Transit visa required in this case?
Sep 4, 2013 | 5:17 pm
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Transit visa required in this case?
I am trying to book an award ticket for a friend to fly from MSO to LCA on DL. The current situation (time of year and availability with other airlines) results in her having to fly MSO-SLC-JFK-SVO-LCA and return. The flight arrives in SVO at 9:55 and the flight (Aeroflot) to LCA departs at 11:25. Does she need any kind of transit visa to just change planes in SVO? I don't know which terminals each of the flights arrives and departs out of.
On the return, her flight from LCA to SVO on Aeroflot arrives at 00:05 and the flight that departs for JFK leaves at 11:40, so I am suggesting she stay in the capsule hotel (transit hotel). Will she need a transit visa for this?
If transit visas are needed, how long do they take to get them, do you get them before you leave for Russia, how much do they cost?
It appears that the DL flight arrives in Terminal D and the flight to LCA departs out of Terminal D so this should be a simple transit with no visa required. But on the return the flight from LCA arrives in Terminal C and the flight to the US departs from terminal D. So is there an air-side bus from Terminal C to Terminal D or E and would my friend be able to get between Terminal E and D all remaining airside?
Any questions I didn't ask?
On the return, her flight from LCA to SVO on Aeroflot arrives at 00:05 and the flight that departs for JFK leaves at 11:40, so I am suggesting she stay in the capsule hotel (transit hotel). Will she need a transit visa for this?
If transit visas are needed, how long do they take to get them, do you get them before you leave for Russia, how much do they cost?
It appears that the DL flight arrives in Terminal D and the flight to LCA departs out of Terminal D so this should be a simple transit with no visa required. But on the return the flight from LCA arrives in Terminal C and the flight to the US departs from terminal D. So is there an air-side bus from Terminal C to Terminal D or E and would my friend be able to get between Terminal E and D all remaining airside?
Any questions I didn't ask?
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Sep 19, 2013 | 12:03 pm
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Hi - I have a similar problem; how did you find out what terminals you fly in/out of?
I have gone through the airport before and it wasn't needed. I want to say only 1 of the terminals requires you exit the building; I want to say it's terminal A. The rest you just walk on through.
I have gone through the airport before and it wasn't needed. I want to say only 1 of the terminals requires you exit the building; I want to say it's terminal A. The rest you just walk on through.
Sep 19, 2013 | 3:20 pm
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It's possible you won't need one at all
Depending on when your flight is and when this proposed legislation gets done.
See the very last post from the thread below.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/russi...-2012-a-2.html
See the very last post from the thread below.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/russi...-2012-a-2.html
Sep 19, 2013 | 8:09 pm
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have you gone through this info: http://www.svo.aero/en/transit/int-int/
Sep 20, 2013 | 12:40 pm
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have you gone through this info: http://www.svo.aero/en/transit/int-int/
I solved the problem by changing the flight so that the flight from LCA arrives in terminal D.
Sep 20, 2013 | 12:42 pm
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Hi - I have a similar problem; how did you find out what terminals you fly in/out of?
I have gone through the airport before and it wasn't needed. I want to say only 1 of the terminals requires you exit the building; I want to say it's terminal A. The rest you just walk on through.
I have gone through the airport before and it wasn't needed. I want to say only 1 of the terminals requires you exit the building; I want to say it's terminal A. The rest you just walk on through.
Terminal C is physically not connected to D,E,F. It is on the opposite side of the runways.
Sep 23, 2013 | 5:42 pm
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There is a bus
Just so we all know there is a bus that goes from C to D/E/F. Saw it on Tuesday leaving SVOD. Saw it boarding last year at C headed around the runway for DEF as well.
It's poorly marked and rarely used it seems but it does exist. You can transit via it without a visa.
It's poorly marked and rarely used it seems but it does exist. You can transit via it without a visa.