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US Pre-Clearance Travel Facility at Airports

11 Aug 2015, 08:11 am

US Pre-Clearance Travel Facility at Airports
New Delhi, Aug 11 (NITN): Air India has written to the Ministry of Civil Aviation to extend pre-clearance facility to its passengers in order to ease their travel to USA.

This facility is available in many countries and, as per last information, has also been established in Abu Dhabi.
 
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'. 
 
Air India had written to the Ministry of Civil Aviation to extend pre-clearance facility to its passengers in order to ease their travel to USA. 


This information was given by Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Air India had written to the Ministry of Civil Aviation to extend pre-clearance facility to its passengers in order to ease their travel to USA.

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