Guangzhou Transit Procedures

Get off the plane ---> go through customs ---> go to international transfer counter on the second floor ---> go through customs ---> security check ---> take the elevator on the second floor to the third floor ---> go to the international departures waiting hall ---> go to the departure boarding gate ---> board the plane.

[Passenger with a China Southern through ticket]

Get off the plane ---> go through the customs inspection ---> go through the border entry inspection ---> go to the waiting area (with the boarding pass of the connecting flight) ---> go through the customs inspection ----> go through the security check ---> (domestic departures and arrivals area) go to the departure boarding gate ---> board the plane.

[Other passengers]

Get off the plane ---> go through customs inspection ---> go through the border entry inspection ---> take the elevator to the first floor for baggage pickup ---> go through customs inspection ---> turn right prior to arrival ---> go through transfer formalities and re-check in baggage at the international-domestic transfer counter on the first floor ---> take the elevator on the first floor to the second floor ----> go through the security check at the front of the cross-shaped corridor ---> (domestic departures and arrivals area) go to the departure boarding gate ---> board the plane.

Get off the plane ---> go through transfer formalities at the transfer counter on the second floor (except for passengers who have a boarding pass for their connecting flight) ---> (domestic departure and arrival area) go to the departure boarding gate on the same floor ---> board the plane.

[Through ticket]

Get off the plane ---> handle the transfer formalities at the transfer counter (except for passengers who have a boarding pass for their connecting flight) ---> go through the cross-shaped corridor on the second floor ---> domestic-international aisle ---> go through the departure security check channel on the third floor ---> go through customs inspection ---> go through the border exit inspection ---> go to the international departure waiting hall ---> go to the departure boarding gate ---> board the plane.

[Without a through ticket]

Get off the plane ---> go to the first floor to pick up your baggage from the carousel ---> go through check-in and baggage check-in formalities at the transfer counter on the first floor ---> take the escalator on the first floor to the second floor ----> go through the security check before the cross-shaped corridor ---> go through the cross-shaped corridor on the second floor ---> domestic-international channel--->go through the departure security check channel on the third floor --> go through customs ---> go through the border exit inspection ---> go to the international departures waiting hall ---> go to the departure boarding gate ---> board the plane. (Passengers who pay for overweight fees need to do this at the check-in counter on the third floor)