Baggage at transit
Collecting and checking in baggage at transit.
Baggage handling requirements follow the regulations of the country you’re transiting at. They may require passengers to collect their checked-in baggage at the belt, before checking them in again to the next flight. In some cases, collecting baggage at transit is not required.
This applies if your itinerary includes a connection with a partner airline, even if all your flights were booked on a single ticket.
Do note that these requirements may still differ depending on the passenger ticket type, connection airport, connection time and / or connection airlines. Please check with ground staff or the partner airline’s desk at the transit airport to confirm if you need to clear immigration and collect baggage.
Baggage handling is dependent on the flight connection type you are travelling on.
There are typically two connection types:
- International
- Domestic
International
International connection flights are where the next city you fly after transit, is not within the same country.
E.g: You are flying from Singapore to Wellington, New Zealand, with transit in Sydney, Australia.
SIN → SYD (Transit) → WLG
Domestic
Domestic connection flights are where the next city you fly after transit is within the same country.
E.g: You are flying from Singapore to Sapporo, Japan, with transit in Fukuoka which is in the same country.
SIN → FUK (Transit) → CTS
Check to see if your next flight is international or domestic before referring to the tables below.
Select the region and country to find out whether you need to collect your baggage during transit. We advise that you confirm with the ground staff at the transit airport in the event of any changes.
|
Country |
Collect baggage at transit airport? |
|
|---|---|---|
|
International |
Domestic |
|
|
Brunei Darussalam |
No |
No |
|
Cambodia |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Indonesia |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Malaysia |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Myanmar |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Philippines |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Thailand |
No |
Yes |
|
Vietnam |
No |
Yes |
|
Country |
Collect baggage at transit airport? |
|
|---|---|---|
|
International |
Domestic |
|
|
China |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Hong Kong SAR, China |
No |
No |
|
Japan |
No |
Yes |
|
South Korea |
No |
Yes |
|
Taiwan, China |
No |
Yes |
|
Country |
Collect baggage at transit airport? |
|
|---|---|---|
|
International |
Domestic |
|
|
Bangladesh |
Yes |
Yes |
|
India |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Maldives |
No |
No |
|
Nepal |
Yes |
Yes |
|
South Africa |
No |
Yes |
|
Sri Lanka |
No |
No |
|
United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
No |
Yes |
|
Country |
Collect baggage at transit airport?
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
International |
Domestic |
|
|
Australia |
No |
Yes |
|
New Zealand |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Country |
Collect baggage at transit airport? |
|
|---|---|---|
|
International |
Domestic |
|
|
Belgium |
No |
No |
|
Denmark |
No |
No |
|
France |
No |
No |
|
Germany |
No |
No |
|
Italy |
No |
No |
|
Netherlands |
No |
No |
|
Spain |
No |
No |
|
Switzerland |
No |
No |
|
Turkey |
No |
No |
|
United Kingdom |
No |
Yes |
|
Country |
Collect baggage at transit airport? |
|
|---|---|---|
|
International |
Domestic |
|
|
United States of America |
Yes |
Yes |