To provide a package transfer apparatus suitable for drawing a package which is erected on and carried by a tray from the tray and alternately transferring it on one transfer position.

The package transfer apparatus which draws the package YP to be carried along different carrying lines from the tray T, and alternately transfers the package from the carrying line to one transfer position comprises a pair of chucking mechanisms 20 and 21, and when one chucking mechanism is in an operation of holding the package on the carrying line, the other chucking mechanism is in an operation of releasing the package on the transfer position, and these operations are alternately and synchronously achieved.