Am I able to make a flight connection to Verona through Munich with only 45 minutes? I hesitate to make this reservation even though the times are great. I will need to leave the Lufthansa gate area and pick up another carrier.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
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Can you give us more information, particularly about the other carrier.
If it is Air Dolomiti, that is a partner of Lufthansa and should use Terminal 2 at MUC. If the Lufthansa flight is on time, and your baggage is checked through to Verona, you should have to go through immigration, then just change floors.
Is it on one ticket? Then, if the Luftahansa flight is late, they should put you on the next Air Dolomiti flight to Verona.
If you are using another airline, one not partnered with Lufthansa, you might have to change to Terminal 1. There is supposedly a shuttle between the terminals, but I imagine that it goes out of security and you have to go back through security when you get to T1. 45 minutes would be tight.
Update: From where are you coming? AirDolomiti has flights today to Verona at 15:20 and 19:15. I don't see flights from outside of Schengen 45 minutes before either of those flights. If you are coming from inside Schengen, you will arrive on the same level (Ebene) at the departing flight and you will not have to go through immigration.
The summer schedule, which starts March 27, shows too many flights to Verona (all AirDolomiti) to track.
Posted by
OP
Mentor
5 posts
Thank you, Lee, for excellent information. The flight I am referring to is Air Dolomiti and it flies from MUC to Verona at 2:55 and 7:15. Appreciate any additional info you can provide.
Posted by
OP
Mentor
5 posts
Lee, in additon, it will be on separate tickets from original Lufthansa flight from US. Thank you again.
Posted by
TX
980 posts
45 min is cutting it very close but possible if everything goes as planned (incoming flight is not late, no delays at immigration/customs, the transit immigration counter is open, you didn't check a bag, the sun and the moon are aligned). Depending on which immigration counters are open you might not have to completely leave the secured area of terminal 2 but since the flights are on separate tickets you don't have much recourse if you miss the air dolomiti flight.
If it were me I'd book the later flight then when I arrive head to the earlier flight gate and see if I can get on stand by. If you don't make the earlier flight MUC is not a bad place to spend a 5 hour layover. Head to the atrium area in the middle and have a beer at Airbraü.
DJ