New Delhi: Flyers winging their way nonstop to the US from Delhi and Mumbai may soon be landing in America as domestic arrivals, if Air India has its way.
The Maharaja has asked the external affairs ministry to facilitate having US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility at big Indian airports like Delhi and Mumbai. America-bound passengers can clear all immigration, customs and agriculture inspections required by the US at these facilities during departure itself. On landing in US, they can simply collect their baggage and walk off the arrival airports like domestic flyers.
While Dublin's Shannon airport has had the US pre-clearance travel facility for years, AI began to feel the heat when Abu Dhabi also got this facility recently. Jet Airways — the only other Indian carrier that flies (though one-stop) to US — is an equity partner of Abu Dhabi's Etihad and has plans to fly from 23 Indian cities to Abu Dhabi, feeding huge traffic from India to Etihad's west-bound flights.
12/06/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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The Maharaja has asked the external affairs ministry to facilitate having US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility at big Indian airports like Delhi and Mumbai. America-bound passengers can clear all immigration, customs and agriculture inspections required by the US at these facilities during departure itself. On landing in US, they can simply collect their baggage and walk off the arrival airports like domestic flyers.
While Dublin's Shannon airport has had the US pre-clearance travel facility for years, AI began to feel the heat when Abu Dhabi also got this facility recently. Jet Airways — the only other Indian carrier that flies (though one-stop) to US — is an equity partner of Abu Dhabi's Etihad and has plans to fly from 23 Indian cities to Abu Dhabi, feeding huge traffic from India to Etihad's west-bound flights.
12/06/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
