Looking to book flight on May 10th, Flight 630 from Boston lands at 6:30am. Connecting to 542 to Paris leaves at 7:30am. This seems really tight. Will it work?
Thank you.
Posted by
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2779 posts
Rick, at WHAT airport is your connection? Keflavik on Iceland? That airport looks more like a big gymnasium with 5 doors and 5 airplanes parked in front of them. Your walk from gate to gate is like 20 steps or so...
Posted by
nyc, ny, usa
25 posts
Easy to do at that airport. It is all in one building, easily signed and everyone (or almost everyone) is making a transit, and the system works well.
Iceland itself is well worth a visit BTW.
Posted by
OP
Rochester, NY USA
16 posts
Thank you! Should have added that am a bit of a seasoned traveler and would never atempt a 1 hour layover at most airports, but RKV seems to be small and easy to transfer w/in the hour. I am flying with my cousin and money is an issue for her, so saving the $250+ is important.
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
Relatively short connection times are standard for Icelandair. In 2005 I flew Minneapolis-Iceland-London and Paris-Iceland-Minneapolis. Both connections were around an hour.
Posted by
Florida, USA
12172 posts
Are both flights on Iceland? If so, you'll be fine. I wouldn't want to change airlines in so short of time.
Posted by
White Bear Lake, MN, USA
479 posts
Rick, Iceland Air operates in such a way that they will wait for you. It's complicated, but basically their inbound flights all arrive at approximately the same time and their outbound flights all leave at approximately the same time. Unless you hit weather issues, your outbound flight to Europe should wait for you.
I had this issue connecting from Frankfurt. Our flight was delayed 4 hours because of weather in Iceland. But all the inbound Europe flights had the same issue because they all arrived at the same time. So the outbound US flights all waited to leave until the inbound EU flights arrived.