At what airport will Australian advance passenger processing (APP) be performed?

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TL/DR: You should expect APP to be completed at check-in for all flights which means in Zurich.

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You can read all about it here: Advance Passenger Processing

Some notable points:

  • All documentation is written with the term 'at check-in' which means a Boarding Pass should not be issued unless OK TO BOARD is returned.
  • Nearly all carriers, especially single carriers such as QF on this itinerary, will check you in for all segments.
  • Barring some very edge cases, the airline has no interest in boarding you for one segment when you would not be allowed to fly any following segment.
  • It's likely that Qantas would need to verify, either by scanning or an Agent, your Passport details once so if you haven't flows Qantas on that Passport before, you may be required to check in at the airport. This is perfectly normal and doesn't indicate any problem on it's own.
  • As these are all international segments, you should expect to show your travel docs every time you board.
  • (For the nitpickers ;) There are some scenarios alluded to in the manual that could allow a traveler to fly ZRH-DXB, then be denied boarding DXB-SYD. There is however no chance of flying DXB-SYD without APP responsibility.

This Answer is based on experience with the big Western Hemishpere travel schemes and I have no reason to think Australia approaches this much differently. I've had to read all of these guides and they're only as specific as they need to be and don't attempt to address every conceivable scenario, that's what the phone number or telex is for. If any Member who works for QF or BOC provides a more detailed answer, I'm happy to remove this one.

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