A380 Departures from 2E - M Gates Only?
Jun 28, 2017, 5:26 pm
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A380 Departures from 2E - M Gates Only?
I thought I had read this in an earlier post, but can't seem to find it. For A380 aircraft, are only the 2E - M gates used for departure? I have a 4:40pm departure in J to JFK in a few weeks and, since the M concourse AF lounge closes at 4pm, just wonderin.' If the flight is on time, I know I should proably be at the gate by 4. But, if the flight is delayed, as it was recently, what are, if any, my post 4pm lounge options?
Jun 28, 2017, 8:32 pm
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Thanks. Of course, since the L lounge is currently under renovation, what lounge should I use? The M and then shuttle?
Jun 28, 2017, 11:51 pm
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I thought I had read this in an earlier post, but can't seem to find it. For A380 aircraft, are only the 2E - M gates used for departure? I have a 4:40pm departure in J to JFK in a few weeks and, since the M concourse AF lounge closes at 4pm, just wonderin.' If the flight is on time, I know I should proably be at the gate by 4. But, if the flight is delayed, as it was recently, what are, if any, my post 4pm lounge options?
If the flight was leaving from M and is delayed, the lounge will remain open until the last flight depart (I have never seen with AF what you see sometimes in the US where they kick you out of a lounge at the scheduled closing time even if some flights are delayed).
K or M and a special shuttle.
Jun 29, 2017, 4:22 am
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I took this flight not so long ago and went to the K lounge. Then I walked back out through security and took the shuttle to L and cleared security again.
Jun 29, 2017, 7:34 am
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Jun 29, 2017, 4:19 pm
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Jun 29, 2017, 4:27 pm
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Also, before leaving the lounge K, I asked how to get to L and that's how they told me to do.
Good thing if there's a special shuttle all the time now.
Jun 30, 2017, 2:45 pm
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Jul 5, 2017, 7:37 am
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At the K lounge they told me that the shuttle bus runs only for the evening wave of flights (starting at 7PM, if I remember well). During the rest of the day, you have to do exactly what you did.
Aug 5, 2017, 5:14 pm
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To update, my A380 flight on July 27 departed from the L concourse. Limited connection time did not allow going to the M or K lounges. However, the L lounge was just fine, even if under renovation.
Aug 9, 2017, 4:10 pm
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1,5 hour transfer time from 2F to 2E
I have a 1,5 hour layover arriving at 08:50AM at terminal 2F (from AMS) and departing from terminal 2E to LAX (A380), two questions:
i. do I need to go through security?
ii. will I have enough time to go to the lounge?
i. do I need to go through security?
ii. will I have enough time to go to the lounge?
Aug 9, 2017, 5:21 pm
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1) Security no, passport control yes
2) Depends on the gate. 2E is divided into gates K, L and M. I had a flight at K (the closest one when you enter 2E), Skypriority to clear off passport control, and I still took at least 40 minutes to transfert from 2F to 2E in late June.
2) Depends on the gate. 2E is divided into gates K, L and M. I had a flight at K (the closest one when you enter 2E), Skypriority to clear off passport control, and I still took at least 40 minutes to transfert from 2F to 2E in late June.