing as there is no way to leave the non-Schengen area without going into the unclean area yet. Similarly ZRH is still missing a lot of infrastructure for painless connection, I hope that will be fixed after their central security checkpoint opens.