FCO connection
Mar 11, 18, 6:06 am
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FCO connection
Hi,
I'll be flying AZ soon and never set foot in FCO yet so just have some questions about the connection there. I couldn't really find details on AZ or the airport's website. I have a 1h00 connection from an AZ Schengen flight (mainline, not CityLiner) to a non Schengen shorthaul (LHR). Do you have any idea what this transfer will look like? Also, If I have any time for the lounge, which one will be closest to me?
Thank you!
I'll be flying AZ soon and never set foot in FCO yet so just have some questions about the connection there. I couldn't really find details on AZ or the airport's website. I have a 1h00 connection from an AZ Schengen flight (mainline, not CityLiner) to a non Schengen shorthaul (LHR). Do you have any idea what this transfer will look like? Also, If I have any time for the lounge, which one will be closest to me?
Thank you!
Mar 11, 18, 6:30 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Hi and welcome to the AZ sub-forum [if that’s indeed your first visit in terms of posting] 
A moderator will probably merge the thread into the multi-page’s related thread MCT / minimum connect time @ FCO / Rome Fiumicino but, before they do so, here’s the answer to your query.
1 hour is generally speaking plenty of time in normal circumstances (i.e. assuming no major delays coming into Rome). In the event that your plane will park at a remote stand (this, I’m afraid, tends to happen fairly often at FCO), a bus will take you to the arrivals area of Terminal 1 — do not follow exit but turn right instead and go up the stairs, then a left turn again towards gates C/D/E and continue to follow E, you will go through passports and proceed straight through the duty-free area (no security), an Alitalia lounge (sadly, the worst in the entire airport, even though the food is not that bad!) will be on the left-hand side next to an information desk (if you miss it, follow the signs for the BA lounge). Had you had more time, you could have visited ‘Casa Alitalia’ (E31/44), on the other concourse.
All-in-all, even assuming a ‘remote’ arrival/bus transfer, it will take you roughly 15 minutes to get to the lounge, not even 10 minutes if your plane docks on to a gate (area B).
Any doubts, please let us know.
G
A moderator will probably merge the thread into the multi-page’s related thread MCT / minimum connect time @ FCO / Rome Fiumicino but, before they do so, here’s the answer to your query.
1 hour is generally speaking plenty of time in normal circumstances (i.e. assuming no major delays coming into Rome). In the event that your plane will park at a remote stand (this, I’m afraid, tends to happen fairly often at FCO), a bus will take you to the arrivals area of Terminal 1 — do not follow exit but turn right instead and go up the stairs, then a left turn again towards gates C/D/E and continue to follow E, you will go through passports and proceed straight through the duty-free area (no security), an Alitalia lounge (sadly, the worst in the entire airport, even though the food is not that bad!) will be on the left-hand side next to an information desk (if you miss it, follow the signs for the BA lounge). Had you had more time, you could have visited ‘Casa Alitalia’ (E31/44), on the other concourse.
All-in-all, even assuming a ‘remote’ arrival/bus transfer, it will take you roughly 15 minutes to get to the lounge, not even 10 minutes if your plane docks on to a gate (area B).
Any doubts, please let us know.
G
Last edited by AlicorporateUK; Mar 11, 18 at 6:36 am
Mar 11, 18, 6:54 am
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Hi and thanks for the welcome!
I did not see the thread you mention, indeed it's full of useful infos. I was looking for a wikipost and missed it. Anyway, thanks a lot for this!
I'm not too stressed for the connection to be honest, I'm not on the last LHR flight of the day so worst case i'll just be late - and flying on a Sunday it doesn't really matter to me. Main question was about the lounge as the ST website is really not clear about their locations, and terminals/gates numbers doesn't match.
Ok so E gates for LHR, but can it be any E gate? You mention E31/E44, any chance my flight can depart for there or that's just for long hauls??
Thank you!
I did not see the thread you mention, indeed it's full of useful infos. I was looking for a wikipost and missed it. Anyway, thanks a lot for this!
I'm not too stressed for the connection to be honest, I'm not on the last LHR flight of the day so worst case i'll just be late - and flying on a Sunday it doesn't really matter to me. Main question was about the lounge as the ST website is really not clear about their locations, and terminals/gates numbers doesn't match.
Ok so E gates for LHR, but can it be any E gate? You mention E31/E44, any chance my flight can depart for there or that's just for long hauls??
Thank you!
Mar 11, 18, 11:02 am
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Originally Posted by quentinr
You mention E31/E44, any chance my flight can depart for there or that's just for long hauls?
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