Meet and Assist Arrival at Copenhagen Airport

Why it is on the list

The airport runs this service itself, for a passenger on any airline and in any class.¹ On arrival its team meets the party at the aircraft gate with a name sign, takes it through passport control on a non-Schengen flight, drives it from the gate by limousine or van on selected arrivals, and walks it through baggage claim to the Terminal 3 arrival hall and the car, taxi, bus or train.¹ More of it is private on the way out: the team receives the party in Terminal 1, Indenrigsvej 14, the security check in the Royal Lounge takes one party at a time, and the party waits in a private room and is driven from the lounge to the aircraft.¹

It does not shorten passport control: the team escorts the party through it, and since the EU's Entry/Exit System began, with fingerprints and a face scan at the desk, a non-Schengen arrival or departure can take up to a couple of hours.¹ For a private jet, take the tarmac arrival with ASE Handling at Kastrup instead.

How to get it

Write to vip@cph.dk or call +45 32 31 22 00 at least 24 hours ahead, or fill in the airport's arrival booking form; ask for Meet and Assist Arrival, and on the way out for Private VIP Departure.¹ The form asks for each passenger's full name, the flight number, the landing date and time and the city it comes from, whether there are checked bags, whether a car is waiting, and any catering for the lounge.² Each booking covers up to five people: from DKK 6,000 for an arrival, from DKK 6,000 for a transit with two hours in the Royal Lounge and DKK 1,500 for each further hour, and from DKK 8,000 for a departure.¹

On the way out only hand luggage goes into the lounge, so checked bags are dropped in Terminal 2 or 3 first; a meal from one of the airport's restaurants can be ordered ahead to be waiting there.¹ Porters are an outside service, booked separately at porterservice@bscph.dk.¹

Discretion

Departing, the party is received in Terminal 1, screened in the Royal Lounge in a security check that takes one party at a time, kept in a private room and driven from the lounge to the aircraft.¹ Arriving, the party walks the public halls with its escort: the passport desk, baggage claim and the Terminal 3 arrival hall, where it meets its onward car, taxi or train.¹