Questions tagged [short-connections]
Where connections, typically between flights, leave little margin (such as close to Minimum Connection Times between terminals).
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Transit from intl to domestic in Zurich on Swiss
Landing in Zurich from Asia, and need to get to a domestic flight to Geneva 1h15m later. Traveling Swiss all the way. No check in baggage. Is this feasible in today’s traveling conditions? I’ll need ...
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Is my connection in Jeddha too short?
I am flying from Jakarta to London in August. I have one layover in Jeddah (1 hour 45 mins) then fly to Riyadh where I have another layover of 6 hours before flying to London. I am flying with Saudia ...
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is 55 minutes enough time to connect in Guadalajara from Mexico City to Sacramento,Ca?
I have a 55 minute layover in Guadalajara before my flight leaves to Sacramento? I am flying from Mexico City - Guadalajara - Sacramento.
I've spoken to the airline and they tell me it is a legal ...
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Connecting from Domestic to International at Houston IAH
I will be connecting from a domestic flight (United) to an international flight (Qatar) at Houston IAH airport. Unfortunately, I have separate tickets/reservations for the domestic and international ...
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Is 1 hour and 20 minutes enough time to make an international layover in El Dorado International in Bogota [duplicate]
I am flying from Lima, Peru to Miami with an 1:20 layover in Bogota. Since this is my first time flying into Colombia as an American Citizen, I am a bit nervous. The trip is booked all on one ticket ...
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1h 10m international > domestic transit at IST (Istanbul) on a single ticket
We are travelling in August Mosow VKO -> Istanbul IST-> Antalya AYT on a single Turkish Airlines ticket with a 1 h 10 m connection in IST. Obviously, we will need to pass immigration during this ...
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Is 1.5 hours enough for flight transfer in Frankfurt?
I am travelling from India. The first port of entry in Europe is in Frankfurt (terminal 1). The flight out of Frankfurt to Porto (OPO, Portugal) is 1.5 hours later, from the same terminal. Would it be ...
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Self Connection in London Luton Airport [duplicate]
I am traveling from Malta to London Luton and from London Luton to Dublin with layover of 1hr 20 minutes between the flights
I have no baggage. Will I make my connecting flight to Dublin?
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Is it possible to make a 3-min rail connection in Limerick?
I want to go from Ennis, Ireland to Dublin after 7 pm on a Thursday.
Irish Rail gives an option on their planner (timetable, page 12, Monday to Saturday) at Limerick Colbert as follows:
19:11 Ennis
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Domestic to International transfer at Melbourne airport
I am traveling from Adelaide to Chicago with a transfer in Melbourne and L.A. booked through on Qantas. Qantas has changed the flight times, and on my return trip I have 1 hour and 10 minutes to catch ...
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Traveling from the U.S to Copenhagen (Munich layover - is 1.5 hours enough time)?
I will be traveling with 2 checked bags from the U.S to CPH, with a 1.5 hour layover in Munich. will I have to go reclaim my checked baggage and check it again (It's all under the same booking number/...
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Is 1½ hours enough for a transit at Munich Airport?
I'm heading to India next week and have a connection in Munich, Germany. I made the mistake of booking a flight with only an hour and a half layover (freaking out!) and I'm wondering if I'll have to ...
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Ferry schedules on Lago di Como
I'll be visiting Lago di Como in May, and want to make a "round trip" from Como north to Bellagio and then back south to Lecco. The published schedule shows the earliest ferry from Como I ...
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2h10 layover at PMI on early June, arriving from MUC, leaving for ALC. Is that enough time for connection?
MUC (Munich) -> PMI (Palma de Mallorca) -> ALC (Alicante)
So I'm trying to shave some euros off the cost of a trip to Munich this early June, and one option I'm pondering is getting a late (and ...
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Which airport has the longest minimum connection time?
I see 432 questions tagged short-connections. This made me wonder: which airport has the longest connection time?
Notes:
Longest connection time = time it takes for a passenger to go from one flight ...
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Is one hour enough for a connection in Bogota?
I have a flight from Sao Paolo to Miami with Avianca with a 1 hour stopover in Bogota. Do you know if that is enough time? Do I need to go through customs to get to my connecting flight or can I go ...
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Is 2 hours sufficient at Chicago O'Hare for transit between two international flights for an Indian with JAL airlines
I am travelling from New Delhi to Toronto, Canada with JAL airlines. I will be arriving at terminal 5 of Chicago O'Hare for my connecting flight. From terminal 5 , I will have to go to terminal 3. In ...
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Is 55 minutes connection in WAW possible?
I have a flight booked from Rzeszow to London with a connection in Warsaw, it's one booking booked on LOT directly and it's not a self-transfer. The connection in WAW is for 55 minutes. It's from ...
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How much time is required for layover in Dubai airport?
My travel agent offered me a flight with Emirates, that arrives at Dubai airport at 13:05, and the next leg exits at 14:30.
Is this time (85 minutes) sufficient for the layover?
In case the incoming ...
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Is 2 hours enough time to change terminals at Singapore?
I have a layover of 2 hours at Singapore, within which I need to change from terminal 3 to terminal 1. The flights are with the same airline, purchased as a single ticket completely Will I have any ...
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Why would an airline give me an impossible (negative time) connection?
I recently booked a trip with SriLankan Airlines, Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Bangkok (BKK) via Colombo (CMB). For the booked itinerary, outbound legs, the flight from AUH arrives in CMB at 05:00 and the ...
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United Airlines - Manila to Montevideo (via SFO) layover seems too short
I am from Uruguay (South America), and I am trying to book a flight that goes from MVD to Tokyo, and goes back via Manila to MVD. I have found this flight with United, but the return seems too risky, ...
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Meet a friend at Heathrow airport
I am travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Madrid, with a three-hour layover at Heathrow Airport.
I would like to meet up with one of my close friends during the layover, but we will not be leaving the ...
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Is 1 hour 19 minutes long enough to transfer in Toronto (YYZ), international to domestic?
Air Canada sold me the following itinerary:
Denver (DEN) -> Toronto (YYZ) -> Quebec City (YQB)
The first leg arrives at Toronto at 13:11. The second leg departs for Quebec City at 14:30.
Only ...
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Traveling from Canada to Australia with a layover in New Zealand. Will I go through AUS customs in New Zealand?
I'm a Canadian citizen traveling from YYC to MEL with 2 layovers one in LAX and one in AKL. In Canada when we travel to the states we do US customs/immigration in Canada because that section of the ...
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Are 90 minutes enough for London Luton inbound connection?
Inbound flight Wizzair from SOF scheduled to arrive at 17:20. Outbound flight Easyjet to GLA scheduled to depart at 18:55.
Is this a risky connection if happening on Saturday 13th January 2024, and ...
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T5 Heathrow International Connections
If the long-haul British Airways international arrival gate is in Heathrow Terminal 5C (T5C), and the long-haul departure is from Terminal 5B (T5B), is there a way to avoid going through huge crowds ...
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1 hour transfer in AMS from Schengen to Non-Schengen destination
I'm flying from Aalborg Airport (AAL) in Denmark via Amsterdam Schiphol to Tokyo Narita, the estimated transit time is 55 minutes, will this be enough time to make my transfer?
Both flights are with ...
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Is 2 hours enough time to connect through SFO with customs?
I'm flying from Taipei (TPE) - San Francisco (SFO) - Toronto (YYZ).
I have a two-hour layover in San Francisco. This trip was booked as one ticket with one airline. However, the second leg of the trip ...
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Is 1 hour, 55 min enough time to connect through Newark from Europe to another U.S. airport?
The flight would be Europe -> Newark (1 hr, 55 min layover) -> another U.S. airport. All on same airline/same ticket. U.S. citizen with one checked bag and some carry-on bags.
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Is 70 minutes enough to connect at Frankfurt?
In December I’m flying Manchester>Frankfurt>Holguin on a single ticket (Lufthansa connecting to Condor, booked direct with Condor). My inbound flight is scheduled to arrive in FRA at 08:50, the ...
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Short transit time in Frankfurt when traveling from UK to Austria
I am traveling from Glasgow, UK to Austria on a single ticket (Lufthansa) with a layover at Frankfurt airport. The plane lands and departs from Terminal 1. I have no checked luggage, only one carry-on ...
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Will 1h 20 mins be enough to transit via Munich with immigration (type C Schengen)?
I am an Indian citizen with Canadian permanent residency and I will be traveling via the Mumbai-Munich-Frankfurt-Toronto route (all flights under a single ticket - Lufthansa) soon. From what I gather, ...
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Layover timing for connecting flights
I have a connecting flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Ahmedabad via Mumbai. Following are the flight details
Thiruvananthapuram to Mumbai 12:35 to 14:55 pm
Mumbai to Ahmedabad 16:05 to 17:30
That ...
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Minimum connecting time
I have recently booked my flight from Karachi to Jeddah via Dammam. The flight arrives at Dammam at 13:55 and leaves at 16:00. I have booked these tickets for Umrah.
My question is whether the ...
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5 min train to bus connection in Pflach, Austria, feasible?
I am looking to go from Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany to Füssen, Germany by public transport.
Both bahn.de and öbb show two practical connections for this journey
A direct bus and a train+bus ...
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Minimum Layover Time for International Arrivals at Fort Lauderdale Intl. Airport
My family and I are returning home from Lima, Peru arriving at Washington D.C. (DCA). We had booked JetBlue, with flight numbers B6 1824 and B6 1280. B6 1824 was originally supposed to depart LIM ...
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Info on airline connections missed because of late flights
There is information available regarding on-time performance of airlines (and Google Flights includes some info in their routing info) but is there any information available on how many connections ...
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Short connection with Lufthansa Flight
Intend to book flight depart from Geneva arrive in Kuala Lumpur.
The first flight from Geneva to Munich is Lufthansa flight #2389 with short layover of 40 minutes before connection of next Lufthansa ...
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Maximising chance of making tight connection after learning I will be selected for secondary screening
Today I flew from the EU to the UK via Amsterdam airport (AMS). I was held momentarily for secondary screening at passport control (I have an EU passport). The officer explained that someone with my ...
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Are there any secrets from experienced travellers on how to book multi city breaks inexpensively?
(Possible duplicate of this, but due to it being over 10 years ago, I'm hoping things may have changed).
I live in the UK and I had two conferences a week apart - the first one in Las Vegas, the ...
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Connecting Flight in Zurich—is 1.25 Hrs. Enough Time for a Layover (Arriving from Thessaloniki, Departing for Denver)?
My son would land in Zurich at 11:50 am on a Wed. (on a Swiss Air flight from Thessaloniki) and would connect to a 1:05 flight to Denver (via Edelweiss), traveling on a U.S. passport.
He won't have ...
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Is 1 hour feasible for a layover in Manila for an international flight?
Due to a flight change from Cebu Pacific I now have a 1 hour layover in Manila, no baggage, and the flights are on two seperate tickets.
Both flights are in terminal 3, I am flying on Cebu Pacific ...
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Is 1 hour transfer time in MUC with Lufthansa enough?
I am traveling from Venice to Munich, Munich to Denver with a 1 hour layover in Munich. My flight from Venice to Munich is with Air Dolomiti and from Munich to Denver with Lufthansa. From my ...
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Is a one hour and a half layover enough time to go through customs?
I’m flying from Detroit to Bucaramanga, Colombia, on Spirit Airlines. I'll have a 1½ hour layover in Fort Lauderdale. Is that enough time to get through customs? I purchased the tickets under the same ...
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Will the airline wait for me if my incoming flight is delayed (same airline)?
I'm travelling for work and my flight back has a very short layover (37 minutes) in MSP. I didn't book the flight so although I wouldn't have picked something like this, I have to deal with it.
This ...
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is 40 minutes enough layover time at Munich airport for a connecting international flight leading outside Schengen region? [duplicate]
I have a flight from Munich to Delhi in few days and I will arrive at Terminal 2 of Munich airport (MUC) with Lufthansa. The layover at the airport (MUC) is only 40 minutes. My departure flight is ...
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Is 1 hour 35 minutes sufficient to connect flights at Muscat Airport? [duplicate]
I am travelling from Cairo to Karachi using two Oman Air flights. The flights have transit time of one hour and 35 minutes time at Muscat Airport. Is this time is sufficient for transfer to catch the ...
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Three hour connection in Frankfurt
I am thinking on a trip from Málaga to Holguín. The fastest and cheapest way seems with Lufthansa and Condor, with a connection in Frankfurt (see this question for details). This itinerary cannot be ...
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Is 5 hours and 45 minutes enough for an international-domestic connection at Auckland airport?
I have a question regarding layover time in Auckland airport. So, I bought a ticket from Qatar Airways from Tehran to Wellington via Doha, Adelaide and Auckland.
I've read from this forum that a 1 ...
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