Air India gets show-cause notice over Italian passengers skipping immigration at Delhi airport

The Civil Aviation Ministry has issued a show-cause notice to Air India for alleged procedural lapses that resulted in three Italian passengers taking a connecting flight from the Delhi airport without completing the immigration process earlier this month, and the Home Ministry has called for a meeting of the stakeholders to discuss the incident on Tuesday (September 15, 2026), according to sources.

The three passengers had taken a flight from Amritsar to Delhi on September 4 and subsequently boarded a Lufthansa flight from Delhi to Munich.

However, they did not complete the immigration process at the Delhi airport, the sources said.

There was no comment from Air India on the incident.

​The Ministry has issued a show-cause notice to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson seeking an explanation for the alleged procedural lapses. ​