How do I find out whether I am allowed to / have to disembark from a flight that transits at an intermediary airport?
When booking flights that transit through one or more intermediary airports, it is not often clear whether it's a 'technical stop', e.g., refuelling only while passengers sit inside the plane or whether passengers are allowed to / have to disembark. Now, if the aircraft type is different then the situation is obvious. The reason why I'm asking is that I have a flight with a layover of one hour, same aircraft type before/after transit, but a different flight number for each leg.
How do I find out what kind of stop it is (apart from having to call up the airline)?
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Do transit passengers have to go through immigration?
Transit passengers You are a transit passenger if you are not leaving the airport and not staying in that country. In this case, you often don't have to go through immigration or customs. Look for a sign that says transit or transit passengers or transfer or connecting flights.How do you know if you have to switch planes on a layover?
One way you can check is to look at the airline's flight status for the flights on days before yours (e.g., check the flights now). If you see that the two legs are operated by different types of aircraft, then you know that you will have to change planes and likely change gates.Can transit passengers leave airport?
Under the government's transit travel rules, passengers who are transiting through Changi and plan to depart on a different airline, must have both flights booked in the same booking itinerary. Passengers must also have their checked-in luggage tagged-through from the origin airport to their final destination.Can you disembark a connecting flight?
A layover flight is also called a connecting flight. If you book a layover flight, it means the plane will make a stop en route, with passengers disembarking the flight and changing services.FRANKFURT AIRPORT TRANSFER - Transit Procedure for Connection Flight - Airport Travel video
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