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Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / September 2007SFO to Singapore via HKG - where do you go through customs?
Any idea? We're on flight SQ1 from SFO to Singapore. It says there's a stop in Hong Kong but there is no plane change. Will we have to go through customs in Hong Kong, do you think? > Any idea? We're on flight SQ1 from SFO to Singapore. It says there's a > stop in Hong Kong but there is no plane change. Will we have to go > through customs in Hong Kong, do you think? No. That is an international hop. If you get off the plane, you will be in transit in a secured area away from passport control and customs. That area is considered an international zone. > > Any idea? We're on flight SQ1 from SFO to Singapore. It says there's a > > stop in Hong Kong but there is no plane change. Will we have to go [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > be in transit in a secured area away from passport control and > customs. That area is considered an international zone. Thanks much! No customs or immigration but you will probably have to go through a security screening before being allowed to enter the airport's "international zone." >Any idea? We're on flight SQ1 from SFO to Singapore. It says there's a >stop in Hong Kong but there is no plane change. Will we have to go >through customs in Hong Kong, do you think? > No customs or immigration but you will probably have to go through a > security screening before being allowed to enter the airport's > "international zone." Why? Is this something new for Hong Kong? I changed planes there a couple of months ago, with no such hassle. >> No customs or immigration but you will probably have to go through a >> security screening before being allowed to enter the airport's [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I changed planes there a couple of months ago, with no such hassle. No, it's been in place for a long time. Just not for all flights.  SignatureCraig http://www.wazu.jp/ 1,239 Unicode fonts for 82 written language groups: Price your own web plan: http://www.wazu.jp/hosting/ >>> No customs or immigration but you will probably have to go through a >>> security screening before being allowed to enter the airport's [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > No, it's been in place for a long time. Just not for all flights. He said "probably", like he had no clue. >He said "probably", like he had no clue. Or like he's flown many international flights and has experienced secuirty screening at connections. Narita and Singapore come to mind. -- "Tell me what I should do, Annie." "Stay. Here. Forever." - Life On Mars >>He said "probably", like he had no clue. > > Or like he's flown many international flights and has experienced secuirty > screening at connections. Narita and Singapore come to mind. I thought the issue was a stopover at HKG, and it sounds like he has never been there. > >> No customs or immigration but you will probably have to go through a > >> security screening before being allowed to enter the airport's [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > No, it's been in place for a long time. Just not for all flights. Hong Kong had (and sometimes still uses) a temperature scan when there is a scare like SARS. But you just walk past a detector. You also go through the standard metal detector and luggage scan when going up to the departure area. Could be that they stopped. I know they always did it in Kai Tak (may peace be with it) and the one time I went through the new airport they seemed to be doing it for all flights. Like Kai Tak, there were a few central locations where arriving passengers could pass to the departure level. It was a few years ago, and SARs was an issue. They were taking digital temp readings off everyone's forehead with a remote heat sensor, scaring hell out of the unaware. >> No customs or immigration but you will probably have to go through a >> security screening before being allowed to enter the airport's [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >I changed planes there a couple of months ago, with no such hassle. > Any idea? We're on flight SQ1 from SFO to Singapore. It says there's a > stop in Hong Kong but there is no plane change. Will we have to go > through customs in Hong Kong, do you think? No. |
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