All Nippon Airways Mileage Club - Minimum Connection Time
jbfield
Dec 27, 11, 11:07 am
Can anyone provide me with the Minimum Connection Time for International -> Domestic for HIJ Hiroshima Airport?
I need a make a domestic flight booking under a separate ticket to connect from my international inbound flight.
armagebedar
Dec 27, 11, 5:25 pm
Can anyone provide me with the Minimum Connection Time for International -> Domestic for HIJ Hiroshima Airport?
I need a make a domestic flight booking under a separate ticket to connect from my international inbound flight.
The official MCT is 60 minutes, but I'd be surprised if it took more than 30 minutes to get through customs and immigration even at a relatively understaffed airport like HIJ. I assume you're arriving from ICN on OZ and flying on to Tokyo on NH? The OZ flight arrives at 20:00 and the NH one departs at 20:45, so it is technically not a legal connection.
jbfield
Jan 2, 12, 10:02 am
Actually it's an Air China flight from DLC arriving at 13:40.
The HIJ-HND flight would be NH and I could take either the 15:30 or 17:15.
Routing
Ticket 1) DLC-HIJ CA in Y
Ticket 2) HIJ-HND-FRA NH in C
The 15:30 is preferred but as they are separate tickets I don't want to miss my check-in in case of delays on the first flight. Flightstats indicates average delay of 30 minutes on the Air China flight, with the delay yesterday being 1 hr 40 mins (which would miss the connection).
This routing means I should get to Tokyo earlier (and cheaper) than if I took the direct DLC-NRT flight and means I don't have to carry my suitcase around all evening or pay someone to look after it. (I'll be heading in to Tokyo for dinner and then back to the airport).
I do have a flight from FUK-HND-FRA but want to see if I can change it to start in HIJ instead as the arrival time in HND should end up being earlier and I've never yet to use HIJ.