New Delhi/Mumbai: With just 4 per cent share of the India-US air traffic, the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is a small player when compared to the big boys such as Emirates, British Airways, Lufthansa, Air India, United and even Qatar Airways. But the equation could change dramatically as passengers from India will not have to wait in long queues at the customs and immigration counters of a US airport any more if they fly through Abu Dhabi.
They can now do all formalities at a US pre-clearance facility within the Abu Dhabi airport and land in any US city without any hassles. According to hearings at a committee of the US House of Representatives, a passenger flying by a carrier from Asia through a European city takes over three hours to clear customs in the US. On flying through Abu Dhabi, the clearance will take just half an hour.
10/02/14 Surajeet Das Gupta, Aneesh Phadnis & Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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They can now do all formalities at a US pre-clearance facility within the Abu Dhabi airport and land in any US city without any hassles. According to hearings at a committee of the US House of Representatives, a passenger flying by a carrier from Asia through a European city takes over three hours to clear customs in the US. On flying through Abu Dhabi, the clearance will take just half an hour.
10/02/14 Surajeet Das Gupta, Aneesh Phadnis & Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
