Transit in TLV
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
Transit in TLV
How is TLV for transit?
I'll be ending a xONEx in TLV, so connecting there, either from MAD or LHR, and then departing back to MAD or LHR.
Do intl-inl transfers need to clear immigration and emigration (as in PVG) or is it more like HKG?
Also, one option is to have a two-hour layover (arrive at 5 AM, depart at 8 AM) but outbound would be TLV-LHR-MAD, with LHR-MAD in Y. Another option is an 11-hour layover, departing at 4:30 TLV-MAD in J. Not sure which is worse: a flight in Y or 11 hours at an airport
I'll be ending a xONEx in TLV, so connecting there, either from MAD or LHR, and then departing back to MAD or LHR.
Do intl-inl transfers need to clear immigration and emigration (as in PVG) or is it more like HKG?
Also, one option is to have a two-hour layover (arrive at 5 AM, depart at 8 AM) but outbound would be TLV-LHR-MAD, with LHR-MAD in Y. Another option is an 11-hour layover, departing at 4:30 TLV-MAD in J. Not sure which is worse: a flight in Y or 11 hours at an airport
#4
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: LHR GVA HKG TLV PVG JFK
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 3,955
How is TLV for transit?
I'll be ending a xONEx in TLV, so connecting there, either from MAD or LHR, and then departing back to MAD or LHR.
Do intl-inl transfers need to clear immigration and emigration (as in PVG) or is it more like HKG?
Also, one option is to have a two-hour layover (arrive at 5 AM, depart at 8 AM) but outbound would be TLV-LHR-MAD, with LHR-MAD in Y. Another option is an 11-hour layover, departing at 4:30 TLV-MAD in J. Not sure which is worse: a flight in Y or 11 hours at an airport
I'll be ending a xONEx in TLV, so connecting there, either from MAD or LHR, and then departing back to MAD or LHR.
Do intl-inl transfers need to clear immigration and emigration (as in PVG) or is it more like HKG?
Also, one option is to have a two-hour layover (arrive at 5 AM, depart at 8 AM) but outbound would be TLV-LHR-MAD, with LHR-MAD in Y. Another option is an 11-hour layover, departing at 4:30 TLV-MAD in J. Not sure which is worse: a flight in Y or 11 hours at an airport
#5
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
Sorry for not being clear. We have a round-the-world trip that, for pricing, starts and ends in TLV. We're actually visiting Israel for a few days at the start, but when we end the trip, we'll be flying from Europe to TLV and back to Europe the same day. In on IB, out on LY.
#6
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: HaMerkaz/Exit 145
Programs: UA, LY, BA, AA
Posts: 13,167
Sorry for not being clear. We have a round-the-world trip that, for pricing, starts and ends in TLV. We're actually visiting Israel for a few days at the start, but when we end the trip, we'll be flying from Europe to TLV and back to Europe the same day. In on IB, out on LY.
I would not risk a 2 hour connection. Go for the 11 hour one, and spend some time in Tel Aviv.
#7
Join Date: Nov 2009
Programs: LY-PL, A3-*G
Posts: 1,680
OK, now I understand. You will need to clear immigration, and then head right back through security. TLV isn't really set up for transfers, except perhaps with LY flight to/from Far East.
I would not risk a 2 hour connection. Go for the 11 hour one, and spend some time in Tel Aviv.
I would not risk a 2 hour connection. Go for the 11 hour one, and spend some time in Tel Aviv.
There is a sign for connection flights before you go down to immigration. I think I read posts that say that you can go down there and only go thru security.
#8
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: HaMerkaz/Exit 145
Programs: UA, LY, BA, AA
Posts: 13,167
I'm pretty sure. I've heard that only works for LY flights that are booked as a single itin. And I've also heard (though perhaps someone here can confirm) that those require a form of passport control as it is
#9
Join Date: Nov 2009
Programs: LY-PL, A3-*G
Posts: 1,680
#10
Join Date: May 2005
Location: tlv
Programs: AA Platinum, LY Matmid
Posts: 804
The following is a quote from the website of TLV regarding transit passengers:
"" 2. Passengers in transit to a destination abroad
Passengers arriving with a foreign airline, will collect their baggage (if necessary) in the Transit Hall and will continue the transit passenger process, which is of the same as for inbound passengers arriving on Israeli airlines, and includes:
Security check in the Transit Passengers Hall
Obtaining a boarding pass for the next leg of their journey, in the Transit Hall
Transition to the Rotunda, on Level 1. Link to to the Rotunda via the Connector.
Continue to the appropriate Concourse and exit gate.""
If needed further details can be found there.
The entrance to the Transit area is on the right before you head downwards to passport contol
"" 2. Passengers in transit to a destination abroad
Passengers arriving with a foreign airline, will collect their baggage (if necessary) in the Transit Hall and will continue the transit passenger process, which is of the same as for inbound passengers arriving on Israeli airlines, and includes:
Security check in the Transit Passengers Hall
Obtaining a boarding pass for the next leg of their journey, in the Transit Hall
Transition to the Rotunda, on Level 1. Link to to the Rotunda via the Connector.
Continue to the appropriate Concourse and exit gate.""
If needed further details can be found there.
The entrance to the Transit area is on the right before you head downwards to passport contol
#11
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: HaMerkaz/Exit 145
Programs: UA, LY, BA, AA
Posts: 13,167
That basically sounds like the same thing all pax need to do
The following is a quote from the website of TLV regarding transit passengers:
"" 2. Passengers in transit to a destination abroad
Passengers arriving with a foreign airline, will collect their baggage (if necessary) in the Transit Hall and will continue the transit passenger process, which is of the same as for inbound passengers arriving on Israeli airlines, and includes:
Security check in the Transit Passengers Hall
Obtaining a boarding pass for the next leg of their journey, in the Transit Hall
Transition to the Rotunda, on Level 1. Link to to the Rotunda via the Connector.
Continue to the appropriate Concourse and exit gate.""
If needed further details can be found there.
The entrance to the Transit area is on the right before you head downwards to passport contol
"" 2. Passengers in transit to a destination abroad
Passengers arriving with a foreign airline, will collect their baggage (if necessary) in the Transit Hall and will continue the transit passenger process, which is of the same as for inbound passengers arriving on Israeli airlines, and includes:
Security check in the Transit Passengers Hall
Obtaining a boarding pass for the next leg of their journey, in the Transit Hall
Transition to the Rotunda, on Level 1. Link to to the Rotunda via the Connector.
Continue to the appropriate Concourse and exit gate.""
If needed further details can be found there.
The entrance to the Transit area is on the right before you head downwards to passport contol
#12
Join Date: May 2005
Location: tlv
Programs: AA Platinum, LY Matmid
Posts: 804
The procedure seems the same but it is done in a seperate area, as the passenger does not go down to ramp to border control but is security checked in the transit lounge,checked in and given a boarding pass and then "transitioned" to the rotunda
#13
Join Date: May 2006
Location: New York
Programs: SPG Platinum, AA 2.0 MM, DL Plat, Hertz Plat, LY Gold
Posts: 1,602
Sorry for not being clear. We have a round-the-world trip that, for pricing, starts and ends in TLV. We're actually visiting Israel for a few days at the start, but when we end the trip, we'll be flying from Europe to TLV and back to Europe the same day. In on IB, out on LY.
#14
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
OK, now I understand. You will need to clear immigration, and then head right back through security. TLV isn't really set up for transfers, except perhaps with LY flight to/from Far East.
I would not risk a 2 hour connection. Go for the 11 hour one, and spend some time in Tel Aviv.
I would not risk a 2 hour connection. Go for the 11 hour one, and spend some time in Tel Aviv.
- We're on a fairly short set of overnights to get in to TLV, so we'll be exhausted;
- We only have 2-4 days in each stop of the RTW, so if we spend the day in TLV, we'll only have one full day in Madrid;
- We'll have visited Tel Aviv at the start of the RTW (in April).
I recall discussion of the LY RTW, but we never used it partly because flying LY doesn't earn AA elite-status bonus miles nor elite-qualifying miles or points.