Apr 8, 2016, 1:18 pm
Last edit by: intuition
(This wiki format has been borrowed from the BA forum, and modified to fit the A3 circumstance. Thank you very much BA forum, and BA forum folks.)
(Also note: this is just a guide. Use at your own risk and discretion. But also, please contribute your experiences!)
What Is This?
This community maintained wiki lists out all known airports on the A3 network grading each airport in terms of its practical suitability for quick flight transfers. Three transfer categories are considered (and indicated as traffic lights from left to right in the following order):
Grading:
☻ Excellent generally means you will leave the aircraft and find yourself in the boarding area for departure.
☻ Good suggests that you may have to clear either security and/or passports before reboarding, but it should still be possible.
☻ Reasonable suggests possible but with potential difficulties
☻ Poor means high difficulty and not advisable
☻ Ungraded means we don't have enough reports/data
Caveats:
ABC ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to Back: Excellent (reason, if any) [Date of Report]
Transfer: Reasonable (Arrivals decant directly into Departures. Especially okay if going Schengen again, tricky if non-Schengen) [Dec 2020] (Reasonable even for intra-Schengen, and here's why [...]) [Feb 2021]
Landside: Bad (Bus driver usually gets lost on the way to departures, sometimes stopping at Narnia along the way. See Post #123 and Post #456 as an example.) [Apr 2019]
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Edit Log/History
Non-Greece List
Note: Some are seasonal. List accurate as of March 2021.
Note-note: Please ensure alphabetization if adding/subtracting a destination, and to update the "accuracy-date" in the previous line.
ADB ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
AGP ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
AMM ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
AMS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unless there is a spotcheck on the flight, forcing you to clear security on arrival, you will be able to almost immediately join the passengers gathering for departure at the gate you just arrived from. No security, no passport check - make sure to have your boarding pass already. [Unknown date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
ARN ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: works the same way as CPH - you are unloaded right into the gate area and should be able to immediately re-board [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BCN ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Similar to MAD you are unloaded right into the gate area and can immediately re-board. There is even time to go to the lounge. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BEG ☻ ☻ ☻
Update 2023: Airport is currently under major changes. Centralised security is implemented and you are not offloaded anymore in the same area as departures.
Back to back: This is outside Schengen and the EU but you are still offloaded into the same area as departures so you should be able to immediately re-board. Security is at each gate. I'm not sure how legal it would be to go there and not pass through passport control (your passport is actually stamped - a novelty there days!) but there are often some VERY cheap flights from ATH. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BER ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BES ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BEY ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BLQ ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BOD ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BRU ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: fed straight into gate area, so immediate turnaround possible. But big warning: no clue how recent events at BRU might have changed airport ops! [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BUD ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
CAI ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
CDG ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
CPH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: should be very doable, as you get straight in the main departure lobby/gate on all my times flying there. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
CTA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
DBV ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
DME ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
DOL ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
DUB ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
DUS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
EDI ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
EVN ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
FCO ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: If docked at a jetty/bridge, simply walk along the long corridor till you come to the common area, then take the escalator one floor up and go to your gate. Should not take more than 5-10 minutes, still could be a long walk. But if a bus is used (this happens every once in a while (10:1)), it gets rather close. You get bussed to the common luggage collecting area, walk out, take a left and take the elevator one floor up. You go through security and once through, add another 5-10 minutes to reach your gate. Security may take long, also bussing, the whole operation might take more than 30 minutes. Unfortunately no way of knowing beforehand whether it will be jetty or bus. [Unknown Date]
Transfer:
Landside:
FRA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
GVA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
HAM ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
HBE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
HEL ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Disembarkation is immediately in to the gate area from which boarding takes place. *A flights tend to be allocated the low number gates close to the SAS lounge (closed at the moment).
In the event of a bus, you are dropped into the gate area close to where you would board a bus on departure. There is no security or passport check as it's intra-Schengen.
If/when the SAS lounge reopens, it's OK for a few minutes and a snack but there is no other lounge within easy distance of this area of the terminal.
HEL is probably the longest back to back on the current network alongside LHR & DUB but certainly easier than LHR.
Transfer: See above
Landside: unknown
IST
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
JED ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
KRK ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LED ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LGW ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LHR ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: The last flight of the day is definitely doable. You have the option of going through Flight Connections (the best option for those with non-UK/EU passports) or going landside and back through security that way. Both will take about 10 minutes at that time of the evening. The earlier flights would be more problematic, as the terminal would be much busier. It should still be doable but will more than likely not be very relaxed. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LIS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: if you end up on a stand with a jetway then you are deposited into the departure area and should be able to reboard. If you end up on a stand, you will be bussed to the terminal and end up on the far end of the departures area. You should still be able to make it to the gate with a boarding pass, but if things are running late, you may have problems. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LUX ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LYS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MAD ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: You are unloaded right into the gate area and can immediately re-board. There is even time to go to the lounge. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MAN ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MLA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MRS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MUC ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MXP ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
NAP ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
NCE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
NTE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
NUE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
OSL ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: is a little different due to it not being in the EU (but still in Schengen). There you are unloaded into corridor above the main concourse and have to pass through a security check before going downstairs to the departure concourse. It SHOULD be very quick. NOTE that I have only arrived there from France and Germany, NOT from Greece but it should be the same. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
OTP ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: you will be feeded away from the arrivals hall. Make sure before clearing passport control to find the transit point (not always staffed). Within 5-10 mins from there you should be back into the departures area, after BP is checked/gate agents or ground personell is contacted. Never tried personally myself, but should be very doable what I've read! [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
PRG ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
PSA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
RUH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
SOF ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Forget it. I was bussed to the terminal which was really slow and then there was a reasonable queue at passport control (small airport and no other arrivals but only two desks). [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
STR ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
SXB ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
TBS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
TIA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
TLN ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
TLS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
TLV ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Where the flight has a near 5 hour turnaround time A3928/929 this is a pretty hassle free trip. I landed and cleared in about 30 mins from landing. Advised guy at passport control the purpose of trip ( mileage run ) to which he asked if I had been to Israel before. After that gave me back my passport and said ''Enjoy''. Went to get some fresh air before going back through departures. There is a HBO security line to the right. I was given a full interview for about 10 mins but guy was very pleasant. Put a sticker on my passport with a barcode then I went through a very thorough screening/x ray process. I would advise to do this trip HBO only as with checked bags the process would be a lot longer as they open everything. I would certainly do this MR again. I got some lovely local produce and some nice wines for Xmas. ^ [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
VCE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
VIE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: you are unloaded right into the gate area and should be able to immediately re-board. If you are unlucky and get a remote bus gate, you may have to walk a bit but no need to re-clear security and should be do-able in 10 minutes [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
VLC ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
WAW ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Idiot proof (i.e. arrival into the departure hall, back to the plane through the same gate) and time for a quick bite/drink at the Polonez lounge if disembarking through a nearby gate. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ZAG ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ZRH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
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Greece List
Note: Some are seasonal. Some served by subsidiary, Olympic. List accurate as of March 2021.
Note-note: Please ensure alphabetization if adding/subtracting a destination, and to update the "accuracy-date" in the previous line.
CFU ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: have to reclear security, but airport is very small so only takes a few minutes -- told OA staff what I was doing and they offered to have the GA make sure to hold things in case of any delay [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
CHQ ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: bus gates/walk to arrivals on tarmac, so will have to reclear security, but as airport is very small it could surely done in 20-30 mins. High season charter crowds at the wrong hours of the day can complicate this! (Not stopping over for at least a day in CHQ is anyway a crime against humanity). [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
EFL ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
HER ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: You always get bussed, first waiting for business class to deplane. Once in the terminal, turn left after exiting the building and walk through the CI area to Schengen departures (~150 metres). The CI area may be a zoo in the summer months, push yourself through. Easy in off-season but iffy in the summer due to crowds at security. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JIK ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JKH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JMK ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JNX ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JSH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JSI ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JTR ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
KGS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
KIT ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
KLX ☻ ☻ ☻
All transfers are landside
Back to back: Tarmac deplaning and short walk to arrivals where passport and customs filter exists (unmanned for schengen arrivals). From here you must exit to landside, where you walk 30-40 meters inside the termial building to the north, passing 3-4 check-in desks (likely closed at the time you pass them) before you find departures security scan where boarding pass and travel documents are checked. 20 meters after security boarding pass is scanned again before entering holding pen at the gate, from where it is a short tarmac walk back to the plane. Business class passengers are held in a separate pen and boarded (led onto tarmac) first. [Nov 2023]
Transfer: Same procedure as B2B - Best practice is to make sure transfer flight is operated by the arriving aircraft. Because of the small size of the airport, this is often the case (but technically it can hold more than one plane at a time on the apron, so do your research). [Nov 2023]
Landside: Same procedure as B2B. If you have a longish layover, pay attention to opening hours of security and check-in desks. It is a very small airport and services may be intermittently closed. [Nov 2023]
KVA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
KZS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
LCA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
LRS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
LXS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: 1 minute bus drive from plane to terminal (and same back). Terminal very small but check-in desks likely closed once you get to there so make sure you have boarding pass already. 25 minutes as is typical connection time is enough, when plane is delayed you'll likely need to run. You have to re-clear security. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
MJT ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Tiny airport - off the plane, through security and at the gate in 5-7 minutes. Would be easy as a back-to-back/immediate turn around too. [2022-04-10]
Landside: Unknown
MLO ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
PAS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: PAS is my home airport and it would be very easy to just walk outside, back into the termal and through security - probably about three minutes from stepping off the aircraft to being ready to board. Also, there is only one flight at once and only 4 or 5 members of staff at the entire airport so just tell somebody what you are doing as you depalane and I'm sure they'd wait for you. I imagine most of the other small airports (Naxos, Syros etc.) work the same. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
RHO ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
SKG ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Tarmac deplane and 20 meter walk to enter terminal building (no bussing on this occasion). There is a transfer-door which let's you stay airside. You need to show onward BP to enter; a back-to-back BP was not an issue on this occasion. Some 20 meters down the hall you'll find the lounge on the right. Boarding can be done from the lounge, so this is a really quick path. If you don't have lounge access, then stairs to departures level is to the left and you can get to the gate in a few minutes.
Only problem would be if the transfer door isn't manned or if your onward BP isn't accepted. Then you will have to do landside. [2022-05-16]
Transfer: Excellent, see back-to-back
Landside: Unknown
SKU ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Doable (good, but not excellent). Like PAS, this is a tiny airport, with just one or two flights a day (if even that). Made the short walk to arrivals with other arriving passengers, but quickly joined the single security line, went through security, and walked back out to the plane. Told the ground staff I'd be on the return (not sure if that made a difference). [Oct 2018]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ZTH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
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ATH (Non-Schengen to Non-Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (Non-GR Schengen to Non-Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (GR-Domestic to Non-Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (Non-Schengen to Non-GR Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (Non-GR Schengen to Non-GR Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (GR-Domestic to Non-GR Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (Non-Schengen to GR-Domestic) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (Non-GR Schengen to GR-Domestic) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (GR-Domestic to GR-Domestic) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
(Also note: this is just a guide. Use at your own risk and discretion. But also, please contribute your experiences!)
What Is This?
This community maintained wiki lists out all known airports on the A3 network grading each airport in terms of its practical suitability for quick flight transfers. Three transfer categories are considered (and indicated as traffic lights from left to right in the following order):
- "Back to back": Immediate turnarounds without checked baggage, with an airside transfer and flying out on the same aircraft that operated the inbound flight
- "Transfer": Immediate turnarounds without checked baggage, with an airside transfer and flying out on a different aircraft (or airline) to the one that operated the inbound flight
- "Landside": Full arrival and departure sequence. It is assumed check-in for the onward flight is processed prior to the arrival at the airport.
Grading:
☻ Excellent generally means you will leave the aircraft and find yourself in the boarding area for departure.
☻ Good suggests that you may have to clear either security and/or passports before reboarding, but it should still be possible.
☻ Reasonable suggests possible but with potential difficulties
☻ Poor means high difficulty and not advisable
☻ Ungraded means we don't have enough reports/data
Caveats:
- Know that sometimes things don't go to plan. E.g. Some airports are unpredictable on bussing, which puts passengers landside and thus needing to reclear security.
- The above needs to be combined with the turnaround time. E.g. Some flight schedules offer generous back-to-back time, for example.
ABC ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to Back: Excellent (reason, if any) [Date of Report]
Transfer: Reasonable (Arrivals decant directly into Departures. Especially okay if going Schengen again, tricky if non-Schengen) [Dec 2020] (Reasonable even for intra-Schengen, and here's why [...]) [Feb 2021]
Landside: Bad (Bus driver usually gets lost on the way to departures, sometimes stopping at Narnia along the way. See Post #123 and Post #456 as an example.) [Apr 2019]
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Edit Log/History
- Feb 4, 2023: Added an edit log/history.
- Nov 12, 2023: Added report for KLX
Non-Greece List
Note: Some are seasonal. List accurate as of March 2021.
Note-note: Please ensure alphabetization if adding/subtracting a destination, and to update the "accuracy-date" in the previous line.
ADB ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
AGP ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
AMM ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
AMS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unless there is a spotcheck on the flight, forcing you to clear security on arrival, you will be able to almost immediately join the passengers gathering for departure at the gate you just arrived from. No security, no passport check - make sure to have your boarding pass already. [Unknown date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
ARN ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: works the same way as CPH - you are unloaded right into the gate area and should be able to immediately re-board [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BCN ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Similar to MAD you are unloaded right into the gate area and can immediately re-board. There is even time to go to the lounge. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BEG ☻ ☻ ☻
Update 2023: Airport is currently under major changes. Centralised security is implemented and you are not offloaded anymore in the same area as departures.
Back to back: This is outside Schengen and the EU but you are still offloaded into the same area as departures so you should be able to immediately re-board. Security is at each gate. I'm not sure how legal it would be to go there and not pass through passport control (your passport is actually stamped - a novelty there days!) but there are often some VERY cheap flights from ATH. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BER ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BES ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BEY ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BLQ ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BOD ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BRU ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: fed straight into gate area, so immediate turnaround possible. But big warning: no clue how recent events at BRU might have changed airport ops! [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
BUD ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
CAI ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
CDG ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
CPH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: should be very doable, as you get straight in the main departure lobby/gate on all my times flying there. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
CTA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
DBV ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
DME ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
DOL ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
DUB ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
DUS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
EDI ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
EVN ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
FCO ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: If docked at a jetty/bridge, simply walk along the long corridor till you come to the common area, then take the escalator one floor up and go to your gate. Should not take more than 5-10 minutes, still could be a long walk. But if a bus is used (this happens every once in a while (10:1)), it gets rather close. You get bussed to the common luggage collecting area, walk out, take a left and take the elevator one floor up. You go through security and once through, add another 5-10 minutes to reach your gate. Security may take long, also bussing, the whole operation might take more than 30 minutes. Unfortunately no way of knowing beforehand whether it will be jetty or bus. [Unknown Date]
Transfer:
Landside:
FRA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
GVA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
HAM ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
HBE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
HEL ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Disembarkation is immediately in to the gate area from which boarding takes place. *A flights tend to be allocated the low number gates close to the SAS lounge (closed at the moment).
In the event of a bus, you are dropped into the gate area close to where you would board a bus on departure. There is no security or passport check as it's intra-Schengen.
If/when the SAS lounge reopens, it's OK for a few minutes and a snack but there is no other lounge within easy distance of this area of the terminal.
HEL is probably the longest back to back on the current network alongside LHR & DUB but certainly easier than LHR.
Transfer: See above
Landside: unknown
IST
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
JED ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
KRK ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LED ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LGW ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LHR ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: The last flight of the day is definitely doable. You have the option of going through Flight Connections (the best option for those with non-UK/EU passports) or going landside and back through security that way. Both will take about 10 minutes at that time of the evening. The earlier flights would be more problematic, as the terminal would be much busier. It should still be doable but will more than likely not be very relaxed. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LIS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: if you end up on a stand with a jetway then you are deposited into the departure area and should be able to reboard. If you end up on a stand, you will be bussed to the terminal and end up on the far end of the departures area. You should still be able to make it to the gate with a boarding pass, but if things are running late, you may have problems. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LUX ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
LYS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MAD ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: You are unloaded right into the gate area and can immediately re-board. There is even time to go to the lounge. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MAN ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MLA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MRS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MUC ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
MXP ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
NAP ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
NCE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
NTE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
NUE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
OSL ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: is a little different due to it not being in the EU (but still in Schengen). There you are unloaded into corridor above the main concourse and have to pass through a security check before going downstairs to the departure concourse. It SHOULD be very quick. NOTE that I have only arrived there from France and Germany, NOT from Greece but it should be the same. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
OTP ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: you will be feeded away from the arrivals hall. Make sure before clearing passport control to find the transit point (not always staffed). Within 5-10 mins from there you should be back into the departures area, after BP is checked/gate agents or ground personell is contacted. Never tried personally myself, but should be very doable what I've read! [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
PRG ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
PSA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
RUH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
SOF ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Forget it. I was bussed to the terminal which was really slow and then there was a reasonable queue at passport control (small airport and no other arrivals but only two desks). [Unknown Date]
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
STR ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
SXB ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: unknown
Landside: unknown
TBS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
TIA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
TLN ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
TLS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
TLV ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Where the flight has a near 5 hour turnaround time A3928/929 this is a pretty hassle free trip. I landed and cleared in about 30 mins from landing. Advised guy at passport control the purpose of trip ( mileage run ) to which he asked if I had been to Israel before. After that gave me back my passport and said ''Enjoy''. Went to get some fresh air before going back through departures. There is a HBO security line to the right. I was given a full interview for about 10 mins but guy was very pleasant. Put a sticker on my passport with a barcode then I went through a very thorough screening/x ray process. I would advise to do this trip HBO only as with checked bags the process would be a lot longer as they open everything. I would certainly do this MR again. I got some lovely local produce and some nice wines for Xmas. ^ [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
VCE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
VIE ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: you are unloaded right into the gate area and should be able to immediately re-board. If you are unlucky and get a remote bus gate, you may have to walk a bit but no need to re-clear security and should be do-able in 10 minutes [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
VLC ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
WAW ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Idiot proof (i.e. arrival into the departure hall, back to the plane through the same gate) and time for a quick bite/drink at the Polonez lounge if disembarking through a nearby gate. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ZAG ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ZRH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
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Greece List
Note: Some are seasonal. Some served by subsidiary, Olympic. List accurate as of March 2021.
Note-note: Please ensure alphabetization if adding/subtracting a destination, and to update the "accuracy-date" in the previous line.
CFU ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: have to reclear security, but airport is very small so only takes a few minutes -- told OA staff what I was doing and they offered to have the GA make sure to hold things in case of any delay [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
CHQ ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: bus gates/walk to arrivals on tarmac, so will have to reclear security, but as airport is very small it could surely done in 20-30 mins. High season charter crowds at the wrong hours of the day can complicate this! (Not stopping over for at least a day in CHQ is anyway a crime against humanity). [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
EFL ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
HER ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: You always get bussed, first waiting for business class to deplane. Once in the terminal, turn left after exiting the building and walk through the CI area to Schengen departures (~150 metres). The CI area may be a zoo in the summer months, push yourself through. Easy in off-season but iffy in the summer due to crowds at security. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JIK ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JKH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JMK ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JNX ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JSH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JSI ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
JTR ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
KGS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
KIT ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
KLX ☻ ☻ ☻
All transfers are landside
Back to back: Tarmac deplaning and short walk to arrivals where passport and customs filter exists (unmanned for schengen arrivals). From here you must exit to landside, where you walk 30-40 meters inside the termial building to the north, passing 3-4 check-in desks (likely closed at the time you pass them) before you find departures security scan where boarding pass and travel documents are checked. 20 meters after security boarding pass is scanned again before entering holding pen at the gate, from where it is a short tarmac walk back to the plane. Business class passengers are held in a separate pen and boarded (led onto tarmac) first. [Nov 2023]
Transfer: Same procedure as B2B - Best practice is to make sure transfer flight is operated by the arriving aircraft. Because of the small size of the airport, this is often the case (but technically it can hold more than one plane at a time on the apron, so do your research). [Nov 2023]
Landside: Same procedure as B2B. If you have a longish layover, pay attention to opening hours of security and check-in desks. It is a very small airport and services may be intermittently closed. [Nov 2023]
KVA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
KZS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
LCA ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
LRS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
LXS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: 1 minute bus drive from plane to terminal (and same back). Terminal very small but check-in desks likely closed once you get to there so make sure you have boarding pass already. 25 minutes as is typical connection time is enough, when plane is delayed you'll likely need to run. You have to re-clear security. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
MJT ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Tiny airport - off the plane, through security and at the gate in 5-7 minutes. Would be easy as a back-to-back/immediate turn around too. [2022-04-10]
Landside: Unknown
MLO ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
PAS ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: PAS is my home airport and it would be very easy to just walk outside, back into the termal and through security - probably about three minutes from stepping off the aircraft to being ready to board. Also, there is only one flight at once and only 4 or 5 members of staff at the entire airport so just tell somebody what you are doing as you depalane and I'm sure they'd wait for you. I imagine most of the other small airports (Naxos, Syros etc.) work the same. [Unknown Date]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
RHO ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
SKG ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Tarmac deplane and 20 meter walk to enter terminal building (no bussing on this occasion). There is a transfer-door which let's you stay airside. You need to show onward BP to enter; a back-to-back BP was not an issue on this occasion. Some 20 meters down the hall you'll find the lounge on the right. Boarding can be done from the lounge, so this is a really quick path. If you don't have lounge access, then stairs to departures level is to the left and you can get to the gate in a few minutes.
Only problem would be if the transfer door isn't manned or if your onward BP isn't accepted. Then you will have to do landside. [2022-05-16]
Transfer: Excellent, see back-to-back
Landside: Unknown
SKU ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: Doable (good, but not excellent). Like PAS, this is a tiny airport, with just one or two flights a day (if even that). Made the short walk to arrivals with other arriving passengers, but quickly joined the single security line, went through security, and walked back out to the plane. Told the ground staff I'd be on the return (not sure if that made a difference). [Oct 2018]
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ZTH ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
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Hub Itself
ATH (Non-Schengen to Non-Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (Non-GR Schengen to Non-Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (GR-Domestic to Non-Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (Non-Schengen to Non-GR Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (Non-GR Schengen to Non-GR Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (GR-Domestic to Non-GR Schengen) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (Non-Schengen to GR-Domestic) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (Non-GR Schengen to GR-Domestic) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
ATH (GR-Domestic to GR-Domestic) ☻ ☻ ☻
Back to back: unknown
Transfer: Unknown
Landside: Unknown
Immediate turnarounds in Europe on A3
Jun 8, 2017, 4:52 am
#136
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 25
worked very well even though there were massive crowds. just showed the gate agent my boarding time and was allowed to use priority lane. 
both flights from yesterday are already posted to my account. the ZRH - ATH flight from yesterday didn't post yet though.
arrived one hour delayed due to heavy traffic in ATH in FRA 1.5 hours ago.
4 Aegean segments done --> upgrade to gold
Sunday I'll fly Z FRA - SFO (UA) with a return on Friday in Z via Vancouver back to FRA for company.
JohnnyT
both flights from yesterday are already posted to my account. the ZRH - ATH flight from yesterday didn't post yet though.
arrived one hour delayed due to heavy traffic in ATH in FRA 1.5 hours ago.
4 Aegean segments done --> upgrade to gold
Sunday I'll fly Z FRA - SFO (UA) with a return on Friday in Z via Vancouver back to FRA for company.
JohnnyT
Aug 12, 2017, 3:35 am
#140
Moderator: Aegean Miles+Bonus
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: AMS / ATH
Programs: AFKL Plat, A3 Gold
Posts: 7,342
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Aug 25, 2017, 2:47 pm
#141
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Houston, TX, USA
Programs: A3 Gold
Posts: 297
I managed to do ATH-HER-ATH with minutes to spare.
While I had my boarding passes saved to my iPhone, I wanted to get my boarding passes printed on regular cardstock at the check-in counter. I found the lone M+B counter and she printed a single boarding pass for my trip, which included both flights. It reminded me of SK boarding passes with multiple flights on one card.
Heading to HER, the flight was running 15min late. Apparently in Greek the agent said 15hr delay and knew I would not be able to do that. When she realized her mistake, she corrected saying 15min.
Upon landing at HER, we took the bus and dropped us off at baggage claim. From there, I walked and found entrance into the Departure area and immediately the security desk, which was near Gate 1, our departing gate. I got through security in time after the agents started calling for general boarding for the flight back to ATH. I landed back in ATH with just seconds to spare catching the last Metro to Monastiraki.
While I had my boarding passes saved to my iPhone, I wanted to get my boarding passes printed on regular cardstock at the check-in counter. I found the lone M+B counter and she printed a single boarding pass for my trip, which included both flights. It reminded me of SK boarding passes with multiple flights on one card.
Heading to HER, the flight was running 15min late. Apparently in Greek the agent said 15hr delay and knew I would not be able to do that. When she realized her mistake, she corrected saying 15min.
Upon landing at HER, we took the bus and dropped us off at baggage claim. From there, I walked and found entrance into the Departure area and immediately the security desk, which was near Gate 1, our departing gate. I got through security in time after the agents started calling for general boarding for the flight back to ATH. I landed back in ATH with just seconds to spare catching the last Metro to Monastiraki.
Nov 15, 2017, 12:24 am
#142
Join Date: Nov 2009
Programs: LY-PL, A3-*G
Posts: 1,680
CHq
CHQ - Chania:bus gates/walk to arrivals on tarmac, so will have to reclear security, but as airport is very small it could surely done in 20-30 mins. High season charter crowds at the wrong hours of the day can complicate this! (Not stopping over for at least a day in CHQ is anyway a crime against humanity).
I am thinking of doing this in December.
What is the MCT? On the A3 website it is possible to buy a 35 minute "connection" ATH-CHQ-ATH
Nov 15, 2017, 2:01 am
#143
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,567
Nov 16, 2017, 11:51 am
#144
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: OTP
Programs: AF/KL platinum, Turkish gold, QR gold
Posts: 1,572
Make sure you OLCI at exactly T-48 and get a seat as much in front as possible. With a bit of luck you park near the terminal and can walk to arrivals. I'd guess in December, the A3 flight is the only one at that time of the day, so I dont expect any queue whatsoever at security on the way back to the plane.
It is good policy however to inform one of the A3 stewardesses of your plans, so they know in case you are missing when they are boarding that you might be running around the airport
although I think that's highly unlikely!
Nov 17, 2017, 8:57 am
#145
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: PAS, Paros Greece
Programs: A3 *G
Posts: 1,375
No experience doing a turnaround there (as KLouis said, and I wrote before, I rather shoot myself in the leg than missing out on the opportunity to visit my lovely old home town again) but 35 mins should definitely be doable in low-season if you take precautions.
Make sure you OLCI at exactly T-48 and get a seat as much in front as possible. With a bit of luck you park near the terminal and can walk to arrivals. I'd guess in December, the A3 flight is the only one at that time of the day, so I dont expect any queue whatsoever at security on the way back to the plane.
It is good policy however to inform one of the A3 stewardesses of your plans, so they know in case you are missing when they are boarding that you might be running around the airport although I think that's highly unlikely!
Make sure you OLCI at exactly T-48 and get a seat as much in front as possible. With a bit of luck you park near the terminal and can walk to arrivals. I'd guess in December, the A3 flight is the only one at that time of the day, so I dont expect any queue whatsoever at security on the way back to the plane.
It is good policy however to inform one of the A3 stewardesses of your plans, so they know in case you are missing when they are boarding that you might be running around the airport
although I think that's highly unlikely!I fly to CHQ 4 or 5 times per year and I can say pretty much for certain you will NOT walk to the terminal. I've always been taken by bus as it's a bit far and there is the service road to cross.
Having said that, the airport is virtually deserted in winter - even more so now that Ryanair have pulled out. You should be able to quickly run upstairs and through security, but they don't waste time there - they are usually boarding the first load of pax. onto the first bus even as the last incoming pax. are disembarking the aircraft. A good point is that, on disembarkation, they don't seem to wait until the bus is full - the first one usually leaves half empty, so be on that one!
Nov 19, 2017, 3:44 am
#147
Join Date: Nov 2015
Programs: A3*G
Posts: 128
In recent years more and more (touristic) restaurants are open during the winter (e.g. at the old harbour). As Chania is quite a big city, many restaurants are open all year round.
Nov 19, 2017, 6:46 am
#148
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,567
@ Houminer If you decide for a weekend, make it a romantic one; there are some super-duper boutique hotels in the old harbour neighbourhood.
Nov 19, 2017, 9:29 am
#149
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: PAS, Paros Greece
Programs: A3 *G
Posts: 1,375
The open-all-year restaurants are usually the best. They have a reputation to keep up with locals and rely on regular trade rather than just passing tourists who may never return anyway. I guess that's true generally though. Certainly here, the year rounds places are all very good and they're the only ones I use - even in summer.