HAM airport questions
Mar 28, 2024, 4:21 pm
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HAM airport questions
Hi,
one option I am considering is flying HAM-CDG-PHX in business in August.
It is a 6am flight so I wonder how busy/dead the Airport is at that time of the day.
Will arrive day before in the pm and get a hotel. Any recommendations? Convenience is key as I have to return a car > HAM > Hotel > HAM so any travel needs to be done twice.
Didn’t look as if AF has a lounge in HAM …. Any lounge I could possibly use?
All in all I don’t want to leave the hotel at 3:45am just to find out that security takes 5 min and there is nothing open at the airport to spend the time
one option I am considering is flying HAM-CDG-PHX in business in August.
It is a 6am flight so I wonder how busy/dead the Airport is at that time of the day.
Will arrive day before in the pm and get a hotel. Any recommendations? Convenience is key as I have to return a car > HAM > Hotel > HAM so any travel needs to be done twice.
Didn’t look as if AF has a lounge in HAM …. Any lounge I could possibly use?
All in all I don’t want to leave the hotel at 3:45am just to find out that security takes 5 min and there is nothing open at the airport to spend the time
Mar 29, 2024, 2:34 am
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For an intra-Schengen flight, I would just arrive 90mn before departure. If it's anything like T2 at Francfort, some stores will be open but not much to do. The efficiency of the contract staff at check-in and contrôle security will be the main chokepoints. The AF and KLM flights leave at the same time and I assume would share the same counters, so I wouldn't procrastinate too much.
Mar 31, 2024, 4:08 pm
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Hi,
one option I am considering is flying HAM-CDG-PHX in business in August.
It is a 6am flight so I wonder how busy/dead the Airport is at that time of the day.
Will arrive day before in the pm and get a hotel. Any recommendations? Convenience is key as I have to return a car > HAM > Hotel > HAM so any travel needs to be done twice.
Didn’t look as if AF has a lounge in HAM …. Any lounge I could possibly use?
All in all I don’t want to leave the hotel at 3:45am just to find out that security takes 5 min and there is nothing open at the airport to spend the time
one option I am considering is flying HAM-CDG-PHX in business in August.
It is a 6am flight so I wonder how busy/dead the Airport is at that time of the day.
Will arrive day before in the pm and get a hotel. Any recommendations? Convenience is key as I have to return a car > HAM > Hotel > HAM so any travel needs to be done twice.
Didn’t look as if AF has a lounge in HAM …. Any lounge I could possibly use?
All in all I don’t want to leave the hotel at 3:45am just to find out that security takes 5 min and there is nothing open at the airport to spend the time
Apr 8, 2024, 8:04 am
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Hamburg school vacations run from July 17 till August 28 this year: https://www.schulferien.org/deutschland/ferien/hamburg/
6am is the peak charter flight departure bank, so expect a busy security area.
6am is the peak charter flight departure bank, so expect a busy security area.