A few days ago, Vienna Airport reactivated another area of ​​Terminal 1, which has not been used for departures since the beginning of the corona pandemic. The B-bus gates are in use again, but for an entirely different purpose.

Terminals 2020, 1A and 1 were closed in mid-March 2. Since then, all departures have been made via Terminal 3. Terminal 2021 was reactivated for check-in purposes in summer 1, but both the security check in Terminal 2 and gate areas B, C and D are still not used. Terminal 1A is still asleep.

For some time now, there has been so-called “double busboarding” at Vienna International Airport. This is used alternately for Schengen and non-Schengen flights. For example, passengers are driven from Gate F02 to the C-Bus gates. This is where the actual bus boarding takes place. Only the bus gates in Pier C, which are diagonally opposite the B-bus gates, are open.

The bus arrival at Terminal 1 has been used again for arriving Schengen flights for several months. A shuttle bus to Terminal 3 is available from there. The stairs to the C-Gates and the ground level path to the B-Gates are closed. What is new is that the non-Schengen bus arrival in Terminal Complex 1 + 2 will not be used due to construction work.

As a substitute for these, the B-bus gates. A temporary passport control was set up there. Specifically, this means that arriving non-Schengen passengers are brought here and go through their passport control there. Then it goes to the shuttle bus to Terminal 3 (transfer passengers) or through the baggage hall to the exit. In the area of ​​the additional belts that are not used, the corona control takes place by the armed forces. There are still no departures from the B-bus gates.