So as promised, a short photo summary of my experience this morning departing AMS to fly KL1415 to LYS.
Arrived at the airport around 7:30 after an almost sleepless night at the Hampton Inn Amsterdam Schiphol. I think we were only 4 or 5 guests at the hotel last night. No airport shuttle, very limited breakfast and to go only. The day before NS (Dutch train company) was in advance and I was mostly alone in the carriage between Maastricht and Hoofdorp). This is clearly an indication we are living in surprising times !
Anyway, back to the airport experience, the departures area was reasonably busy, it went fast to check my luggage in at the skypriority section but there was a line at the economy class section.

Departures area

A bit of a queue

Morning departures

I was hesitant in clearing security at the non-Schengen side, so I went to the regular security for the Schengen departures. As the check point near the C gates was quite full, we were advised by an agent to go all the way to the check-in area 1a (not in service) but where the security was open. Clearing it took 5 minutes no more.


B-gates security

Btw, the construction of the A terminal advanced quite a bit since I was last time in Schiphol early March. They closed a couple of gates in the B pier (and the C pier too I think) and started to built a new connection bridge between A-B and C terminals.

There were a few F&B outlets open on the Lounge 1 (Schengen terminal) and most of the shops were open. I decided to give a try and go to the Non-Schengen terminal to get to Lounge 52. On the way, I could see that the Schengen Lounge 25 was under renovation but I could notice a different look than I was used to see from the windows. I did not take a picture sorry.

Emigration area was totally empty. e-gates closed, and only one booth staffed by Marechaussée.



As explained before the agent immediately asked me where i was going to and I replied the KLM lounge since that one was closed. I explained that I had 2 hours to wait for my flight. He thought for a few seconds and told me to plan enough time to come back to this side of the terminal. I thanked him and immediately after I had to go through an additional security check of my carry-on and another body scan.

Then I was airside non-Schengen terminal where it was a bit busy, but only the shops in Lounge 2 were open. After Lounge almost everything was closed.


Non-schengen area (lounge 2)

Lounge 52 entrance

It was only my second time in this lounge and the first time I spent only 15 minutes in there. The entire lounge was open, although the "food" and beverages were only available on the F-gates side.

I was literally alone seated on the E-gates side. Maybe 20 guests were in total in the lounge.








The traditional buffet area was replaced by a booth where a lady was giving options between croissant, eggs, muesli with yougurt and fruit salad and breakfast sandwiches. 3 juices (apple, orange, tropical) together with water bottles and milk or soy milk were available.
You are asked to wait in line and disinfect your hands before entering the area.





The bar behind was open and staffed and only one coffee/tea machine and one water dispenser were available. Individually wrapped cookies were also available.




Tropical juice tasted like water. I left the lounge at 9:00 fearing issues or queues going back to the Schengen terminal.



Entering Schengen was a breeze, I was the only one in line and the lady from the marechaussée let me go though after looking a few pages of my passport and asking me where was my destination. The e-gates were also closed and only one booth was staffed.

So at 9:10 I was airside Schengen. And still had to wait for an hour.

My flight to Lyon was departing from B04, downstairs the B gates so boarding was by bus. On my way to the B-gates, I noticed a special area at the entrance called gate B14 and where KLM staff was conducting health checks for all passengers for Milano and Florence. Not sure if the destinations were randomly selected or not.


About a dozen tables with KLM staff to have discussions with passengers for FLR and LIN

I waited downstairs for about 20 minutes before the staff and the bus arrived. With only 23 passengers today on that flight, only one bus was provided. I have to say people were disciplined and there was no usual rush heading to the gate, the bus or the aircraft... Gate staff announced that all passengers should be wearing a face masks starting the moment they cross the gate.



Embraer 175 to Lyon

I was seated in 5F and the first 3 rows were for business class. Upgrades were offered during OLCI for 59 Euros. 4 passengers were in business class, all in rows 2 and 3. The seat map showed all aisle seats in economy as blocked also during OLCI.
One gentlemen was in 4A and one Dutch lady in 4F.
Then the next economy passengers were past row 10 so I had lots of personal space !



We took off ahead of schedule from the remote runway. Felt good to be in the air !




AMS from above. Still a few aircrafts parked on the runways.

A snack pack with a mini stroopwafel, a cheese sandwich and a cup of water was provided (same for business class). The only difference is that business class passengers got personally informed about the catering changes by the purser and offered a hot drink in a ceramic cup. At least I can congratulate KLM for still providing something onboard.
A few minutes later, the crew distributed the two forms the French government requests passengers to provide. Several passengers were confused as we already had printed some forms at home, but those looked slightly different. A KLM pen was given to every passenger as a souvenir :-)




We landed 10 minutes ahead of schedule. Today in LYS, only 4 flights were listed, and this was the only one coming from abroad. The other 3 flights were AF domestic services from and to TLS, BOD and NTE later in the afternoon.


Landing in LYS

When we disembarked, I felt like nothing really changed, besides seeing face masks and an almost empty terminal. We reached the immigration check area downstairs (not always used for AMS flights operated by KL, most of the times those past 12 months, we were allowed to go straight to the luggage claim). No less than 6 police agents were present. Never seen that in LYS T2 ! 3 booths were open with 3 agents supported by 2 extra and more senior officers in the back and another agent was next to the waiting lines. I showed my French passport (Issued by the Consulate in Amsterdam) and the agent immediately asked me if I was living in France to which I replied no. Then she asked me why I was coming here and for how long and replied that I normally could not enter but after her boss told her that she could tell that to me since I was a French passport holder and coming from the EU, I was allowed in and the senior officer confirmed that there was no home quarantine (since coming from the EU).
Luggage arrived in an exceptional speed (for LYS) in less than a couple minutes. Lots of baggage due to the fact many passengers were coming from outside the EU. Also a first for me in LYS T2, the customs were present (no less than 5 agents, never seen around here !) and were individually asking passengers where they were coming from. I was let go after replying Amsterdam and that I was living in NL. Not a good day to smuggle things from abroad


LYS immigration area

Departures and arrivals today, June 12th 2020...

Well, more than a lounge review, I feel I wrote a trip report here. But several of my friends already asked me today how was flying in those days, so I guess those few lines and pictures might be of interest for some of you