Flying out of Munich this July and have a couple of specific questions about navigating airside at Munich Airport. We (family of 4) are taking the S-Bahn from the city out to the airport after our visit. My son is headed to LHR on Lufthansa from Terminal 2 at 6:40pm (he will be in a summer college program in the UK), and the rest of us are leaving on Aer Lingus for Dublin from Terminal 1 at 8:30pm. My questions: (1) Will the rest of us be able to pass through passport control and security with my son at Terminal 2 (to spend more time with him there) even though our boarding passes are for Terminal 1? (2) If the answer to #1 is yes, is there a way for the rest of us to then get from Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 within airside? I have looked on this forum and elsewhere to figure these things out but came up empty. Thanks for any help!
Posted by
Freedonia
16299 posts
Neither the UK nor Ireland is in Schengen.
I can't help with the other questions as I've never flown out of Munich.
Posted by
OP
South Riding, VA
6 posts
Frank, thanks very much -- I'd forgotten that Ireland wasn't in Schengen and have corrected my original post.
Posted by
Bavaria
2480 posts
Even if there is an airside bus between the terminals, I m afraid that your plan will not work and security will tell you that you are in the wrong terminal. But it can't hurt to ask the airport via the contact form: https://www.munich-airport.com/your-contact-to-munich-airport-835056.
Posted by
OP
South Riding, VA
6 posts
sla019, thank you very much for the reference to the form on the airport's website! I have submitted my question there.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
Even if there is an airside bus between the terminals
There are "airside" buses that run across the tarmac between T1 and T2 in Munich. They run separately between the in-Schengen and out-of-Schengen parts of the terminals. And I don't know if you have to go back through security after riding on one of these buses out on the open tarmac (I think in Frankfurt airport, you have to go back through security after riding the SkyLine between terminals).
And as SLA mentioned, whether you can ride the buses to a terminal for which you don't have a boarding pass is also a question.
Posted by
OP
South Riding, VA
6 posts
Thanks, Lee. I've now gotten a reply from the airport staff to my query (submitted at the site that sla provided - thanks again sla) that indeed what I want to do won't work. It will be OK, and it helps to know how we'll work things to set everyone's expectations. Looking forward to a great trip! Rest of the family has never been to Munich (daughter has never been to Europe) and it'll be my first time to Munich since Jan. 1992. (Visit is part of a 9-day trip that also includes UK and Ireland.)