Clear customs at Abu Dhabi on route to US

Standing in long immigration queues at US airports may soon be a thing of the past if you are transiting through Abu Dhabi, reports Tushar Srivastava.

Updated on: May 13, 2013, 24:14:29 IST

Hindustan Times | By Tushar Srivastava, New Delhi

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Standing in long immigration queues at US airports may soon be a thing of the past if you are transiting through Abu Dhabi.

The US department of homeland security plans to open a customs and border protection checkpoint at Abu Dhabi international airport. Under US customs pre-clearance facility, passengers flying to America can be treated as domestic passengers when they arrive at American customs and avoid the long queues and waiting lines at US airports.

So, a passenger flying from Varanasi to New York via Abu Dhabi can do customs clearance while in transit in Abu Dhabi.

The pre-clearance facility is good news for Jet Airways which has an ambitious plan to connect 23 Indian cities to Abu Dhabi. The Naresh Goyal-owned airline plans to use Abu Dhabi as a hub for launching flights to North America.

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Tushar Srivastava
Tushar was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.

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