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Old Apr 2, 2019 | 3:44 am
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haapalainen
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Originally Posted by r2d2
The April Blue Wings magazine has a gate map where the Non-Schengen gates start from 34 (gates 32 and 33 are on the Schengen side). In the map there are new gates 37 - 39 opposite to the first three Non-Schengen gates 34 - 36, but as planes can't get to the south side of the terminal building, I would guess there are no new gates, but these gates could be accessed from the Schengen side as well (with a different gate number). That would definitely help in cases where a plane arrives Non-Schengen and departs intra-Schengen (or vice versa).

In the map, gates 34/37, 36/39, 45 and 48 have A- and B-gates, so they are probably the dual jetbridges which can handle two narrowbodies simultaneously.
AFAIK the current gates 32-34 will become dual use gates that can be used for both Schengen and non-Schengen flights. The waiting areas for these gates won't be very big though as I don't think they will increase the size of the terminal building but rather just divide the current space with movable glass walls. But anyway it will be a good addition at least to the morning wave as less bussing for Schengen flights is needed.
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