Oct 6, 2014, 11:02 am
Last edit by: oliver2002
Current MCT in VIE
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DMOS/VIE/OS/17MAY22 VIE OS TO OS VIE-VIE FROM - TO D/D D/I I/D I/I CC FLTN-FLTR ORGN EQP TM CS-CC FLTN-FLTR DEST EQP TM CS HHMM HHMM HHMM HHMM OS 3500-3999 - ---- 0100 ---- ---- -OS 3500-3999 0100 ---- 0100 INV -OS 3501-3501 0050 ---- 0050 ---- -OS 0063-0063 PEK ---- ---- ---- 0900 -OS 0075-0075 PVG ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS -OS 0025 0025 0025 0025 OS 3500-3999 -OS 0100 0100 ---- INV OS -OS 3500-3999 ---- ---- 0100 ---- OS -OS 3501-3501 ---- ---- 0050 ---- OS -OS 0063-0063 PEK ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS -OS 0075-0075 PVG ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS 3500-3999 -OS 0001-0100 ---- 0120 ---- ---- OS 3500-3999 -OS 0857-0860 ---- 0120 ---- ---- OS 3500-3999 -OS 8003-8003 ---- 0120 ---- ---- OS 3500-3999 -OS 0093-0093 IAD ---- 0115 ---- ---- OS 3500-3999 -OS 0089-0089 EWR ---- 0115 ---- ---- OS BT-OS ---- ---- ---- 0030 OS EW-OS ---- ---- 0045 0045 OS KM-OS ---- ---- 0045 0050 OS LG-OS ---- ---- ---- 0030 OS OU-OS ---- ---- ---- 0030 OS BT-OS 0063-0063 PEK ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS BT-OS 0075-0075 PVG ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS EW-OS 0063-0063 PEK ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS EW-OS 0075-0075 PVG ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS KM-OS 0063-0063 PEK ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS KM-OS 0075-0075 PVG ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS LG-OS 0063-0063 PEK ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS LG-OS 0075-0075 PVG ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS OU-OS 0063-0063 PEK ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS OU-OS 0075-0075 PVG ---- ---- ---- 0900 OS EW-OS Y ---- ---- ---- 0045 -OS KM ---- 0045 ---- 0050 OS -OS AI ---- 0045 ---- 0045 OS -OS EW ---- 0045 ---- 0045 OS Y-OS EW ---- ---- ---- 0045 OS BT-OS EW ---- ---- ---- 0045 OS KM-OS EW ---- ---- ---- 0130 OS OU-OS EW ---- ---- ---- 0045 OS PS-OS EW ---- ---- ---- 0100 OS EW-OS KM ---- ---- ---- 0130 OS EW-OS PS ---- ---- ---- 0100
Connecting in Vienna [VIE]
Mar 2, 2008, 11:51 pm
#16
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This is a legal connection but I refuse to do it myself.
TLV will either come into the international pier and things might be OK as LHR is non schengen. I know that when I was flying this route somewhat regularly we would come to an outside position and they actuallyn held the LHR plane for me a number of times. Not something you can count on.
TLV - VIE only has to be 10-15 minutes late and you have missed the last flight.
How spry are your parents?
I have knee problems and I don't (can't) walk fast and all in all, I prefer to overnight at the airport hotel and make a morning connection.
Shofar
TLV will either come into the international pier and things might be OK as LHR is non schengen. I know that when I was flying this route somewhat regularly we would come to an outside position and they actuallyn held the LHR plane for me a number of times. Not something you can count on.
TLV - VIE only has to be 10-15 minutes late and you have missed the last flight.
How spry are your parents?
I have knee problems and I don't (can't) walk fast and all in all, I prefer to overnight at the airport hotel and make a morning connection.
Shofar
Mar 3, 2008, 6:18 am
#17
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The problem could be, that you have to change from the A gates to the C gates. OS is flying to LHR either from A or C.
There is a NON-Schengen shuttle bus, which connects A to C in your case.
But 55 Minutes should be fine for this connection, because VIE isn´t that big airport.
There is a NON-Schengen shuttle bus, which connects A to C in your case.
But 55 Minutes should be fine for this connection, because VIE isn´t that big airport.
Mar 3, 2008, 1:58 pm
#18
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55 minutes should be OK. 35 minutes, in my (now extensive) experience, is not.
I did an LHR-VIE-INN trip, and blew it because of a large party of elderly/immobile people who insisted on being deplaned at VIE first, then their "medi-bus" beat our buses to immigration where it turned out they didn't have the right visas (but clogged up both "EU" and "Non-EU" windows), and then had to be shown how to transfer to pier A without going through passport control....
So you never know what bizzare things can knock you off course, and to leave slightly more time than the "how fast can I run from Pier A to Pier C" time.
I did an LHR-VIE-INN trip, and blew it because of a large party of elderly/immobile people who insisted on being deplaned at VIE first, then their "medi-bus" beat our buses to immigration where it turned out they didn't have the right visas (but clogged up both "EU" and "Non-EU" windows), and then had to be shown how to transfer to pier A without going through passport control....
So you never know what bizzare things can knock you off course, and to leave slightly more time than the "how fast can I run from Pier A to Pier C" time.
Mar 3, 2008, 3:47 pm
#19
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VIE like to claim that you can make any connection in 20 mins! It is a small airport, and I often make 45-50 min connections with no problem, even managed 35 min once. So doable, but as others say, always safer to allow longer if possible.
Mar 4, 2008, 5:51 am
#20
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I often have an onward connection at VIE, which is 25 minutes. OS is very interested, that you and your luggage can make the connection and therefore I have very often a direct plane transfer.
Mar 4, 2008, 8:05 am
#21
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Not for me. OS rather lets me stay at the NH than let me walk over to the last evening flight to INN a few stands over..
Mar 4, 2008, 11:22 am
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Mar 4, 2008, 1:24 pm
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Mar 4, 2008, 1:28 pm
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Mar 4, 2008, 1:30 pm
#25
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Back to OP
Last time I made this connection (TLV-VIE-LHR) it was the same plane on both legs. We disembarked at C, then terminating passengers were bussed to A IIRC, and connections to non-Schengen in C (eg LHR) were very easy. However, this is not always the case. I think the connection is fine though - my parents have done this several times, and I have done tighter connections off the TLV flight, normally with no issues.
Mar 4, 2008, 3:12 pm
#26
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Just what is all this talking doing for the question?
Yes is all is OK there is no problem making the flight.
Yes if it is an outside park and the plane is late you will have to RUSH.
How old are your parents?
Is this trip a present to them?
Go for the extra 100 E and get them a room at the NH hotel and onward in the morning.
Summary:
It can and most often does work.
Sometimes it doesn't and then what?
Must you be in London that evening???
Getting older and not so happy about racing around airports, even smaller ones.
Shofar
Yes is all is OK there is no problem making the flight.
Yes if it is an outside park and the plane is late you will have to RUSH.
How old are your parents?
Is this trip a present to them?
Go for the extra 100 E and get them a room at the NH hotel and onward in the morning.
Summary:
It can and most often does work.
Sometimes it doesn't and then what?
Must you be in London that evening???
Getting older and not so happy about racing around airports, even smaller ones.
Shofar
Mar 4, 2008, 7:55 pm
#27
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Thanks for all the thoughts. My parents are not too old and are relatively mobile, though they won't be sprinting through terminals; the other option is to overnight in VIE (after getting in from TLV), and take the 7:05 am flight the next morning to LHR.
Either way they then catch a 10:35 am flight LHR-LAX, so it's a question of where they overnight (VIE or LHR), and if they have to get up really early the next morning to catch the VIE-LHR flight or not.
I think I'll let my dad choose -- I suppose in the worst case of trying the evening connection, they miss that flight, and are rebooked onto the next morning flight anyway!
Either way they then catch a 10:35 am flight LHR-LAX, so it's a question of where they overnight (VIE or LHR), and if they have to get up really early the next morning to catch the VIE-LHR flight or not.
I think I'll let my dad choose -- I suppose in the worst case of trying the evening connection, they miss that flight, and are rebooked onto the next morning flight anyway!
Last edited by turing; Mar 5, 2008 at 10:40 am
Mar 5, 2008, 2:34 am
#28
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Thanks for all the thoughts. My parents are not too old and relatively mobile, though they won't be sprinting through terminals; the other option is to overnight in VIE (after getting in from TLV), and take the 7:05 am flight the next morning to LHR.
Either way they then catch a 10:35 am flight LHR-LAX, so it's a question of where they overnight (VIE or LHR), and if they have to get up really early the next morning to catch the VIE-LHR flight or not.
I think I'll let my dad choose -- I suppose in the worst case of trying the evening connection, they miss that flight, and are rebooked onto the next morning flight anyway!
Either way they then catch a 10:35 am flight LHR-LAX, so it's a question of where they overnight (VIE or LHR), and if they have to get up really early the next morning to catch the VIE-LHR flight or not.
I think I'll let my dad choose -- I suppose in the worst case of trying the evening connection, they miss that flight, and are rebooked onto the next morning flight anyway!
Apr 8, 2008, 8:00 pm
#29
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VIE MCT for OS--can I really trust this?
Our LHR-VIE-TLV itinerary--both legs on OS, flying economy--has only 50min connection at VIE. OS website says the minimum connecting time is 30min, but what are the odds of us and/or our checked luggage missing the connection? Both flights are on one ticket, so I know theoretically OS should put us on the next available flight, but the rub is, being a few days before Pesach it is probably the busiest time of the year to fly to Israel and I suspect all OS and LY flights are fully booked.
Also, is there anyway we can request seats? I cannot get seat assigment on their website.
Also, is there anyway we can request seats? I cannot get seat assigment on their website.