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India issues Air India 7-day immigration rule notice

By Drooid · Sep 15, 2026, 4:16 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation issued Air India a seven-day show-cause notice for breaching hub-and-spoke immigration rules.
Three nationals flew Amritsar-Delhi on Air India AI-1115 (Sept 3-4) and boarded Lufthansa LH-763 to Munich without completing immigration.
Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan will convene a meeting with aviation and immigration officials and Air India and Delhi airport officials.
Air India has not submitted a response to the notice within the seven-day deadline.

History

Historical Context

The International Civil Aviation Organization, a UN agency headquartered in Montreal, sets global Standards and Recommended Practices—including border-crossing procedures and the 28-day update cycle for each country’s Aeronautical Information Publication. Since adopting the 191-nation CORSIA framework in 2016, ICAO has required member states such as India to tighten compliance, prompting revisions of immigration protocols.

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Story summary

India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation issued Air India a seven-day show-cause notice for breaching hub-and-spoke immigration rules.
Three nationals flew Amritsar-Delhi on Air India AI-1115 (Sept 3-4) and boarded Lufthansa LH-763 to Munich without completing immigration.
Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan will convene a meeting with aviation and immigration officials and Air India and Delhi airport officials.
Air India has not submitted a response to the notice within the seven-day deadline.

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