When will a flight be listed as "short connection" at Amsterdam Schiphol
I have a flight with a short transfer time (45 min) in AMS coming up - both flights on KLM, one booking. As the trip is UK to Germany, I figured I will have to go through passport control in Amsterdam. KLM's "Easy transfer video" (found on this site) mentions a "short connection lane" that can be used if the flight is listed on the information monitor above that lane (at 1:43min).
My question is: Does anyone know how long before the scheduled departure time a flight will appear on said screen? I'm asking because being a German citizen, in my experience the actual inspection time is negligible compared to the waiting time and there might be some point in time when waiting a bit for the flight to appear on the short connection list is faster than immediately queuing at the regular lane.
Best Answer
According to this image on flickr:
The short connection lane opens 35 minutes before departure. However, I suspect this is tweaked somewhat depending on passenger load in other lanes.
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Answer 2
So, the official response from KLM wasn't as ideal as we hoped, but I tweeted them and got this.
My question:
The Short Connection Lane (mentioned on your easy transfer video) - how many minutes before a flight does it appear in that lane? Thks!
Their response:
The short connection lane is available at Schiphol between Schengen and non-Schengen. There is a check point with a screen.
On this screen, the flight numbers and sometimes the classes that can use the lane are mentioned.
The number of minutes will depend on the transfer procedure.
I responded:
Thanks for looking into it. So there's no fixed number of minutes at which point a flight appears on the screen?
Eg all flights with 35 min transfer are valid, or all flights with 45 min ...
Their response:
We cannot inform you of that, it just depends if your flight number is included with the other flights. We hope this clarifies.
So long story short, it basically just depends on their decision at the time, it appears.
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