Time to clear Airport after arrival at PPT

[USNA 72]

For those of you that have recently flown on the Air France flight from LAX to PPT that arrives about 6:30 in the morning. How long did it take you to get luggage clear Customs get your nose swab Etc before you were ready to catch a taxi?

Edited March 6, 2022 by USNA 72

[Petoonya]

Not AF but ATN....someone on the Windstar board recently shared that it was customs, luggage, testing in 45min to taxi. Seems extraordinarily fast but may be a reflection of the flights not being full. Probably our position on the flight but in ordinary busy times, there's a line at customs and seems to take 45 min for everything minus testing.

Edited March 7, 2022 by Petoonya

[Mercruiser]

USNA,

 

The two factors that will influence you clearance time are:

 

1) Is there another international flight arriving right before your Air France flight? (Send me the date and I would be happy to look it up for you.)

 

2) How close are your seats to the exit(s).

 

On my Feb 12 ATN flight, we were the only international flight arrival at that time and we were seated in business class, which meant we were amongst the first off the plane. (Premium economy was next).

 

As a result, we sailed through very fast. See post here: 

 

In contrast, our 2015 arrival took almost 2 hours to get out of the airport. We were seated over the wing (middle of the aircraft). The plane was an A340 (no longer used) and Air Tahiti used boarding stairways at the very front and very back doors of the aircraft. Since we we in the middle, we were the last off.

 

I do not know what door locations Air France uses.

 

Edited March 12, 2022 by Mercruiser

[Mercruiser]

Air Tahiti Nui passengers can expect the PPT disembarkation to be from the doors in front of row 1 and row 10. See seating diagram here

https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Air_Tahiti_Nui/Air_Tahiti_Nui_TN_Boeing_787-9.php

[patty1955]

Is the nose swab still required? 

[Mercruiser]

1 hour ago, patty1955 said:

Is the nose swab still required? 

 

I would say yes, based on the "Protocol for entry and stay..." document

https://tahititourisme.com/en-us/covid-19/

 

 

Ask on the TripAdvisor FP forum if you want an answer from a recent traveler.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowForum-g309678-i868-Society_Islands.html