Connecting international-to-domestic at Oslo (OSL)

Traveller wrote:
Hello. I have a trip coming up where I'm arriving at Oslo (Gardemoen)
from the UK and connecting just 45 minutes later on a domestic flight to
the frozen north.

This has all been booked through the airline and the arrival/departure
airlines are both SAS (SK). The SAS website (and other flight search
engines) show it as a permitted connection (that is, when I put in
origin and destination, this flight pairing comes up without any
prompting):

SK802 07:20 10:25 London (LHR) Oslo (OSL)
SK4084 11:10 12:50 Oslo (OSL) Harstad-Narvik (EVE)

I'm not familiar with the new airport at Oslo, and understand it's a
single-terminal design, but this does seem rather tight. Has anyone
made this type of connection through Oslo recently? I know I'll have to
clear immigration at Oslo - what about baggage, will it route through to
the final destination airport so I can clear customs there? All
experiences - rather than speculation - gladly received. I have also
put the question to Oslo airport - but they will doubtless give me the
official answer..

That is indeed rather tight, but I have just (yesterday) flown SAS and
happened to read the regulations and responsibilities regarding transfers:

There are official Minimum Transfer Connection (MTC) times for all
airports, from any airline to any other airline. These minimums can be
lowered when the two flight operations agree to do so, or (easier) when
a single company is involved.

The short version is that 45 min is indeed tight, even though it is
possible to jog from one extreme end of the international end of the
terminal and to the end of the domestic, in about 4-5 minutes. This
means that going home from Narvik and out via Oslo the transfer time
would be fine, but coming in you need to clear customs in Oslo, which
afaik also means going through security after re-checking your bags.

I assume you do have checked luggage, not just carry-on?

Anyway, if you miss your connection, SAS will be responsible for putting
you on the next available flight, and/or putting you overnight in the
airport hotel.

Terje

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