What is transfer carriage. What is flight, types of flights. What to do if you have separate connecting tickets and cannot leave the transit area

We offer you a convenient network of routes through the airports that provide transfers.
In addition to special through fares for the convenience of travel, you can check in your baggage to the final point at the airport of departure, while at the transfer airport (intermediate airport of landing) your baggage will be automatically reloaded for the next flight without your participation.

City (airport)	Minimum docking time	Maximum docking time	International transfer
Beloyarsky	60 minutes	8 ocloc'k	-
Krasnodar (Pashkovskaya)	VVL - VVL 60 minutes VVL - MVL 90 minutes MVL - VVL 90 minutes
Krasnoyarsk (Emelyanovo)
Moscow (Vnukovo) *	VVL - VVL 50 minutes VVL - MVL 80 minutes MVL - VVL 80 minutes MVL - MVL 80 minutes
Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo)
Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo)	VVL - VVL 60 minutes VVL - MVL 60 minutes MVL - VVL 60 minutes MVL - MVL 45 minutes
	VVL - VVL 60 minutes VVL - MVL 80 minutes MVL - VVL 80 minutes MVL - MVL 80 minutes
Tyumen (Roshchino)

When checking in for your flight at the original airport of departure, inform the agent at check-in of your full itinerary.

* At Vnukovo airport, registration in the transit zone of terminal "A" is excluded for citizens of third countries and stateless persons arriving from the Republic of Belarus and departing further to the territory of a third state, as well as arriving from the territory of a third state and departing further to the Republic of Belarus. For this category of passengers from May 15, 2017 there is a general mode of travel through the MVL sector of terminal "A" of the airport "Vnukovo". However, for citizens Union State (RF and Belarus), following through the Vnukovo airport from the Republic of Belarus to The Russian Federation on the contrary, the previous regime of transit travel is in effect (through the transit zone of the MVL sector of terminal "A").

Attention!The technology of transfer processing of passengers and baggage is applied if all flights are operated by Utair.

Make sure that your baggage is checked in to the final destination - on the tear-off spine of the baggage tag, the airport of transfer and the destination of your trip should be indicated. If these conditions are met, your baggage will be delivered on board the aircraft of the next flight at the transfer airport without your participation.

At the original point of departure, you will be issued two boarding passes - the first for boarding the first flight, the second for boarding a connecting flight from the transfer airport. You do not need to register at the transfer airport, go straight to the security and boarding sector.

If you are given one boarding pass at the initial point of departure, you can get the second one upon arrival at the transfer airport at the check-in counter (at Vnukovo airport, also at the Transit counter in the clean area of \u200b\u200bthe airport).

If your luggage was checked in only to the airport of transfer, then it will need to be collected in the baggage claim area and checked in again at the check-in counter. If necessary, please contact the airport staff with questions.

Information for transfer passengers traveling through foreign airports

Via Minsk airport

Flights from Minsk are operated by Ukraine International Airlines or Belavia Airlines.

Baggage is checked in to the final destination; the baggage tag must be kept until arrival at the destination. Passenger end-to-end check-in is not available; at the Minsk airport, the passenger must check in again by presenting the back of the baggage tag to the check-in agent to enter the data into the check-in system.

If the passenger has passed online check-in for a flight from Minsk, the tag must be presented at the boarding gate.

Transfer route at Minsk airport



Via Riga airport

Flights from Riga are operated by Ukraine International Airlines or airline Air Baltic.

Baggage is checked in to the final destination; the baggage tag must be kept until arrival at the destination. Passenger pass-through check-in is not available; at the Riga airport, the passenger must check-in again by presenting the back of the baggage tag to the check-in agent to enter the data into the check-in system.

If the passenger has checked-in online for a flight from Riga, the tag must be presented at the boarding gate.

In case of any questions during the transfer, the passenger can use information phoneslocated in the terminal of Riga airport. Upon picking up the phone, the passenger will be automatically connected to the airport information desk.

Riga airport transfer scheme

Via Vilnius airport

Flights from Vilnius are operated by Ukraine International Airlines.

Baggage is checked in to the final destination; the baggage tag must be kept until arrival at the destination. Passenger pass-through check-in is not available; at the Vilnius airport, the passenger must check-in again by presenting the back of the baggage tag to the check-in agent to enter data into the check-in system.

If the passenger has checked-in online for a flight from Vilnius, the tag must be presented at the boarding gate.

Passengers who do not have a visa are met by an airport agent at the aircraft ladder, who issues a boarding pass and escorts them to the boarding area for the next flight.



Via Munich Airport



Flights from Munich are operated by Lufthansa.

Munich Airport Transfer Scheme

Utair flights arrive at Terminal 1 ( sector B, C or D). take off from sector C or B.

Lufthansa flights depart from Terminal 2: Sector G to Schengen countries, Sector H to non-Schengen countries, Sector F to Israel.

Passengers with a Schengen visa pass passport control upon arrival, then follow the exit from Terminal 1 and independently transfer to Terminal 2.

Passengers who do not have a Schengen visa go to the transit zone located in Terminal 1, sector C, exit C08, from where every 20 minutes the bus delivers passengers to Terminal 2 for further travel to countries outside the Schengen area.

Passengers who do not have a Schengen visa and who are traveling onward to Israel must contact a representative when leaving the plane utair Airlines or to the border guard at passport control to call the terminal service for escort to Terminal 2, sector F.

Air passengers can not only independently choose a company for flights, but also their types. What is a flight and what types of it can be selected, let's try to figure it out. A flight is the route of a vehicle from one point to another along a pre-approved route.

There are several types of air travel:

• transit;
• docking;
• transfer;
• regular.

What is the difference between them and what are the advantages of each of them, it is worth discussing in more detail.

What is a transit flight? This question interests many tourists, especially those who first chose a plane in order to get to another country or city. A transit flight is a connecting journey that helps passengers reach places where direct flights are difficult. Some people are alarmed by this type of travel, they fear that they may not catch the second plane in an unfamiliar country. In fact, these fears are completely unfounded, especially if such a flight is organized by one company. In this case, the air carrier will independently plan the connection of two flights so that the passenger does not worry unnecessarily. And to find out the take-off time of the second plane will help the information in the tickets that are issued to all passengers when checking in for a transit flight.

If the passenger decides to independently plan the trip, then he must take into account several important points:

1. The second ticket should be bought for a plane that will take to the sky about 3-4 hours after the first one lands. With so much time left, it is possible to exclude the occurrence of force majeure.
2. If takeoff takes place from another terminal, then it is advisable to have at least a couple of hours in stock in order to get to another point in time.
3. In case you have to change the airport upon landing (this also happens), it is important to stock up on time. After all, often air harbors are located outside the city, where you still need to get, sometimes bypassing traffic jams.

Note that if the second plane takes off from another airport, and the passenger has to get to the air harbor on his own, then the airport staff may be required to present a transit visa... You can clarify this point on the airline's website, before booking a ticket.

However, all these nuances can be ignored if you entrust the booking of transit tickets to the company. In this case, passengers do not even have to re-check their baggage - this procedure is carried out once, when checking in for the first flight. It should be noted that in this case it would be correct to call it not transit, but docking. That is, if you need to get an answer to the question - what is a connecting flight, then just sort out the differences between transit and connecting types. In the second option, the airline is engaged in the registration of tickets and baggage, and in the first, this work is entrusted to the passenger.

Transfer flight

Transit flight has a second name - transfer flight, it can be operated by one or several companies that are part of a single alliance. When purchasing a ticket for this type of flights, in most cases, the passenger checks in his baggage once, and receives boarding passes for both flights at check-in. The transfer passenger will only need to check-in once, when boarding the first plane, but for international flight you will need to go through a second passport control.

By purchasing a ticket for such a flight, the passenger may not worry that he will be late for the landing of the second plane, in this case, the responsibility lies with the airline, which is obliged to provide the passenger with a ticket for the nearest airliner on the desired route free of charge. If the passenger has to wait for the next departure throughout the night, the airline must provide hotel room... That is, if a person did not catch the second plane, then he has the right to contact the airline that issued tickets for the transfer flight in order to resolve the unpleasant situation.

The main difference between transfer and transit is that in the first case you change the plane. In the second, you wait until passengers are added and often fly with the same transport without changing seats.

Regular flights

AT civil aviation flights are classified into two categories:

1. Regular.
2. Charter.

They are characterized by differences both in organization and in the frequency of flights. What regular flight and how it differs from charter - these are the questions that tourists are most often interested in. A regular flight is approved by an intergovernmental agreement, airlines are required to operate it all year round. Such flights are carried out by large companies, the planes start the route strictly according to the schedule, even if there is one passenger on board. It is possible to purchase a ticket for a regular flight both in one and in both directions; airlines often provide significant discounts for seniors and students.

The main features are as follows:

• the price is more expensive than a charter ticket;
• the passenger has the right to exchange the ticket, if necessary, you can return half of its cost;
• frequent flyers can buy a ticket at a significant discount;
• the departure of the aircraft may be delayed due to weather conditions, technical problems, etc.

In case of force majeure, passengers of regular flights can be transferred to a second, connecting plane. In this case, the airline must pay the cost of the connecting flight and material damage to passengers.

Charter flights

Charter flights are not controlled by airlines, but by travel agencies. Air transport carries out such a flight not all year round, but at a certain period of the year, most often from spring to autumn. To buy a ticket, a passenger needs contact a travel agency, since not all airlines are engaged in such sales.

Features of charter flights:

• the cost is several times lower than for a regular flight;
• when returning a ticket cash the passenger is not returned;
• airliners are flying off schedule.

More often chartered flight starts early in the morning or late in the evening - free time is used in the flight schedule intended for regular flights.

The undoubted advantage of charter flights is that such a flight does not provide for transfers. However, the plane can take tourists to the most remote airport in any country. To get from the air harbor to the city center, a person will have to spend a lot on a taxi or other means of transport. To avoid additional costs, before purchasing a ticket for a charter flight, you should check with a travel agency at which airport the plane will land and at what distance from the city is it located?

Passengers arriving at a given airport are divided into terminal, transit and transfer passengers.

End passengers,those arriving at the airport of destination, from the plane by bus or by air bridges, get to the arrival hall.

In the arrival hall, passengers undergo sanitary and quarantine control, which is carried out at the corresponding counters. After the sanitary and quarantine control, passengers go through passport (immigration) control and enter the baggage claim hall (Fig. 1). While waiting for unloading and delivery of baggage, passengers fill out customs declarations.

The luggage of passengers arriving from the plane on trolleys or electric cars is delivered to the luggage room, unloaded onto looped baggage claim conveyors. The luggage is transported to the arrival hall. Passengers collect their luggage from the transporter and present it for customs inspection. For the convenience of passengers, hand luggage carts are available at all international airports, which are provided to passengers for a fee or free of charge.

Customs inspection is carried out at special customs desks. Having passed through the customs checkpoints, passengers along with their luggage enter the common arrival hall. The arrival hall usually provides luggage storage, gift shops, cafes and other services.

From the arrival hall, passengers get to the station square to the transport for delivery to the city.

Transit and transfer passengers,following through the airport are divided into four streams:

1) passengers traveling in direct transit;

Figure: 1. Scheme of service for passengers arriving at the destination

2) transfer passengers with a short stopover (up to 3 hours);

3) transfer passengers with a long stop ("stop-over");

4) transfer passengers traveling without visas.

Passengers in direct transit, through the control points of transit passengers, are directed to the waiting room for transit passengers of the airport, accompanied by the person on duty for meeting and boarding. At the checkpoints, passengers are given a transit card. Passengers are informed about the location of a gift shop, cafe, restaurant and other types of services.

At the announcement of boarding, passengers are taken to the plane through a boarding bridge or by buses. When boarding a plane, a transit card is taken from passengers.

Transfer passengers with a short stopover accompanied by the person on duty on transit go to the common waiting room. They have the opportunity to use a restaurant, make a purchase in a store, visit a cinema, etc.

The transit dispatcher performs registration of passenger tickets (issues tickets) and hands over boarding passes, controls the re-shipment of baggage from the arrival hall to the departure hall and its registration for a connecting flight. After tickets are issued, transfer passengers get into the same stream with the initially departing passengers of this flight, that is, they pass into the security control zone, accumulators and get on the plane through the bridges or are delivered to the aircraft by buses.

The baggage of transfer passengers continuing their flight on another aircraft is transported together with the baggage of other arriving passengers into the baggage room and, after sorting, is reloaded onto the transporter of the corresponding departing flight, or is delivered directly to the departing aircraft, depending on the flight connection time (Fig. 2).

The task of carriers in relation to transfer passengers is to ensure the transfer of a passenger from one flight to another at the minimum time of flight connection. The prestige of the airline largely depends on whether it fits into the transfer times announced by it and published in international ABC directories.

To ensure the minimum connection time, airlines are preparing in advance to receive transfer passengers. Upon receipt of the transfer telegram (RTM) at the transfer airport, it is necessary to establish how much time employees have at the disposal of employees to ensure the transfer of the passenger and his luggage, based on the time of boarding the flight

Figure: 2. Scheme of service for transfer passengers with a short stop

the transmitting carrier and the departure time of the receiving carrier.

If this time is so short that it is not possible to provide a normal transfer, the relevant services should be informed that, based on expediency (number of transfer passengers, estimated delay time, the possibility of sending passengers on other flights, etc.) it is necessary to make a decision to delay the departure of the flight of the receiving carrier.

To ensure the prompt transfer of transfer passengers and reloading their luggage onto the flight of the receiving carrier, it is necessary to take measures to identify them as early as possible.

If it is not possible to send transfer passengers on a flight for which they had a reservation, it is necessary to choose a new route, based on the availability of documents and visas required at the points of the new route, as well as taking into account the content of the ticket and the reasons for the loss of connection, and take measures for further dispatch.

At transfer airports, check-in employees, in the process of checking passengers for onward transportation, must check the correctness of filling in the destination on the baggage tags and, if necessary, re-register the baggage tag, as well as check the correct payment for excess baggage, if any, and withdraw the coupon for this section from the receipt for payment of excess baggage. The delivery of transfer baggage from the aircraft must be carried out first. If the connecting time is less than the minimum connecting time required for a transfer at this airport, but it is still possible to transfer baggage to the flight of the receiving carrier, you must ensure delivery luggagedirectly from aircraft to aircraft, in accordance with local instructions and regulations.

Currently, a number of airlines do not produce at the transfer point the detachable part of the baggage tag related to the flight that delivered the baggage to this point, therefore, when handling baggage that has transfer tags, it is necessary to sort, especially carefully paying attention to the flight numbers indicated in the tag ... If during the handling of transfer baggage it is found that the baggage is damaged, measures must be taken to avoid causing further damage to this baggage during further transportation.

The carrier of the transfer baggage is responsible for transferring this luggageto the next carrier at the point and at the time agreed in writing

between interested parties, excluding, however, liability for damage (loss of profit) arising from the loss of connections. The receipt for the baggage of the carrier accepting the baggage for further carriage is issued to the transferring carrier only at his request.

Transfer passengers with a long stop ("st o p o ve r") are delivered together with other passengers to the arrival hall, undergo all types of control: sanitary-quarantine, passport and, after receiving luggage, customs.

After passing all the formalities, passengers, accompanied by the transit officer, go to the transit hall, where they reserve a seat for their next flight.

Then passengers are delivered to the hotel or follow to the city at their discretion. Passengers take their luggage with them or leave them in the storage room.

Upon departure, passengers traveling with a "stop over" go through all the procedures as ordinary initial passengers.

Transfer passengers traveling without visas. Upon arrival at the airport, passengers of this category go through all the formalities, accompanied by a transit officer. After passing through passport control, passports are not issued to passengers, but remain at the checkpoint.

The transit officer helps passengers to put things in the luggage room, exchange currency, write meals for them and send them to the hotel, check the reservation or book a place for a further flight, inform passengers aboutthe rules for finding visa-free passengers on the territory of a given state, draws up a list of visa-free passengers approved by the shift supervisor of the checkpoint. After completing the listed formalities, passengers, accompanied by a transit duty officer, are delivered to a hotel for visa-free passengers, where the carrier can organize excursion services around the city, accompanied by a transit duty officer.

Upon departure, visa-free passengers are transported from the hotel to the airport terminal, accompanied by an attendant, and go through all the formalities associated with departure.

Aeroflot has proposed canceling the re-examination of transfer passengers and baggage, the Izvestia newspaper writes, citing a letter from the airline's general director to the cabinet of ministers. This will significantly reduce the transplant time. To implement this idea, it will be necessary to amend the legislation. The proposed solution has almost no analogues in world practice.

Today in Russia, passengers are screened at every transfer. This is due to the fact that pre-flight screening of all passengers before each flight is legally enshrined. The key word is "everyone"; the authors of the law did not think that the passenger could already go through security at the airport of departure and, by definition, he cannot have prohibited items. Nevertheless, before the next flight, he still has to go through security checks again, wasting time in queues, instead of going straight to the "clean zone" in the same Europe or the United States. In developed countries, sometimes a transfer can take just a couple of minutes: I left one boarding bridge and immediately entered the next one, the arrival and departure zones are located in the same room.

There are, however, reservations: in the West, screening of transfer passengers is most often absent only on domestic flights (including intra-Schengen flights). Those who flew from abroad are usually inspected because they do not trust the quality of pre-flight control in “third” countries (although ICAO safety requirements are generally the same). However, Aeroflot thinks primarily not about domestic flights, where the passenger has already been checked at the airport of the first departure, but about international ones. That is, we are talking about passengers arriving from abroad and flying abroad, using a visa-free transfer at the Moscow Sheremetyevo airport. There is practically no such thing anywhere in the world - only Istanbul (IST) is remembered offhand, as well as the fact that only in May 2018 a similar system was launched in the UAE, where the share of transfers is about 75% of the total passenger traffic. If it works in Russia, it will become one of Aeroflot's competitive advantages over European and airlines: in Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other European hubs pre-flight inspection there are often huge queues there. For the airport, the cancellation of screening is undoubtedly also a blessing: the time that passengers spend in queues, they could spend in restaurants and shops.

True, in the UAE "uncontrolled" transfer is valid for passengers not from all countries, but only for those where the level of aviation security is at a high level, so that flights from the "banana republics" still pass pre-flight inspection. However, Aeroflot focuses on transfers between Europe and security-developed countries South-East Asiaso this problem will not arise.

A transfer or transit flight is a connecting flight operated by one airline or two airlines in the same alliance (a so-called codeshare flight). On such flights, as a rule, baggage is checked in to the destination, and the passenger receives boarding passes for both flights at once. Those. at the transfer port, the passenger does not need to check in for the flight, he can immediately go to boarding. Of course, if the flight is international, you will have to go through passport control. At some airports (for example, in Zurich), you need to go through another security check.

On transit flights, you are insured against trouble if you miss your second flight. The airline is responsible for the delays and, as a result, the airline should board you on the next flight free of charge. If the next flight is only in the morning, then the airline must provide you with a hotel. So, if your plane was late and you missed your second flight, briskly stomp to the office of your airline, present your tickets and wait for a solution to this problem.

If you fly with different airlines (two different tickets!) With a connection at the same port, then such a flight is not considered a transit flight! This automatically means that

• you need to collect and drop off your baggage at the transfer port;
• you need to go through the security check again, go through passport control, registration (if you have not bothered about on-line registration in advance).

And most importantly: all responsibility for missed flights rests with the passenger, i.e. on you. This means that you need to be very careful when planning such a flight and set the right time for a transfer.

Minimum connection time between flights

Different airports have different minimum connection times. For example, at Domodedovo the minimum connection time between Russian flights is 40 minutes. At Sheremetyevo at the junction between the international and domestic flight require a minimum of 90 minutes. The funniest option I have come across in an appeal to passengers from S7. Some operator offered for sale her connecting flight with a transfer in 15 minutes (!), Which is absolutely unrealistic. The shortest transfer I personally have was in Vienna on the way from Moscow to Zagreb - 35 minutes (Austrian Airlines). By the way, during this transfer, they did not manage to overload my luggage and then they delivered it to my home.

What is the safe transfer time? 3 hours or more.

Is it convenient? Obviously not.

Personally, I almost never choose connecting flights with a transfer for more than an hour and a half, with the exception of long transfers. Choose flights based on your personal history and character. If you are very worried and afraid of being late, or you constantly find yourself in history, then it is better to re-mortgage and wait at the airport. If you, like me, know that you will always get where you need to, communicate easily and do not perceive minor inconveniences as a tragedy, then you can buy flights with short transfers.

Do I need a transit visa for a transfer?

The answer to this question depends on your citizenship and a bunch of rules. How do you know all this? Use the special Timatic database.

Unfortunately, direct access to the on-line database is paid for for mere mortals, but airlines and alliances allow you to use the search for free through their websites. I have provided a link to the search form from the Skyteam alliance.

Some airports arrange for the delivery of passengers to board the next flight so that they do not have to go through passport control.

Baggage rules

Despite the fact that a connecting flight is cheaper direct flight, and sometimes significantly cheaper, there are situations in which it is worth buying a more expensive ticket.

For example, a Moscow-Stockholm flight by airBaltic with a transfer in Riga takes only an hour and a half more than a direct Aeroflot flight, and costs as much as two thousand less!

It seems that the choice is obvious, as long as you do not inquire about the baggage rules:

• Aeroflot: free 1 piece of hand luggage (55x40x25 cm) weighing no more than 10 kg and 1 piece of checked baggage weighing no more than 23 kg.
• airBaltic: free 1 piece of hand luggage 1 hand luggage (55x40x23 cm) weighing no more than 8 kg + 1 personal item (30x40x10 cm); checked baggage: from 19.99 EUR (depends on the chosen destination and the duration of the flight) if purchased simultaneously with air tickets on airBaltic.com; from 34.99 EUR when paying for the service in the Reservation Management section or during online registration; from 35 EUR when purchasing a service through other sales channels (for example, in travel agencies or ticket offices); 50 EUR if paid at the check-in counter at the airport; 60 EUR at the gate if hand luggage exceeds the permitted size and must be checked in as baggage.

Do you have a small suitcase with you, weighing 12 kilograms? Mine usually weighs that much. Camera or laptop? Are you already thinking?

If you are a member of the SkyTeam frequent flyer program, then flying with Aeroflot, firstly, will add miles to your account, and secondly, it will be qualifying.

You know that Aeroflot economy class passengers can order special meals? I prefer . Try it sometime.

In general, in such cases, I just pay 2 thousand more and enjoy the regular direct flight of one of the best airlineswhile getting all the well-deserved bonuses.

Long transfer as an added bonus

When choosing a flight, do not ignore offers with long connections. These flights can be not only reasonably priced, but also quite comfortable.

For instance, Czech Airlines offer many connecting flights in Prague. If you know that:

• prague airport is only half an hour bus ride from the city center;
• the fare is 36 kroons;
• the ticket is valid for one and a half hours for all transport;
• and the cost of the hostel starts from $ 5,

then ... the proposal is viewed from a different point of view.

The plan is as follows: you arrive in Prague at four in the evening, at five you are already at the hostel, and an evening awaits you at great citywhere amazing beer is brewed. :) The next morning you get up at a reasonable time, and after a tireless one and a half hour flight at 9:30 you are already in Milan (Paris, Barcelona, \u200b\u200betc.)!

I usually try to pick up a long connection on the way there and a short one on the way back.

Tip: if you are traveling with a long transfer on the way home and get a Schengen visa for such a trip, do not forget to book a hostel in the transfer city, otherwise you risk being in a situation where the visa expires a day earlier than you need. It happened for me with a trip to Amsterdam. I had to spend the night at the Prague airport, since there is a hotel in the "clean zone" there.