DUS queues?
Nov 11, 2022 | 1:41 am
#31
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands
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How is the situation at DUS these days?
LH flight departing at 6:25AM next Thursday. Staying at the Airport Sheraton the night before, checking in LH *G with luggage.
What time should we aim to leave the Sheraton?
LH flight departing at 6:25AM next Thursday. Staying at the Airport Sheraton the night before, checking in LH *G with luggage.
What time should we aim to leave the Sheraton?
Nov 17, 2022 | 9:54 pm
#32
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I assume you already departed? I wanted to ask a colleague, you flew around the same time on November 10 but forgot it due some business nightmare .... He mentioned longer lines and 20 minutes wait at A, longer at C and B.
Nov 18, 2022 | 9:05 am
#33
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Flew yesterday, took about 10-20 Minutes for security around 5AM. At A gates, fast track line was open but just fed into the normal line, skipped maybe 10 people?
Not too bad, lots of bags went to secondary though oddly.
Not too bad, lots of bags went to secondary though oddly.
Dec 9, 2022 | 4:10 am
#34
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: NW London and NW Sydney
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Long queues yesterday afternoon, priority lane closed, took about 30 minutes to get through. Problem is only one person can unload at a time and if they don't understand what laptops out means, everyone else has to wait until they do get it.
At passports they had 2 officers on the EU side and 1 on the non-EU side. When nobody was going to the EU officers (most of the time, since the e-gates were operational), the officers would signal to the next waiting non-EU passenger, but most of the passengers were not paying attention so nobody moved and the non-EU officer did 3 times as much work as the others.
At passports they had 2 officers on the EU side and 1 on the non-EU side. When nobody was going to the EU officers (most of the time, since the e-gates were operational), the officers would signal to the next waiting non-EU passenger, but most of the passengers were not paying attention so nobody moved and the non-EU officer did 3 times as much work as the others.
Jan 13, 2023 | 1:09 am
#35
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DUS will have quite a bit of construction in the next months:
Düsseldorf Airport is taking advantage of the lower-traffic period outside the travel season to carry out extensive modernization and conversion work. The work, which will begin this week, is to take place without any operational restrictions or limitations for passengers and is to be completed by the summer vacations.
In Terminal Area A, access to the gate after security screening will be widened and operational use of the screening lane at the gate entrance will be improved. The lane in question will be closed for the duration of the work. The security checks in the other four control lanes in front of Pier A will not be affected by the reconstruction work.
In Terminal Section C, installation work has begun on the spatial expansion of the sensor system, which will cover a larger area in front of the security checkpoints. This will enable more accurate forecasts of waiting times, improving processes and staff deployment.
Ten self-bag drop machines are also to be installed in terminal area A. Check-in counters 101 to 120 will be taken out of service as part of the installation work. By the start of the summer vacation period, passengers will have access to ten staffed check-in counters and ten self-bag drop counters with upstream machines for printing baggage labels. This will make checking in baggage faster and more convenient.
The duty-free area will also be redesigned after the new operator Heinemann takes over the total of four stores in all three gates A, B and C..
Düsseldorf Airport gets ready for the 2023 travel season
Renovation work in terminal and duty-free area / security checkpoint and self-bag drop machinesDüsseldorf Airport is taking advantage of the lower-traffic period outside the travel season to carry out extensive modernization and conversion work. The work, which will begin this week, is to take place without any operational restrictions or limitations for passengers and is to be completed by the summer vacations.
In Terminal Area A, access to the gate after security screening will be widened and operational use of the screening lane at the gate entrance will be improved. The lane in question will be closed for the duration of the work. The security checks in the other four control lanes in front of Pier A will not be affected by the reconstruction work.
In Terminal Section C, installation work has begun on the spatial expansion of the sensor system, which will cover a larger area in front of the security checkpoints. This will enable more accurate forecasts of waiting times, improving processes and staff deployment.
Ten self-bag drop machines are also to be installed in terminal area A. Check-in counters 101 to 120 will be taken out of service as part of the installation work. By the start of the summer vacation period, passengers will have access to ten staffed check-in counters and ten self-bag drop counters with upstream machines for printing baggage labels. This will make checking in baggage faster and more convenient.
The duty-free area will also be redesigned after the new operator Heinemann takes over the total of four stores in all three gates A, B and C..
Jan 19, 2023 | 8:37 pm
#36
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 19
Hi all,
Asking here for a friend who's planning flying into DUS on EK55 (business class) on a Friday in early March 2023 - scheduled arrival time 12.40pm and on FlightAware the arrival times seem fairly consistent over the past couple weeks.
She does however have a meeting in the middle of town at 2.30pm.
Assuming there are no major delays on the flight side, how long would it take her to exit the terminal to make her way into town?
Would be great to get an opinion on this - my guess is that she should be able to get out by ~1.30pm but I don't know how long it takes to clear immigration and get bags.
It has been many years since I last went to DUS so I don't remember how busy it gets!
Thanks!
Asking here for a friend who's planning flying into DUS on EK55 (business class) on a Friday in early March 2023 - scheduled arrival time 12.40pm and on FlightAware the arrival times seem fairly consistent over the past couple weeks.
She does however have a meeting in the middle of town at 2.30pm.
Assuming there are no major delays on the flight side, how long would it take her to exit the terminal to make her way into town?
Would be great to get an opinion on this - my guess is that she should be able to get out by ~1.30pm but I don't know how long it takes to clear immigration and get bags.
It has been many years since I last went to DUS so I don't remember how busy it gets!
Thanks!
