How to leave the airport during a layover?
Do you have a long layover? This is a great chance to see a new city. Today we will look at this topic in more detail and tell you how to leave the airport during a layover.
First, here's a small checklist so you don't waste time:
First, here's a small checklist so you don't waste time:
- Find out if you need a visa to leave the airport and enter the city. Read more about transit visas here, and a list of visa-free countries for Russians can be found here.
- Study the airport map and find where the luggage storage facilities are located.
- Find out in advance how to get to the city.
- Create a detailed itinerary.
You've arrived at the layover point, what's next?
In most cases, you don't need to collect your luggage, and you have a boarding pass for your next flight. To exit the "sterile area," follow the "Выход" / "Exit" signs. On the way, you will pass through passport control, where your visa (if required) will be checked, and then you will enter the arrivals hall.If you have heavy hand luggage that you definitely don't want to take with you on a walk, find a luggage storage and leave your belongings there.Now it's time to find a public transport stop to get to the city.
How to find your way from the airport to the city?
We wrote about this in a separate article "How to get from the airport to the city?".How to know if you need to collect luggage at the layover point?
If you bought a through ticket, then in 99% of cases, your luggage will go directly to your final destination. If you bought 2 separate tickets, then it all depends on the airlines:- Budget airlines - always collect luggage.
- Budget airline + regular airline - always collect luggage.
- The same airline throughout the journey - no need to collect.
- Different airlines, but part of the same alliance - no need to collect.
- Different airlines, but they have a codeshare agreement - no need to collect.
- Different airlines, in different alliances, and no agreements between them - you need to collect.




