Originally Posted by
travelsmooth
Thanks so much for this info. I have one more somewhat naive question.
If you arrive and depart on non-Schengen flights, but your arrival concourse and departure concourse are the same, then is there any need to clear security? I'm asking this particularly for my mom's return (MAA-FRA-YYZ). While the MAA flight usually arrives at C and the YYZ flight usually arrives at B, in looking at the flight histories, for example, on July 6, the MAA flight arrived at B48A and the YYZ flight departed from B25. In such a case, would one need to clear security?
It's not a naive question. This is one of the anomalies of FRA and my pet hate.
Whether you need to re-clear security in FRA depends on:
1. which country you arrive from, and
2. your arrival gate.
All Schengen/EU countries, the US, and Canada are considered 'clean' and you don't need to re-clear security in FRA if you arrive from these countries.
However, if you arrive from one of these countries at a B or C gate, the layout of the airport means you cannot avoid transfer security if you have a connecting flight.
This means you always have to re-clear security when you arrive from MAA. Also although Canada is now deemed 'clean' you have to re-clear security if you arrive at a B gate even when you are connecting from another B gate.
B48
A on LH's arrival information indicates that passengers enter the terminal on the arrival level (one floor above the departure level) and need to clear security before a connecting flight.