Electronic authorisation required for EU travel from 2025

[drron]

We still haven't been processed yet. We fly into Morocco next week then back to Paris CDG later so maybe it will be different then.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Departed CDG T2 yesterday. Banks of E-gates to one side unused. Manual processing.

I asked the agent what’s happened to EES and the electronic gates? She rolled her eyes had a bit of a giggle and said it a little exasperated tone. “Sometimes they use them in the morning. Sometimes they don’t. They really don’t know what to do with them.”

Which part of T2? I mean which letter?

The reason I am asking is because in my 10 passes through CDG this year the electronic gates seemed to be in use.
However I used the priority lanes so the processing was often manual anyway.
On at lest one occasion I passed through a designated E-Gate but then had to front an officer anyway.

I must admit I don't always remember these sorts of details.
Especially if I am with my parter and we are focusing on how to avoid being separated because of our different passports.

Out of interest, almost all of CDG is designated as part of T2 - the whole labyrinthine complex on either side of the multi-level motorway.
Even the sprawling extensions to 2E and the physically separate terminal building designated 2G.
(Somewhat counter-intuitively, 2F is more central, opposite the original 2E in the main Terminal 2 complex.)
Otherwise there is just:

1. the horrendous old circular T1, with the central space criss-crossed by transparent tubes containing a hybrid of travelators & escalators which must have seemed futuristic in the 1970s but now seem very strange), which is used by some airlines such as QR and also seems to be used as the backup when they renovate parts of T2 (for example some Oneworld airlines and Etihad used it while 2A & 2C were closed last year); and
2. the tiny new T3 (with separate buildings for departures and arrivals) which is used for some short haul intra-Schengen flights (operated by airlines other than AF such as IB).

Both of these are physically separate, off to the north, on the other side of a strip of hotels and other service buildings, and separately accessible by road.

 

[RooFlyer]

Which part of T2? I mean which letter?

T2C- Oman air. If there was a priority business line then I would’ve been using it too.

 

[RooFlyer]

I’ve used all three terminals at CDG in the past year. T3 was a charter to Greenland. As you say, Qatar uses T1 and I absolutely marvel at those inclined walkways and their plastic tubing and those very long rubber travelators, all the time while cursing the bloody place.

 

[qaz]

Well, 10 April is almost upon us, and chaos still reigns in Europe.

I'm so concerned about my booked arrangements for AMS-BRU-LHR (2 hours to enter AMS(terdam) and 2 hours to exit BRU, that I'm going to cancel all this and just book a reward ticket AMS-LHR on BA in J (all that's available),

That way I avoid the EES altogether, as there is airside non-Schengen to non-Schengen at AMS, not involving Immigration. What a s..t show!

just arrived in BRU from HKG - only EU/EEA/CH via EES, everyone else manually processed, including transfers (most EES kiosks closed/off) - almost 2h queue, bad enough that water and Biscoff biscuits were handed out:


i guess that it could’ve been worse:

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[Pushka]

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just arrived in BRU from HKG - only EU/EEA/CH via EES, everyone else manually processed, including transfers (most EES kiosks closed/off) - almost 2h queue, bad enough that water and Biscoff biscuits were handed out:
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i guess that it could’ve been worse:

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oh cough. We are departing Lisbon in three days time. Geez.