Originally Posted by
eaglesfan9770
I plan to book Air India tickets to fly from EWR-BOM-COK in August.
All flights are Air India flights.
My question is regarding the transfer at BOM (I haven't used BOM in many years).
- Since it is transfer from International to Domestic flight do you have to get the checked in luggage at BOM during customs processing or is your luggage directly moved to COK flight.
- Also on my return trip do I have to do the same when I go back (checked in luggage issue at BOM).
- Is a transfer time between flights of 3hrs sufficient.
- At BOM how do you move from the international terminal & domestic terminal. In the old days I remember taking a bus to get to the domestic terminal.
Can someone please advise.
Hello and welcome to Flyertalk!
I won't be able to address your first two questions, although my best guess is that you have to pass immigration and customs at your port of entry into the country and then recheck bags.
With regards to the transfer time, three hours would ordinarily be sufficient. Add to that you are flying AI all the way, so in case of irrops, the airline should take care of you.
When flying Air India, Jet and Vistara, you fly in and out of the new Terminal 2, and hence you don't even have to exit the terminal to connect to/ from your domestic/ international connection. The connection, from at least Air India that I have personally experienced, is quite seamless. No busses required.
