AF flights from CDG 2E to LHR
Apr 22, 2015, 6:27 am
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AF flights from CDG 2E to LHR
For those who are regular on this CDG LHR route, what is the usual boarding area for these flights? I suspect it is mainly K gates to save time for passengers on this short route that is in competition with eurostar. I fly tomorrow and I am trying to figure out if I would be able to catch it if I arrive 25 minutes before take off at passport control (I have parafes, skypriority, cabin luggage only).
Apr 22, 2015, 6:59 am
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Indeed it is almost always the K pier (I have done +/- 20 trips in the last 12 months and can't ever remember it not being the K pier).
However, it is almost always at one or other of the extremities of the K pier, so a bit of a walk.
Whilst I would definitely not recommend it, I am often at the passport control only 25 minutes in advance and have always made it. Doesn't leave much contingency though...
However, it is almost always at one or other of the extremities of the K pier, so a bit of a walk.
Whilst I would definitely not recommend it, I am often at the passport control only 25 minutes in advance and have always made it. Doesn't leave much contingency though...
Apr 22, 2015, 11:24 am
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Indeed, K gates are the dominant norm, although L gates happen as well.
Apr 23, 2015, 1:47 pm
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Apr 24, 2015, 12:11 am
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Apr 24, 2015, 1:53 am
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It was K53 (even if the boarding pass on AF app was K34). Arrived at CDG 40 minutes before take off... or so was I thinking! Push back, taxiing, and then "ladies and gentlemen your captain, we have on board a luggage of a passenger who has been found at the gate, so we go back to the gate and meanwhile ground staff calculates what will take less time between off loading the luggage or boarding the passenger." At the gate, then the passenger disappeared, luggage offloaded and off we went. Arrival at Heathrow, jetway connected, but they were using the same gate to board another aircraft (at CDG disembarking has priority over boarding). So 1 hour delay for 45 minutes in the air.
Apr 24, 2015, 2:10 pm
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