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Old Oct 12, 2013, 12:05 pm
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A list of airports serving SkyTeam, and whether they have an immigration fast lane on the inbound (if relevant), or a security fast lane on the outbound, and who can gain access.

When travelling entirely within the Schengen zone, there are no immigration controls so the "inbound" column is not relevant.

American airports with SkyPriority are documented by Delta so are not presently included in this list.

If anything more than a valid boarding pass or FF card is needed to gain access to the lane, it will be noted.

Please amend and correct the list according to your experiences.

Airport code Inbound? Outbound? Notes

Africa
ADD No No
CMN Yes, only for J passengers (boarding pass required) Yes for all SP passengers (automatic gates opening upon boarding pass being scanned - tested with Y and SP and worked)
CPT No No
DAR no yes (special passport control and security then straight into the CIP lounge)
JNB No No
NBO Yes Yes Including separate security screening at the entrance to the terminal
MRU Inbound priority lane at immigration (no strict enforcement). Outbound priority lane for immigration which leads to fast track security.
LOS No Yes.
RAK No inbound fast track, but outbound priority lane for security and immigration on the right hand of normal security entrance
RUN Not applicable Yes
TUN No Yes

Americas / Carribeans
US airports: no priority lane at immigration on arrival. There are usually (but not always) priority lanes for security on departure, but those are usually a joke as they all lead to the TSA agent checking ID and BP and then all lanes are mixed.
BOG No No
BON No No
CTG No No
CUN No No
CUR No No
EZE No Yes, Only for immigration and not for security
FDF Not applicable Yes, all elites
GIG No No
GYE ? No
LIM No No
MEX Unknown Yes, all elites
PUJ No Yes
SCL No Yes
SDQ No No Lounge invite required
SXM No No
UIO No No
Canadian airports: there are no status/class-of-service-based priority lanes at immigration for any airline. For security:
  • YOW ?
  • YUL Yes
  • YVR
    • AF No (no airline priority lane at the time the flight departs)
    • KL ?
  • YYZ Yes

Asia Pacific
BKK J only J only, but all elites travelling on KL pass required. See post and replies.
BOM No No
DEL No (yes if you have a regular visum, not if you use an eVisum) Yes
DPS No No
HAN Yes Yes
HKG No No
HND No No for immigration, yes for security (only for P pax & FB gold/plat)
ICN No No
KIX No Unknown
KUL No (J/F only) Yes
PUS No No
PVG No Yes, all elites
SGN No No
SIN No (immigration) No (immigration), Yes (security at gate). Exception for immigration for P pax : private immigration counter provided by C.I.P. Lounge.
XMN No Yes

Europe

France

BES No No
BOD No Yes
CDG Yes Yes
LRH : No No
LRT : No No
LYS No Yes
MPL No Yes
MRS No Yes (Hall 4)
NCE No Yes
NTE No No
ORY (west terminal) No Yes
RNS No No
SXB n/a No
TLS No Yes, all terminals (automatic gates)
UIP : No No

Germany
BER No Yes
DUS No Yes, all elites
FRA No, Yes but J-class only
HAJ Na Yes (SkyP based on signs but often closed)
HAM No Yes
MUC Unknown Yes, all elites
NUE No Yes, Elite+/J only

Ireland
DUB No Yes

Italy
BLQ Unknown Yes, Elite+/J only (?)
CAG No Yes (2019 - Only when flying AF/KL though, denied with AZ flight/ticket)
FCO NA Yes Sky Priority
LIN NA Yes (Sky Priority)
MXP NA Yes (SkyPriority). No (non-SP) companion allowed.
NAP NA Yes

Spain
AGP Unknown Yes (at the right side of the normal security lane)
ALC No Yes
BCN n/a Yes
BIO No No
IBZ No No
MAD No Yes, all elites (Security fastlane in T2 --> Follow VIP Controls signage)
SVQ : No Yes, but only for J pax (Elites+ in Y not eligible)
VLC No Yes

United Kingdom
BHX NA Yes Sky Priority 2 Access Points
BRS No Yes (Business class + eliteplus only)
GLA No Yes (Boarding pass showing Sky Priority is sufficient)
EDI No Yes (Boarding pass showing Sky Priority is sufficient)
LBA No Yes, all elites
LCY No No
LHR (T4) No Yes
MAN No Yes, Elite+/J only
NWI No Yes but pointless - Sky Priority members have to queue at airport information desk to get Airport Development Fee ticket with special bar code

All others
AMS No Yes, all elites
ARN No Yes, all elites
ATH No Yes
BGO Unknown Yes
BLL No Yes
BRU Unknown Yes Terminal A
BUD Unknown Yes, all elites
CPH Unknown Yes, all elites
DUB Unknown J only
EIN No No
GDN NA, Yes. "SkyPriority" on BP is not enough, they require membership card
GOT Unknown Yes
GVA No Yes
HAM Unknown Yes
HEL N/A, Yes
IST SP-signed lane, but SAV card required SP-signed lane, but SAV card required The rules of this airport are not clear. See post. See also update May 2015 here
LED No No
OSL NA Yes
OTP No No
PRG Inbound / Outbound immigration: Yes / Security : Yes - SkyPriority (Automatic Gates for departures)
SVG Unknown Yes
SVO No No
TUN No Yes for immigration on departure, No for security
TRD NA Yes
VIE NA Yes, all elites
WAW NA Yes Sky Priority 2 Access Points
ZAG NA (was No until Croatia joined Shengen) Yes - SkyPriority (Automatic Gates for access to departures and manual check for Security)
ZRH Unknown Yes, all elites

Middle-East
AUH : No (immigration) / No (security)
BEY : No (immigration arrival) / No (security both pre and post check-in) / No (immigration departure)
DOH Unknown Yes, all elites
DXB No No for J Pax. P pax are escorted.
JED No Yes
MCT No Yes
RUH Yes Yes, Terminal 1, inbound Priority queue at far left of the immigration hall but not particularly quick. For STE+, J
TLV No Yes for pre-checkin security (Both Sky Priority and C pax), post check-in security (Metal Detector/X-ray) for only C pax (not for Elites/Elites+)



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Old Aug 7, 2016, 2:53 pm
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I am pleased to report that Sky Priority has now been implemented for security screening at MRS (Hall 4) and MPL .
For MRS, it is the same fast track lane which was before accessible only via a subscription but apparently AF didn't want to pay for it. But now, there is a well visible Sky P signage.
For MPL, this is in link with the Navette service due to begin next fall. But the SkyP lane at security is already operational.
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Have just edited Wiki to add information for HAM and NWI.

HAM is nice and easy and straightforward - access to Fast Track is by way of a boarding pass scanner which recognises the bar code on Sky Priority boarding passes.

NWI is... bizarre!!! They have only recently introduced a Fast Track system. Totally unnecessary IMHO (it's the sort of airport where you think "gosh isn't it busy today? " if you have more than three or four people in front of you), and if you want to use Fast Track as a KLM frequent flyer you have to queue up at the airport information desk first (where you could have a very long wait as they deal with everything from general enquiries to rebooking pax after flight cancellations)

NWI charges an airport development fee (one of two airports in the UK to do so), and you have to scan your airport development fee ticket to get airside. They have decided to bundle together their airport development fee with Fast Track by selling special enhanced (= more expensive) ADF tickets which include Fast Track. KLM Elite flyers can get these enhanced tickets for the normal price by presenting their FB cards at the information desk - which, in most cases, will take longer than joining the queue of three or four in the non-Fast Track lane.

So - if you're travelling from NWI just forget about Fast Track and use the normal lane.
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Some updates for the airports I know, still can't edit yet.
BHX | no | yes | need a ticket from the check-in desk
BLL | no | yes
TLS | no | yes | all terminals, SkyPriority boarding pass is enough, automatic gates
LHR Term 3 | yes | yes | inbound I was once given the same card as Delta One passengers to access priority lane at immigration, outbound yes if traveling on Delta metal SkyPriority is honoured
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Originally Posted by Goldorak
I am pleased to report that Sky Priority has now been implemented for security screening at MRS (Hall 4) and MPL .
For MRS, it is the same fast track lane which was before accessible only via a subscription but apparently AF didn't want to pay for it. But now, there is a well visible Sky P signage.
this is great news. was an unnecessary source or frustration and arguments!
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GVA | no | yes | With the Skypriority barcode, you can access the automated gates for the priority lane. No stickers necessary anymore.
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Originally Posted by KLflyerRalph
GVA | no | yes | With the Skypriority barcode, you can access the automated gates for the priority lane. No stickers necessary anymore.
Thanks. Can you update the wiki, please ?

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Old Sep 6, 2016, 7:36 am
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Originally Posted by KLflyerRalph
GVA | no | yes | With the Skypriority barcode, you can access the automated gates for the priority lane. No stickers necessary anymore.
Only for the Swiss departures sector at GVA (i.e. KL flights).
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Added CPT, LED, NBO and SVO
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Originally Posted by Ditto
Added CPT, LED, NBO and SVO
Thanks for resurrecting the thread - I've added FCO and made a couple of amendments, too.

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The priority lane at TXL security no longer exists. It stopped over a year ago. I updated the Wiki.
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I can't edit the wiki, so:

RUH Yes, Yes, Terminal 1, inbound Priority queue at far left of the immigration hall but not particularly quick. For STE+, J
JED No, Yes
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Originally Posted by PeteM01
I can't edit the wiki, so:

RUH Yes, Yes, Terminal 1, inbound Priority queue at far left of the immigration hall but not particularly quick. For STE+, J
JED No, Yes
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I have added SCL and GIG.
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Added MXP and sorted the wiki by geo, hopefully I got everything in the right place

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