Hub 2012, satellite S4 and future CDG2 developments
Oct 2, 2012, 4:50 am
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Oct 2, 2012, 5:27 am
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Regarding food, there is a large dining section with tables (and iPads 
). Food proposed includes the usual stuff (cheese board, cold cuts). Hot food included various kind of pastas and rice. I took some Chinese noddles with chicken and
mushrooms which were not too bad with some champagne and reading a paper on an iPad
. Dessert section includes the usual fruit salad but also some nice verrines and éclairs au café & au chocolat and other cakes. I think they could be a little more imaginative for hot food but this lounge is really a great improvement and AF has done a great job here ^
). Food proposed includes the usual stuff (cheese board, cold cuts). Hot food included various kind of pastas and rice. I took some Chinese noddles with chicken and mushrooms which were not too bad with some champagne and reading a paper on an iPad
. Dessert section includes the usual fruit salad but also some nice verrines and éclairs au café & au chocolat and other cakes. I think they could be a little more imaginative for hot food but this lounge is really a great improvement and AF has done a great job here ^
Oct 2, 2012, 11:16 am
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Oct 2, 2012, 3:17 pm
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. Op-ups represents a very small number of my AF flights, but of course it's always very nice and pleasant
Oct 5, 2012, 11:54 am
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I hope someday AF will move DUB flights to something better than 2E.
Morning flight's boarding is at 2E while the aircraft is parked at 2G.
And when you get back on the 3PM DUB-CDG flight, you arrive at S3, walk for 5mins, then take the CDGVAL, then have to clear security with people coming from long-haul flights.
Morning flight's boarding is at 2E while the aircraft is parked at 2G.
And when you get back on the 3PM DUB-CDG flight, you arrive at S3, walk for 5mins, then take the CDGVAL, then have to clear security with people coming from long-haul flights.
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Oct 5, 2012, 4:42 pm
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I hope someday AF will move DUB flights to something better than 2E.
Morning flight's boarding is at 2E while the aircraft is parked at 2G.
And when you get back on the 3PM DUB-CDG flight, you arrive at S3, walk for 5mins, then take the CDGVAL, then have to clear security with people coming from long-haul flights.
Morning flight's boarding is at 2E while the aircraft is parked at 2G.
And when you get back on the 3PM DUB-CDG flight, you arrive at S3, walk for 5mins, then take the CDGVAL, then have to clear security with people coming from long-haul flights.
Oct 5, 2012, 7:59 pm
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You probably mean immigration, but yes that's the same in any airport. You should rather hope that Ireland joins the Schengen area one day...
Oct 7, 2012, 5:49 am
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Oct 7, 2012, 9:40 am
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Oct 8, 2012, 12:21 am
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I guess this checkpoint will remain active because I saw yesterday that they just installed some new checkpoint furniture there.
Oct 8, 2012, 2:01 am
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And that will never happen...
This said, as my trips over the channel often involve both UK and ROI, I'm just happy to be delivered back to the same terminal (2E) and not dumed at 2G with the perspective of an extra 45mins to get back to my car... If they cuold get LISA to 2G things would be different...
Oct 8, 2012, 3:40 am
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this is not going to happen until the UK joins Schengen,
And that will never happen...
And that will never happen...
But I agree that all of this is not for the foreseeable future.
Oct 8, 2012, 4:17 am
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The biggest obstacle is not financial or physical but political. While I can imagine circumstances which might lead to a temporary re-introduction of land border controls, the idea that Ireland would acknowledge the existence of a permanent legitimate border between North and South (as distinct from a practical temporary policing/security arrangement) is utterly unthinkable.
Well, "never" is rather a long time. Look at how Europe looked 60 years ago and compare to what it looks like now. Besides, some creative solutions that do not involve Schengen membership may be found.
But I agree that all of this is not for the foreseeable future.
Well, "never" is rather a long time. Look at how Europe looked 60 years ago and compare to what it looks like now. Besides, some creative solutions that do not involve Schengen membership may be found.
But I agree that all of this is not for the foreseeable future.
Oct 8, 2012, 5:01 am
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I indeed hope to have Ireland joing Schengen one day, but what is really annoying is that if your flight has delay, you end up in a full queue line with people coming from all over the world
Oct 8, 2012, 5:09 am
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