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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 1:05 am
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johan rebel
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Originally Posted by Diabo
They're building a new H concourse for discounters like easyJet. I'm not sure how that's gonna work out in terms of separating the Schengen and non-Schengen pax.
The H pier/concourse has been up and running for a while. Access is from the northern side of Lounge 3 (roughly where the lounge runs off the map in the previous post), i.e. the non-Schengen area.

There are big signs advising H pax to wait in Lounge 3 until their flight is boarding, and informing them that H has no facilities whatsoever, not even seating areas. Just beyond Lounge 3 there is a huge hall with about a dozen security checkpoints, and then it is a long walk to H, certainly longer than to G. I'm not sure how good this is from and efficiency viewpoint and hence for the LCCs' punctuality. I have never used H myself, but from G I have had great views of pax running down the long corridor to H, lugging the usual 6˝ bright yellow SeeBuyFly bags. It would also appear that pax waiting in Lounge 3 do so in one of the bars or upstairs in the café or McDonalds, from where they have no view of the screens showing when their flight is boarding. Depending perhaps on their degree of inebriation, there is a good chance that they will be late for the gate.

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