Air Departure Tax (Scotland) Act 2017

Rules determining when international flight is connected flight

2 (1) This paragraph applies if—

(a) a passenger is carried on consecutive flights, “flight A” and “flight B”, and

(b) flight A and flight B are covered by the same agreement for carriage,

(c) the passenger has a ticket for flight A and flight B that shows the departure airport, date and time, and the arrival airport, for each flight, and

(d) flight B begins at an airport in one country and ends at an airport in another country.

(2) Flight A and flight B are connected flights if the ticketed departure time of flight B is no later than 24 hours after the scheduled arrival time of flight A.

(3) Despite sub-paragraph (2), flight A and flight B are not connected flights if—

(a) the passenger first boards the flight A aircraft in one country, and

(b) the passenger finally disembarks from the flight B aircraft in the same country.

(4) For the purpose of this paragraph—

(a) “scheduled” and “ticketed” have the meanings given in paragraph 1(4), and

(b) the United Kingdom is a single country.