>From the research I did on the State and Homeland Security Departments web pages, the answer is a definite maybe. If a person is from one of the 27 countries that are not required to get a visa to travel to the USA, then that person is not required to get a transit visa. I couldn't find anything that gave an exception for a same-flight transit. (A change of aircraft does not necessarily make a flight a connecting flight. In the LHR-LAX-AKL example, if the same number is used from LHR to AKL then the flight is not a connecting flight even if there is an aircraft change in LAX). Off the top of my head I cannot think of any airline besides Air New Zealand and Air Tahiti Nui that have international flights that transit the USA. David R http://home.comcast.net/~damiross/books.html =>-----Original Message----- =>From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of =>Mark Panitz =>Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 19:39 =>To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx =>Subject: questions about visa to change planes in the US => => =>this was posted on a few lists =>>The U.S. now requires travellers who change planes in =>>the U.S. to get a =>>visa, =>>even if they don't leave the airport, => =>I have a few questions about this =>what the passenger is flying LHR-Auckland-via =>LAX (on Air New zealand) what if they have to change =>aircraft but the flight number is the same? =>or what if they =>are just connecting to say another International =>carrier (ie say Air New zeland to Sinapore? => => =>__________________________________________________ =>Do You Yahoo!? =>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around =>http://mail.yahoo.com =>-- =>No virus found in this incoming message. =>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. =>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/2005 => -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/2005