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> American airports generally don't have international-to-international airside transfer I'd like to see a write up on why that is, because it seems like an in
by zmmmmm 4y ago
> American airports generally don't have international-to-international airside transfer
I'd like to see a write up on why that is, because it seems like an insanely stupid arrangement at face value.
- LorenPechtel 4y agoThere's really no way to do it. The basic issue is that the US has no outgoing immigration control. I have walked from an international departure gate to open air and encountered no obstacles of any kind in the process, although I did pass through a one-way spot. (And the reason for this was pretty trivial--major delay, I preferred the food options elsewhere in the airport.) How do you have airside transfer when there are no barriers to leaving airside?
- zmmmmm 4y agoyes, I'm not sure the logistics but it's definitely done in other places. Certainly in Australia if you are travelling international you go through outbound immigration control. I'm not sure what happens if you need to get out again for some reason after you "exit" the country. I assume you have to "re-enter" the country by circling through inbound immigration. Perhaps having no land borders makes outbound immigration control more reasonable. It does seem like the cost of adding some secure departure lounges might be less than circling huge numbers of passengers through unnecessary immigration procedures, security lines, etc