Airport Smoking Areas
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Frankfurt has several little cubby holes with smokers cocooned in 3m x 1m perspex cages, a big extractor sucking their noxious fumes away. All the smokers I saw there looked quite glum. I suppose smoking is something people do while doing something else, mostly, so being stuck in there purely to smoke must have been fairly boring. I do pity the poor people who subsequently sat next to them on flights, their clothes reeking of their own and all the other smokers' smoke. If they'd been able to have a crafty fag in the open air somewhere, the smoky odours would have had a chance to dissipate somewhat.
Sangster international airport (MBJ) has a smoking bar after check in, go to the right at the top of the escalator and past the food bars, you do have to buy a drink and they will supply a light because all lighters/matches will be confiscated at the control point.
Note to self, pack expensive pipe lighter in hold luggage
Regards, Den.
Note to self, pack expensive pipe lighter in hold luggage
Regards, Den.
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If AMS has a smoking area inside, why do all the addicts go outside and stand polluting the Plaza with their fumes and fag-ends? It's quite horrible to have to walk through all that.
I have nothing against people smoking but I don't want to be obliged to share the filthy residue of their addiction.
I have nothing against people smoking but I don't want to be obliged to share the filthy residue of their addiction.
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I have never had a lighter taken from me at security, I always expect them to be taken off me , but so far they never have.
Beware these airports that do take away lighters. Cairo and Clark this year
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Beijing most certainly take lighters/matches from you at security. Thought I'd manged when they took one off me, but they found the second one I had also. In the smoking area (gate 19) I only found one person who had a lighter with him, all other passengers had theirs taken at security.
Flew back from Medan recently, waiting at the gate and the security guard was having a smoke while leaning against the wall, above his head a "no smoking" sign. Splendid.
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punta cana has a nice bar with a terrasse with a niece view on the airplanes
, and you can smoke there. it's also the only airport where they took my lighter at security
, but the bar has a lighter 
, and you can smoke there. it's also the only airport where they took my lighter at security, but the bar has a lighter
There is nowhere to smoke at BSL, neither landside nor airside. Same situation in both French and Swiss sectors, so make sure you take your last puffs on the kerbside before entering the terminal!
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ory their was in terminal south and cdg also(terminal where you take cityjet on behalf of air france to dublin, forgot terminal but 2 something and on the airside)
Ahmedabad, India, takes your lighters. Probably so you don't accidentally incinerate yourself after their refuellers have sprayed 40L of Jet A-1 through your plane by turning the pressure nozzle into the ferry tanks full on instead of off.
"It's OK sah....we just open the doors and put a fan in there, the smell will be gone in half an hour......"
FCUKiNG IMBECILES.
This was after,
"No sah, your engineer cannot be allowed to do the refuelling. (We have to be the ones to fcuk it up.)"
"It's OK sah....we just open the doors and put a fan in there, the smell will be gone in half an hour......"
FCUKiNG IMBECILES.
This was after,
"No sah, your engineer cannot be allowed to do the refuelling. (We have to be the ones to fcuk it up.)"
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Newcastle (NCL) has a 'outdoor' smoking area at the rear of one of the airside bars. You have to buy a drink of course.
There are signs outside the terminal advertising this, and also stating the airport plans to open more smoking areas airside.
In Oz, I believe there are no airside smoking facilities at MEL, SYD or PER, but would welcome confirmation.
There are signs outside the terminal advertising this, and also stating the airport plans to open more smoking areas airside.
In Oz, I believe there are no airside smoking facilities at MEL, SYD or PER, but would welcome confirmation.
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Further to the above, I quite like the outdoor terrace at Changi, Singapore. Was there only yesterday 
Outside of the UK, quite a few airports cater to the evil weed. From memory, I can remember the following (I have been to all of the below in the last couple of years, so can vouch for them).
Europe
All the German airports I've been to have the little cabins (Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf). As do quite a few other European airports (Schipol, Warsaw, Prague to name 3). Unfortunately, Krakow doesn't (and I went there a lot last year!)
Middle East
Dubai has some nice, Winston sponsored smoking rooms airside, spread throughout the terminal.
The BA Lounge had one at Oman, but didn't see any outside of the lounge in departures.
I transferred through Doha and the dedicated Qatar transfer lounge had smoking rooms that were actually very pleasant.
CIS
Moscow (DME) has a dingy smoking area - but if you have access, the BA lounge has a (slightly) nicer one. The one thing I do like about DME is they have a dingy smoking room in the baggage collection area whilst you wait for the bags to appear on the belt! Further afield, there is a small cabin available to all at St Petersburg, Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Tblisi (Georgia).
Asia
In addition to Changi, Hong Kong and Bangkok also have smoking areas. I don't remember smoking areas in either Mumbai or Hyderabad. Couple that with India's way too frequent "dry days" makes India a "must-avoid" destination for those who love red wine and nicotine before departure...
USA
Little more bleak, here. Nothing in any of the NYC airports, Vegas, LA or San Francisco. A little while back I was pleasantly surprised to find a smoking area in Washington DC (Dulles), opposite the United lounge, but suspect that will have closed now.
Outside of the UK, quite a few airports cater to the evil weed. From memory, I can remember the following (I have been to all of the below in the last couple of years, so can vouch for them).
Europe
All the German airports I've been to have the little cabins (Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf). As do quite a few other European airports (Schipol, Warsaw, Prague to name 3). Unfortunately, Krakow doesn't (and I went there a lot last year!)
Middle East
Dubai has some nice, Winston sponsored smoking rooms airside, spread throughout the terminal.
The BA Lounge had one at Oman, but didn't see any outside of the lounge in departures.
I transferred through Doha and the dedicated Qatar transfer lounge had smoking rooms that were actually very pleasant.
CIS
Moscow (DME) has a dingy smoking area - but if you have access, the BA lounge has a (slightly) nicer one. The one thing I do like about DME is they have a dingy smoking room in the baggage collection area whilst you wait for the bags to appear on the belt! Further afield, there is a small cabin available to all at St Petersburg, Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Tblisi (Georgia).
Asia
In addition to Changi, Hong Kong and Bangkok also have smoking areas. I don't remember smoking areas in either Mumbai or Hyderabad. Couple that with India's way too frequent "dry days" makes India a "must-avoid" destination for those who love red wine and nicotine before departure...
USA
Little more bleak, here. Nothing in any of the NYC airports, Vegas, LA or San Francisco. A little while back I was pleasantly surprised to find a smoking area in Washington DC (Dulles), opposite the United lounge, but suspect that will have closed now.
Last edited by 10bob; 25th Feb 2013 at 13:16.