A question of timing...

[CanadaMan]

My plane from Moscow is due to arrive in Perm at 5:15 am.
There is a half hour stop in Niz. Novgorod along the way.

My lady has found out that two of the shuttle buses to my hotel
leave the airport at 5:30 am and 6:10 am.
The question is which one to book?
Any thoughts?

I don't know at which point I will be checked by a Russian customs
officer; Moscow or Perm?
That would obviously affect the timing.
I won't have any checked luggage.

TIA

[dogspot]

You will not need to go through customs again in Perm. But even so, planes are more often late than early...so I would schedule the later of the two shuttles.

[RussianWind]

6:10 am.

15 minutes is not enough even if you will be first in a line. Still you need some time to find the bus stop. And you don't know how they operate in the airport with your plane, they can use a transfer bus.

[I/O]

Use the later one. 15 minutes won't work but FWIW they don't always run by the clock, they do tend to run by the flights a bit. It'll be a stampede for the buses once a few people get their bags. Good luck as a foreigner trying to beat that.  :hairraising: You'll cross immigration and customs in Moscow.

[CanadaMan]

Use the later one. 15 minutes won't work but FWIW they don't always run by the clock, ...You'll cross immigration and customs in Moscow.

Thanks RW and I/O, I'm going for the 6:10 am.
I'll be a zombie when I finally get to the hotel with no sleep that night.