Timeline for Can I travel between two countries on a "domestic" flight?
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| Nov 19, 2017 at 14:52 | comment | added | Jim MacKenzie | Air Canada and WestJet consider Can<->USA flights to be "transborder" as opposed to "international", which they treat as a separate category. | |
| Oct 9, 2016 at 18:30 | comment | added | Itai | @Berwyn - Only 15 mins is needed at the gate. 45 min is for checkin, so it gives you the time to do all the security and formalities. | |
| Oct 9, 2016 at 10:06 | comment | added | Berwyn | @Itai You mean you can show up at the gate 45 minutes before departure, after you've gone through the immigration formalities? | |
| Oct 9, 2016 at 2:55 | comment | added | user13044 | @blackbird - While yes Webster says they are inter-nation-al as opposed to intra-nation-al, the question is about flights that are considered domestic but cross borders. Chinese airlines consider flights to Taipei as domestic, US airlines consider flights to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda as domestic. | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 23:50 | comment | added | Itai | Flights to the USA from Canada are treated exactly as domestic flights and one can show up 45 mins before departure. They usually arrive at a US domestic terminal too, if available at the destination airport. | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 16:08 | comment | added | DTRT | It is 100% correct that they are treated as domestic arrivals to the US unless CBP changes their mind before arrival, which they have the option to do. In that rare case, the aircraft must land at a US Port of Entry or CBP sends Officers to meet the flight. | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 15:35 | comment | added | blackbird | Sorry but that's incorrect, those are international flights, but immigration is often cleared before the flight is taken | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 14:42 | comment | added | DTRT | They are treated as Domestic from an airline operational perspective since they are cleared to enter the US before departure, meaning, they can arrive at any US airport and gate, even ones without permanent FIS. | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 14:29 | comment | added | user13044 | @jpatokal - look at American Airlines baggage page, both Canada and the USA are lumped together as domestic. Look at Delta's flight & bag rules, the USA and Canada are identical and quite different from other "international" flights. Also having flown Canadian routes I have heard both flight and ground crews referring to them as domestic. | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 13:00 | comment | added | lambshaanxy | Got source for the US-Canada claim? Just because you can clear US customs in Canada doesn't make them "domestic". | |
| Oct 8, 2016 at 10:34 | history | answered | user13044 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |