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Old Aug 24, 2025 | 1:37 pm
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Originally Posted by xenole
FR are definitely going to have a far smaller place if they move to T1.
Gulf (7:15am-10am) usually occupy desks 23-17 or so, with EI next door.

Still no idea where they're all going to in T2.

Zone A is supposed to be Emirates only.
Zone B, at present, is Tui, Virgin from 6:30am, maybe Kuwait.
Zone C can be Pegasus, Sun Express, Hainan, Juneyao or Saudia (some run at the same time).
Zone D is Qatar.
Zone E is AF / KLM, Tap, Auriginy (until 8:30-9am, and maybe a later flight), Pegasus (from 8:30am-1pm) EI, Brussels, Aegean etc.
Zone F Lufthansa / Swiss / Austrian, Saudia (sometimes).

Jet2 pretty much zone G and whatever desks they want.

Indigo, Singapore, odd FlyOne flight etc. in the morning.
Ethiopian (3pm?)
Royal Jordanian (from 12pm?)
Royal AirMaroc (3pm?)
Biman
PIA (if they start in early Sept rather than last week as they were supposed to)

Then AY (1-2 desks + kiosks), BA, AirTransat, SAS (1-2 desks + kiosks)

Etihad run in the morning and evening.
Turkish 3-4x a day

LuxAir 2-3x a week in the morning.

Icelandic 10:30am or so?

Bag belts in T2, zones B and C are having a few issues at present, and from time to time, everywhere else.

Maybe some airlines will reduce to 1 or 2 flights a day or week for the winter?
They designed it to be flexible and based on the use of automation. This concept IIRC is around multi-airline self bag drops thereby reducing need for specific airline desks to minimal. The reality is turning out to be very different with airlines wanting dedicated space.
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