COPENHAGEN AIRPORT review : 13 May 2008 : by Ros Denney
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Customer Rating : 5/5 |  |
I would like to add to the previous comment about signage at CPH. As soon as you have been screened
at security the departure gate screens are ahead of you. I will agree that more screens are needed.
In terms of gate status - that is usually down to the gate agent. Especially low cost carriers like
EasyJet don´t have their gates announced until 30 40 mins before departure. Which is understandable
as they have typically very short 25 min turnarounds. I like the new direct metro link, which is a
huge time saver and has made this Airport extremely accessible. The self service check in at the
metro platform is a nice touch. The only thing that let´s it down is the lack of escalators from
Metro station down to Check in and arrival level. There are elevators but even so, this was a
design error in my opinion. With all the new enhancements I would have hoped that they would have
installed moving walkways between pier A and security/baggage claim. It´s a very long treck now.
Otherwise this airport is still a firm favourite of mine.
COPENHAGEN AIRPORT review : 6 May 2008 : by Hanne Jensen
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Customer Rating : 2/5 |  |
The signage has become very poor after the airport was turned into a shopping centre with a
possibility to fly - if you can find a FIDS screen telling which gate you have to go to!
I normally want to perform check-in, pass immigrations and security control, find which gate the
flight leaves from (in order to estimate walking time) before I relax, do some shopping, have a cup
of coffee etc. But in Copenhagen, you are led into a shopping centre first - and not until you have
passed that can you find information - that is: If it does show the gate at all. I had to wait until
40 minutes before departure before the gate was shown - and then with the note: Go to gate!
Copenhagen Airport review by Dave Kusiak
4 February 2008 Customer Rating : 
I live in Sweden but I prefer to fly from CPH. Fabulous seafood in the one of the most famous
seafood restaurant. Upper class airport, great and fast service, almost no queues. Check in to USA
flights - maximum 10 min. European flights - you can use a lot of check in kiosks - really good and
fast. Shopping a paradise for frequent airport shoppers.
Copenhagen Airport review by Matt Ray
30 January 2008 Customer Rating : 
I love this airport. We have been stuck on big delays here on a few different trips and dare I say
it was an absolute pleasure. There is actually some amazing dining here, I had one of my favorite
meals of our trip in their lovely, airy seafood restaurant. Great shopping, wonderful open design.
Really great. One of my favorites in the world.
Copenhagen Airport review by Evelyn Nyström
30 December 2007 Customer Rating : 
This is clearly my favourite airport in Europe! Cozy and beautiful at the same time. It's got
everything you need and is the only airport I would voluntarily get stuck in waiting!
Copenhagen Airport review by Terry Stokes
28 November 2007 Customer Rating : 
Clean and modern, just poorly designed. Depending on the gate you arrive at, or depart from, you may
be in for a long walk. A good range of shops and restaurants in airside but very little around the
check-ins. Excellent public transport connections to Kopenhagen and Malmo (Sweden)
Copenhagen Airport review by Mohammad Zia Ebrahimi
9 November 2007 Customer Rating : 
Very clean and nice looking. 15 min waiting for luggage. Taxi was available. For departure the use of
electronic self check in machine was very nice and quick. Security check was fast and efficient.
Copenhagen Airport review by P Rowan
3 November 2007 Customer Rating : 
Very long walk from A Gates to Baggage Claim and then I was waiting for 20 minutes at the baggage
carousal for the bags to arrive. Lovely looking airport though - not crowded and pleasant experience.
Don't like the idea of when you arrive at the gate, they take your boarding pass and give you a little
paper receipt! Why can't we keep our boarding passes?
Copenhagen Airport review by Paul Jacobsen
31 May 2007 Customer Rating : 
On the good side CPH is an airy and very clean airport with clear
signalisation. It is also easily accessible with the commuter train,
whether you come from downtown CPH or from Malmö in Sweden. Trains run
regularly, at 20min intervals. But there are also many downsides.
Firstly, it can be quite a long walk from the gate to the baggage claim
area, in particular if you disembark at the far end of bridges A or B.
Transit can also be long, in particular between A and D gates. Secondly,
food and drinks prices are a rip-off; I cashed out nearly 20 euro for
two small sandwiches and an orange juice! And last but not least, CPH is
not segregating Schengen and Non-Schengen passengers, as far as
passengers flows are concerned. Consequently it means that arriving from
CPH and connecting to another Schengen flight, you will have to go
through security again at your connecting airport.
Copenhagen Airport review by Janne Petersson
20 April 2007 Customer Rating : n/a
If you are interested in airport architecture and Nordic design, visit
CPH. Otherwise you should use this airport only if you really have to.
As others have mentioned you should prepare for a terribly long walk
from aircraft to baggage claim - last time I waited for my bag at CPH I
felt like I had walked the whole way from where I boarded my flight.
Some more advice: Don't expect a smile from the check-in staff. Be
prepared to wait at security control and do not expect staff there to be
nice. Don't expect bargains in the shops. Don't expect shop or
restaurant staff to be nice unless you buy something (so that they can
have your money). At Malmö Sturup airport you get the resealable plastic
bags (needed to get liquids throgh security) for free, at CPH you have
to pay for them. That says something about what attitude to expect at
CPH.
Copenhagen Airport review by Morten Haagensen
14 February 2007
Excellent means of transportation. The train station is located just under Terminal 3. Underground
station, but still bright and airy. Trains run every 10 minutes to Copenhagen Central Station and
every 20 minutes to Malmö (Sweden) and Elsinore (Denmark). Intercity Trains every hour. Metro
station will open in Fall 2007.
Copenhagen Airport review by Michael Weaver
19 January 2007
Clean, efficient, interesting design, interesting shops (but not cheap).
Very efficient and professional immigration staff. I would certainly
use SAS again to fly to europe from asia as the airport is very
welcoming compared to the horrors of Heathrow.
Copenhagen Airport review by Alex Gardiner
9 January 2007
Nice, clean, efficient airport. Excellent and very reasonably priced
rail connections to both Copenhagen City and southern Sweden. Good
shopping and restaurants but don't expect bargains. Automatic check in
works like a charm (for SAS anyway). Also very efficient runway layouts
and local ATC, which means virtually no taxi delays or arrival holds.
Definitely my favorite airport in Europe.
Copenhagen Airport review by Robert Rajan
22 October 2006
Flew from Copenhagen to London, and felt as if I had walked half the way
after treading the long distance from gate to luggage to immigration.
Weird layout. But it has a nice shopping area with really warm wooden
floors, and very clean maintenance. Service staff are friendly and
efficient.
Copenhagen Airport review by A Chong
12 August 2006
Flew into CPH from AMS in June on a busy afternoon. Long walk from the
gate to the carousel albeit no need for passport control. The bags took
20 minutes to arrive at the belt - that's after a 10 minute from the
gate! Leaving CPH was a nightmare. Auto check-in for KLM (and other
airlines) don't operate in the morning. Check-in desks are only staffed
2 hours before departure but the queues (or the lack thereof) have
started to crowd the entire check-in area 4 hours beforehand. Total
chaos! The "main" entry into the EU security check area does not open
til 6am so if you have a 6am flight to catch, like me, you had to go to
another entry somewhere near the shops connecting the different
terminals. I was lucky I knew where to go hence I made my flight but
there were hundreds of passengers lining up waiting for the "main" entry
to open probably not realising that it does not open til hours later.
Guess what, at boarding, I overheard a group of people saying they
nearly missed the flight because they thought the queue was moving when
in fact it was not at all! No shops whatsoever open in the morning at
airside except for a cafe and a magazine shop so don't expect any last
minute shopping. I can't understand why the shops don't open when there
was not one or two flights leaving early in the morning but there were
at least 10 or 20 leaving between 6am and 7am! Overall, a very badly
organised and managed airport!
Copenhagen Airport review by Richard Ormson
16 November 2005
Nice looking airport, but a very odd layout to serve as a hub. I flew
LHR-CPH-SEA on SAS. As noted in the earlier reviews you have to go
through passport control and security to get from the plane to the main
"spine" of the airport, even though the same checks exist to reach this
area from landside. Then you have to go through passport control -but
not security - again to get to your connecting flight. On the other
hand, passing through these checks was much quicker than passing through
INS controls when trying to transfer in the US from an international to
a connecting domestic flight. (well quicker for me anyway - but I'm not
a US citizen!) SAS lounge is quite nice, in a predictably IKEA sort of
way, and reasonably well located. Although the internet wasn't working
working on my way out, and hadn't been fixed when I dropped in again on
the return leg.
Copenhagen Airport review by Mike Herbert
9 October 2005
Just had two transits through Copenhagen, extremely long walk from
international to local service, up and down stairs. Toilets need
attention wet floors and towels dripping wet, hand driers do not work.
Not an airport I will use again for a hub - lack of seating and
departure screens.
Copenhagen Airport review by Jussi Turunen
10
August 2005
A wonderful looking airport but very PAX unfriendly. I had a transfer there last week
and obviously went first to my gate and as I was returning to UK I had to go through passport
checks only to find out that beyond there was one cafe and one shop. I spent half an hour to find a
smoking area which was a small strange space in a flight corridor. No
seats. Nearby Yugoslavian Airline staff very happily sitting and smoking on comfy
chairs but us pax are not allowed to smoke there. In CPH a smoker needs to be humiliated and made as
uncomfortable as possible. Why smokers have to be made to feel like criminals when it is still legal to smoke I don't know.
To get back to my gate I had to go through a security check! My bags were scanned
etc. I was most surprised as there was no security check from where I had come from which is the same
area I was going back to! When I complained to security staff they were extremely rude. Near
gate there were no staff or anything. Not enough chairs for pax either.
Copenhagen Airport review by Nat Khemakavat
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June 2005
CPH for connecting flights between BKK and Manchester, UK. CPH is definitely not a
hub airport due to its lay-out of the Immigration (Passport Control) office. Passengers must go
through immigration even if they want to transit between Terminal A and C. Very inconvenient and
impractical for any passenger that does not have Shengen Visa, i.e., changing planes to/from outside
of EU destinations. You need to ask SAS to pick you up, go through the tarmac, and drive you in a
car between the terminals.
Copenhagen Airport review by F Reeves
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February 2005
No wonder this airport keeps winning awards.
CPH is clean, efficient, friendly and extremely civilised. Danes just seem to do it better!
I would like to say a personal thank you to the exceptionally helpful CPH staff . They went out of
their way to help my stranded dad who was late inbound from hellish LHR when the airline he
travelled on refused to do so. He received free accommodation at the Transfer Hotel in the transit area which in his words was
superb.
Copenhagen Airport review by S Matic
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July 2004
I live in Copenhagen, and use the airport at least four times a month. While its design may be
appealing to the eye, with a reasonably good duty free shop area in transit and very nice business
and gold members lounge, the service is below any standard of good customer service. Check in are
in terminal 3 is small, very crowded at peak hours (which is, by the way, the exact time when half
of the ground staff go on their break). Ground staff is slow and not always very helpful and the
only relief was the introduction of automated self-service check in machines. Security points are
also often crowded with long lines (I never saw all four lines opened at any time of the day!), and
wait for luggage at arrival to Copenhagen is long, very long, and then delayed most of the time. And
at the end of the day, it all closes at 10 p.m. no matter that flights depart and arrive even after
hours or early in the morning.
Copenhagen Airport review by Owen Watkins
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June 2004
All comments so far apply to Terminal 3, and my only rider is that it can get rather crowded at peak
times. If you're transferring to an internal flight from Terminal 1 then you may want to hang around
T3 for as long as possible. While it is clean and airy, T1 has no shops and a
single bar which
serves fast food as well as drinks. Most of the gates hang off the long corridor which links the two
terminals, so you might not even get as far as the bar if you didn't know it was there.
Copenhagen Airport review by Michael Schnaufer
31
May 2004
Copenhagen Airport is perfectly located between the city area and the Öresund bridge, which enables
you transport to Sweden easily. All trains to Sweden stop at the airport station. There are also a
lot of local trains, which take you to the Central Station within 10 minutes with connection to many
domestic and international train services.
Simply follow the signs in the Terminal 3, which guide you the platforms by escalator or elevator.
In peak times you better buy your ticket at the vending machines, because the ticket office of DSB
seems to be understaffed.
Terminal 3 has an impressive design, but is too small to accommodate all the passengers. In my
opinion it wasn't a good idea to locate the arrival/meeting area on the same level as the departure
hall. The transit are is full of duty free shops, retailers and restaurants for every taste. I also
found a QUIET AREA, where you can relax on ergonomic chairs while observing the activities on the
airport. In peak times there are too many passengers inside, compared to the size of the airport.
Copenhagen is the one of the best airports in europe!
Copenhagen Airport review by C Mork
4
April 2004
I just did a trip from EWR back to CPH visiting friends and relatives in March this year (04).
The airport, I agree, is a winner in terms of decor, shopping, services, transportation in and out,
etc. There is a good duty free selection as well.
One problem that CPH does need to work on (as someone else commented on here last year) is the
credit card acceptance policy. The local DANKORT is accepted everywhere and has been for years, but
if you come in from overseas with an AX, VI, MC, DS or other credit/debit card, many transaction
machines - including supermarkets - can not accept them. Everyone else adds %s.
FYI: the ticket machine for CPH-Central Station/HBG train tickets STILL cannot accept the
aforementioned cards. It only accepts DANKORT and Danish coins, and the live ticket booth closes in
the evening. If you plan to use this service - and I do recommend that train for reasons of economy
and efficiency - be sure to have cash on you until they eventually upgrade those ticket machines and
credit card acceptance in general.
Copenhagen Airport review by Simon Cheung
22
December 2003
This was the first time I've used CPH in nearly 7 years, so my memories of it were dim. On arrival,
immigration control, customs and transfer time to th rail link were swiftly done with in less than
10 minutes (no baggage to collect) which I was very impressed with. The train into Central Station
forms part of the national network and operates every 6, 26 and 46 mins past the hour costing a mere
DKK 22 ( EUR 3) - the only downside is there are no ticket machines so passengers have to queue at a
counter.
The return was better still: again I took the train and was at a check-in counter within minutes,
such is the compactness of terminal 3. A special mention goes to the SAS Business Class lounge
which is just beautiful and a real pleasure to spend time in having a coffee or using free internet
access. It's very much in line with contemporary Scandinavian minimalist interior design, and even
after only one visit has become one of my favourite European lounges.
Summing up, CPH is one of the most hassle-free and enjoyable airport experiences in recent times.
SAS don't have an huge intercontinental network but if you ever get the chance to fly them for the
sake of transitting there I strongly recommend it.
Copenhagen Airport review by Tony D'Arcy
15
December 2003
I have been into Copenhagen four times over the last twelve months, and
enjoyed it immensely each time. Modern decor, excellent shops and short lines through passport
control. A wonderful experience, of which the Danes should feel proud.
Copenhagen Airport review by J Griessmann
27
October 2003
When you arrive after 22:00, the train desk is closed and there is no way with non
Danish credit cards to buy train tickets at the automatic dispenser. When will this ticket dispenser work with VISA and
other major Int. Cards ? Same happens in the train, the staff hand-held ticketing
don't accept major credit cards, only
local pay cards. And, the Airport train ticket dispenser machine speaks only Danish
!
Copenhagen Airport review by Simon Larsen
24
June 2003
Copenhagen is a beautiful airport - wooden floors, free internet portals everywhere, great shopping
and very up to date on everything. Clearly the best airport in Europe, if not the world. Copenhagen
city can be reached in only 10 minutes - every 10 minutes - with high class trains at very fair
prices.
Copenhagen Airport review by S Cypper
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May 2003
I agree with the comments below - Copenhagen is well laid-out, has excellent facilities, and great
connections. The train from the airport to the city is excellent. Copenhagen is just a beautiful
city. The downside to CPH is the unhelpfulness of the staff - both airline and airport.
Copenhagen Airport review by M Smith
4
May 2003
I have flown through CPH on a number of occasions. It's by far the best airport in Europe and one of the best in the world, smooth connections,
excellent layout and swift check-in times.
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