Centre amends rules to differentiate connecting flights from Hub-and-Spoke ones
Airlines and airport authorities are coordinating changes to boarding-pass issuance and passenger verification, according to officials.
The central government has amended rules to differentiate between interline and codeshare flights from those under the hub-and-spoke model, following an immigration lapse at Delhi airport in September. Under the revised procedure, second boarding passes for interline and codeshare passengers will be issued at connecting airports after immigration, rather than at the originating airport.
Baggage will continue to be checked in and tagged at the originating airport for the entire trip. The changes were made in response to an incident where three Italian passengers travelling on an interline flight from Amritsar to Delhi had to be issued boarding passes in Delhi instead of Amritsar, as they did not complete mandatory immigration formalities at the originating airport.
The Delhi airport has provided additional counters and airlines have deployed extra staff to facilitate the revised process.
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