Through check-in:
Through check-in to the final destination is available on
some of the connecting flights.
Departing passengers check in for both the flight arriving at Moscow Domodedovo Airport
and the connecting flight from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to the destination airport.
It's as easy as 1, 2, 3:
- you are issued two boarding passes;
- upon arriving at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, go to the international/domestic departures area as indicated in your boarding pass;
- your baggage will be transferred to the connecting flight without your involvement; you need not check in again for the flight departing from Moscow Domodedovo Airport.
More information on through check-in can be obtained at check-in at the departure airport.
Check-in to Moscow Domodedovo Airport:
If you have chosen not to use through check-in,
please remember that you will need to clear your baggage.
Please choose your type of transfer:
INT — is short for «International transfer»
DOM — is short for «Domestic transfer»
Transfer from international to international flight
- Upon arrival at Moscow Domodedovo Airport get across pre-flight security check and passport control at Transfer hall on the 1st floor of the Terminal.
- Make your way to the boarding gate indicated on your boarding pass/ on the departure board.
Please note:
Russian and Belarus citizens should go through passport and customs control, and then go to the departure area on the 2nd floor, luggage will be delivered to the next flight without passenger involvement.
Passengers flying to/ from the countries of the Eurasian Customs Union (Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Belorussia, Kazakhstan) should follow the further steps:
- go through passport control;
- collect baggage in the baggage claim area*;
- go through customs control;
- drop off baggage in the common check-in area of the Terminal in one of the check-in sections indicated on the departures board*;
- go to the departure area on the 2nd floor.
* When registering for a flight at the airport of departure, specify the need for baggage claim at the airport of transfer for customs control.
Transfer from international to domestic flight
- Go through passport control.
- Get your baggage* in the baggage claim area and go through customs control.
- Drop off baggage* in the common check-in area of the Terminal in one of the check-in sections indicated on the departures board.
- Go through pre-flight inspection on the 2nd floor of the Terminal.(follow signs «Departure»).
- Make your way to the boarding gate indicated on your boarding pass / on the departure board.
If your luggage does not contain goods that, in accordance with the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union, are subject to customs declaration, a simplified procedure for performing customs operations may be applied to your luggage. In this case, receiving and re-checking baggage for re-registration at the airport is not required, because Customs control of baggage is provided without the passenger involvement.
If the simplified procedure for performing customs operations applies to your baggage:
- Go through customs and passport control.
- Get across pre-flight security check on the 2nd floor of the Terminal.
- Make your way to the boarding gate indicated on your boarding pass/ on the departure board.
* When registering for a flight at the airport of departure, specify the need for baggage at the airport of transfer for customs control and the fact of applying or not applying the simplified procedure for performing customs operations from the airline carrier.
If your flight arrives from the country-member of the EAEU (Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Belorussia, Kazakhstan) and next you have a domestic flight, then your baggage is not subject to customs control at the airport of transfer. For such baggage, a simplified customs procedure should be applied at the airport.
Transfer from domestic to domestic flight
- Upon arrival at Moscow Domodedovo Airport get across pre-flight security check at Transfer hall on the 1st floor of the Terminal.
- Make your way to the boarding gate indicated on your boarding pass/ on the departure board.
Transfer from domestic to international flight
- Upon arrival at Moscow Domodedovo Airport get across pre-flight security check at Transfer hall on the 1st floor of the Terminal.
- Then go to the International departures area.
- Go through customs and passport control.
- Make your way to the boarding gate indicated on your boarding pass/ on the departure board.
INT — is short for «International transfer»
DOM — is short for «Domestic transfer»
Transfer from international to international flight
If you are traveling with luggage:
- Upon arrival at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, go through passport control, collect your baggage in the baggage claim area
and go through customs.
- Check in and drop off your baggage in the common check-in area of the Terminal in one of the check-in sections,
indicated on the departures board.
- Go through customs and passport control and pre-flight security.
The transfer time is 60 minutes.
if you are traveling without luggage, please follow "TRANSFER" signs and pass to the transfer passenger service desks to check-in for the next flight.*
* Exception: for citizens of the Russian Federation.
If you are traveling without baggage, or with baggage registered to the final destination, and are a citizen of the Russian Federation, follow these steps:
- - go through passport and customs control,
- - check in for a flight in the common registration area of the passenger terminal in one of the sections indicated on the information board.
- - proceed to the 2nd floor to the departure zone for customs and passport control, as well as pre-flight inspection.
- - Go to the boarding gate indicated on your boarding pass.
Transfer from international to domestic flight
- Upon arrival at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, go through passport control, collect your baggage in the baggage claim area, and go through customs.
- Check in and drop off your baggage in the common check-in area of the Terminal in one of the check-in sections
indicated on the departures board.
- Go through pre-flight security and proceed to boarding gate.
The transfer time is 100 minutes.
Transfer from domestic to domestic flight
If you are traveling with luggage:
- Upon arrival at Moscow Domodedovo Airport collect your baggage in the baggage claim area.
- Check in and drop off your baggage in the common check-in area of the Terminal in one of the check-in sections
indicated on the departures board.
- Go through pre-flight security and proceed to boarding gate.
The transfer time is 80 minutes.
if you are traveling without luggage, please follow "TRANSFER" signs and pass to the transfer passenger service desks to check-in for the next flight.
