3 Italians Leave Delhi Without Immigration Check, Air India Issued Notice
The three passengers were travelling under Air India's hub-and-spoke arrangement, under which passengers from smaller airports are flown to a major hub before connecting to an international flight.
Three Italian passengers managed to fly from Delhi to Munich without undergoing mandatory immigration checks after a series of failures at India's Delhi airport, prompting the Ministry of Civil Aviation to issue a show-cause notice to Air India. The incident occurred on September 4 when the passengers, who had taken Air India flight AI-1115 from Amritsar to Delhi, bypassed immigration and moved from the domestic arrival area to the international departure area.
The passengers had been issued both domestic "D" boarding passes and international boarding passes for their onward Lufthansa flight to Munich. Once in Delhi, they were taken to the International-to-International Transfer Area, where they proceeded to the international departure area and boarded the Lufthansa flight without facing an immigration checkpoint.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has identified five provisions of Air India's Domestic-International Operations standard operating procedures that were allegedly not followed, including boarding passes, passenger segregation, and access to the international transfer desk. The incident has occurred just a week after another lapse at Delhi airport affected over 50 passengers.
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