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Old May 26, 2017, 8:12 pm
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ZRH Tight Transfer
Flying in on LX from SIN-ZRH-MAD with 50mins connection. Is 50mins generally enough in ZRH? Also what about with checked bag - preferably no delay?

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Old May 27, 2017, 12:18 am
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Originally Posted by terbangalways
Flying in on LX from SIN-ZRH-MAD with 50mins connection. Is 50mins generally enough in ZRH? Also what about with checked bag - preferably no delay?
Wife and bag just made a 45 minutes one. You will have to suffer through security re-check and immigration, and the transfer to the intra Schengen flight.

Should be easy to do if the SIN bird arrives on time. I'd risk it in this direction.
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Old May 27, 2017, 1:48 am
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Originally Posted by terbangalways
Flying in on LX from SIN-ZRH-MAD with 50mins connection. Is 50mins generally enough in ZRH? Also what about with checked bag - preferably no delay?
50 mins should work. The SIN-ZRH flight gets you into ZRH very early in the morning, so if the excrement hits the proverbial ventilation device (e.g. late arrival from SIN), you can still take a later flight to MAD.
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Old May 27, 2017, 7:20 am
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ZRH is probably the best airport in the world for short connections

The team there are proactive - I've made a 12 min connection (ATC issues) Shengen > Non Shengen
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Old May 27, 2017, 9:17 am
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As other have said, totally fine and doable. If you are able to make it, so is your bag.

Woest case you can get the next flight to MAD. I wouldn't leave 50min in the other direction though since only one flight to SIN a day and it's late at night.
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Old May 27, 2017, 10:56 am
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Thanks All!
50mins it is.
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Old May 28, 2017, 5:50 am
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Old May 30, 2017, 7:56 am
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Originally Posted by Wickersley
ZRH is probably the best airport in the world for short connections

The team there are proactive - I've made a 12 min connection (ATC issues) Shengen > Non Shengen
HEL is even faster either direction in my experience.
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Old May 31, 2017, 5:01 am
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Originally Posted by Wickersley
ZRH is probably the best airport in the world for short connections
I love ZRH and MUC for short connections but it's hard to beat VIE.
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Old May 31, 2017, 6:15 am
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I wouldn't leave 50min in the other direction though since only one flight to SIN a day and it's late at night.
One a day?

There are two, SQ at lunch and LX late evening
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Old May 31, 2017, 6:57 am
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Originally Posted by benji2227
One a day?

There are two, SQ at lunch and LX late evening
We're talking flying LX here
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Old May 31, 2017, 9:50 am
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I do know Istarted this posting as ZRH tight transfer, my inbound is on LH and only got 1hr30mins connection for my FRA-SIN long haul at FRA.
Last time i did this was ok, hopefully VCE-FRA lands on-time. And no strike. LOL
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Old Jun 5, 2017, 12:18 pm
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Originally Posted by weero
Wife and bag just made a 45 minutes one. You will have to suffer through security re-check and immigration, and the transfer to the intra Schengen flight.

Should be easy to do if the SIN bird arrives on time. I'd risk it in this direction.
I connected through ZRH last week. There was no security recheck. Is the security recheck for only certain flights? I flew LAX-CPH.
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Old Jun 6, 2017, 2:23 am
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I connected through ZRH last week. There was no security recheck. Is the security recheck for only certain flights? I flew LAX-CPH.
Yes flights from the US (along with most European flights) are considered clean and usually no additional security check is required.
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Old Nov 16, 2017, 11:28 am
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ZRH tight connection
flying on LX19 to zurich connecting to LX 146 to Delhi and I have 55 min. Is this doable?
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