Highly placed sources said the move came as the bureau of immigration, which comes under the home ministry, felt there was no need for such a facility when there were long queues at the counters for those flying economy class. Now, these counters would be available as a common pool for all passengers. “Only diplomats, top officials, and crew members will get priority immigration clearance,” said a source.
Senior officials of other big Indian airports say the bureau of immigration may be in favor of doing the same at other places too. But Hyderabad airport does not have separate immigration counters for premium flyers and hopes that the same would be allowed once it expands the terminal.
It is common factor globally that premium flyers usually do not stand in the queue and India has to stand up to the global benchmark. There is no reason that we can’t provide better service than global counterparts especially when we are known for labor-centric country.
