Mumbai: Plans to set up US immigration pre-clearance at airports in India have been designated to a "non starter category" by the civil aviation ministry.
Air India had requested the civil aviation ministry to facilitate the setting up of US pre-clearance at Mumbai and Delhi airports. This would enable passengers on US flights to complete immigration facilitates in India itself and thus reducing the waiting time on arrival into the US. Air India had moved the proposal as Etihad Airways hub Abu Dhabi has the pre-clearance facility since last year.
"A standing Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) was constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation for this purpose and views of Ministry of External Affairs obtained in the matter. However, the implications of such a measure/facility have been found to be far reaching and therefore put in 'non-starter category,' minister of state for civil aviation Mahesh Sharma said in a written response to Lok Sabha today.
10/08/15 Business Standard
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Air India had requested the civil aviation ministry to facilitate the setting up of US pre-clearance at Mumbai and Delhi airports. This would enable passengers on US flights to complete immigration facilitates in India itself and thus reducing the waiting time on arrival into the US. Air India had moved the proposal as Etihad Airways hub Abu Dhabi has the pre-clearance facility since last year.
"A standing Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) was constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation for this purpose and views of Ministry of External Affairs obtained in the matter. However, the implications of such a measure/facility have been found to be far reaching and therefore put in 'non-starter category,' minister of state for civil aviation Mahesh Sharma said in a written response to Lok Sabha today.
10/08/15 Business Standard
