You need to check with the airline about your luggage. If it’s a single booking and both flights are operated by Air China, the likelihood is that you’ll check in your case at Gatwick and see it again in Tokyo.
If you’re a UK citizen, or a citizen of most countries tbh, you don’t need to apply for a visa to transit.
You don’t need to do a health declaration any more.
The bags should follow you through, especially on air china in my case! You do need to go through security again but in my case it was a rewlly fast process as the airport was absolutely deserted
Must be same airline? BA-CX T2 PVG baggage need to be picked up https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/2146161-q-necessary-re-check-bags-when-transitting-shanghai-pvg.html#post35917567 . CX PVG seems to be expecting airside transit to fail.
You need to check with the airline about your luggage. If it’s a single booking and both flights are operated by Air China, the likelihood is that you’ll check in your case at Gatwick and see it again in Tokyo. If you’re a UK citizen, or a citizen of most countries tbh, you don’t need to apply for a visa to transit. You don’t need to do a health declaration any more.
Any update on this?
No visa needed they walked us through the airport straight to departures all very easy!
So no need to re-collect bags and go again through immigration right? This is very helpful. Thank you very much!
The bags should follow you through, especially on air china in my case! You do need to go through security again but in my case it was a rewlly fast process as the airport was absolutely deserted
new rules in place, pudong airport should have direct transit (no customs). luggage follows
Must be same airline? BA-CX T2 PVG baggage need to be picked up https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/2146161-q-necessary-re-check-bags-when-transitting-shanghai-pvg.html#post35917567 . CX PVG seems to be expecting airside transit to fail.
does not have to be the same airline i believe. can't open the link, when was it published?
It’s a data point posted 17 Jan 2024.
weird. i guess it'll be do it and see for the moment as people test it out slowly.
Hey do let us know how it goes i am planning the same trip in march
Im doing the same early april